“God Dam”
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- God Dam
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Description:
God Dam is a stop-motion mockumentary about two beavers that work at a post office. It follows a typical day-in-the-life of Clint Eatswood, the energetic manager, and Humphrey Damiels, his unenthusiastic employee. After their toilet erupts with envelopes, Clint and Humphrey argue about whose fault it is. Clint tries to get Humphrey to help him clean up, but instead Humphrey just finds ways to laugh at him. Reaching his breaking point, Clint tackles Humphrey and the two tussle around the office. Clint is left defeated with an even bigger mess to clean up and no hope that Humphrey will work overtime to help.
God Dam was created at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, USA by a team of six animation students as their capstone project. The beaver puppets are made of silicone covered with fur and fabric, with a wire armature inside. To allow them to speak, each beaver has ten magnetic mouth pieces that key inside of a plastic head core that is also covered with fur. The stop-motion animation was shot at twelve frames-per-second using Dragonframe. God Dam was written, directed, and produced by Abigail Hill, who hopes it will bring laughter to audiences and looks forward to creating more episodes of this story in the future.
