In a child's bedroom, a tattered puff toy appears somewhat melancholy. As tinkering sounds and footsteps echo throughout the room, a curious figure projects a shadow against a wall. In the midst of this cluttered environment, a beautiful doll emerges. A music box begins to play. Suddenly, a cuckoo clock initiates a sequence of mechanical interactions, which travel around the room, eventually culminating in the delivery of a sentimental message.
The Melancholy Puff Machine
Information:
[SHOWA] | 2006 | 5 min | Short Narrative
Directed by: Jennifer Oxley and Nicholas Oxley
(The Melancholy Puff Machine)In No Dialogue with (No Subtitles) subtitles.
USA
World Premiere
Interests: Family, Female Director(s), Kids
Synopsis
+About The Director
If you watch kids' TV today, you've surely seen JENNIFER OXLEY's work. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award for her role as Director on Nick Jr.'s Little Bill and has worked on many other children's programming. Jennifer is currently the Creative Director at Little Airplane Productions.
NICHOLAS OXLEY received a Master of Arts degree from the Royal College of Art in London. Currently a senior designer and engineer with TODA, he has worked as a freelance designer for a number of design firms.
+Director Statement
Since the two of us were kids, we always talked about making a movie together. Last year our dream became reality when we rented a studio space in Brooklyn and began constructing the set for The Melancholy Puff Machine. Our idea was to combine a simple narrative with an elaborate Rube Goldberg inspired cause and effect sequence created using antique toys from our childhood. It was certainly one of the most challenging projects that either of us has ever attempted. The crew had to be perfectly in synch. There was no room for the slightest error. Lucky for us, when every toy was carefully placed and all the stars aligned in the sky, the cameras were rolling. For us, this is the beauty and the magic of cinema and its ability to forever capture and preserve fleeting moments in time, that would otherwise be forgotten, or go completely unnoticed.
