DO NOT Push The Red Button!

If you're planning on playing an annoying concertina solo and a large robot arm puts a red button in front of you, DO NOT push it. Particularly if you're a small, animated, red blob named Stig. It could potentially set off a Rube Goldberg machine resulting in dominoes falling, balls rolling, anvils crashing, and a very flattening finale.

  • Peter Spence
    Director
  • Peter J. Spence
    Writer
  • Peter J. Spence
    Producer
  • Peter J. Spence
    Animator
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 5, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Norway
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 360 video
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • YouTube
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Peter Spence

Peter Spence
Director, Putty Studios

Peter was born in the UK and studied at the internationally renowned Falmouth College of Arts. He moved to Norway in 1999 where he set up his company Putty Studios, and has been working in the film and television industry since.

Notable productions include his first short animation film “Remote Descendants” which won a Royal Television Society award, his Amanda-winning work on the series of “Knerten” films as Visual Effects Supervisor, and the internationally successful television shows “DAG” and “Lilyhammer”.

He likes milk in his tea.

www.PuttyStudios.com

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Director Statement

The challenge with creating a narrative rather than just a panoramic view is to keep the viewer looking in the right direction. I decided to use a Rube Goldberg machine to focus the action in a mostly linear direction. The viewer is of course free to look anywhere though!

Apart from the character animation, the entire movie is a MassFX physics simulation. It took several hundred simulations before everything finally worked.

Recommended viewing using a tablet or Smartphone with the YouTube app, or a VR headset for the full spinning experience!