The Team

The film is currently being produced by The University of Portsmouth and is run by its in-house VFX studio FOAMDigital comprised of students, lecturers, alumni and other contributors.

Additional crew for full feature production (2025)

Animation: Fiona Ware-Heine, Sofia Shanovska, Borka Sara Hajdu, Willow Cooper, Umurhan Yensel,

Cloth: Lloyd Catapang, Isaac Macheri

Environments: Margarita Pelekanou

Producer: James Smith

Additional crew for “The Aunts House” short film (2024)

Cast: Becky Waldren, Evie Payne, Steph Chapman, Nicolette McKenzie, Tom Wonz, Lee Payne

Animation: Fiona Ware-Heine, Sofia Shanovska, Willow Cooper, Benjamin Short

Cloth: Isaac Macheri, Mya Mistry

Hair and simulation: Colin West

Crew for “Uncle Griot” short film (2018)

Stina – Becky Waldren,

Stina stand-in – Kathryn Matthews,

Griot (human) – Martin Daniels,

Griot (animal) – Lee Payne

VFX crew:

Alex Counsell,

John House,

Ben Andrew Vere,

Krisztián Kinder,

Chris Popiel,

Sam Hoffman,

Joseph P Bracken,

Pinyo Gulashart,

Sam Daniels,

Daniel fry,

Owyn Abrams,

Athos Cammell,

Thomas Lee,

Rosalind Mizen,

Therese Payton,

Graeme Herwig,

Freya Spencer,

Fiona Ware-Heine,

Ben Ranson,

Bradley Adams,

Christopher Tilbury,

Paul Charisse,

Tom Goodchild,

Scott Richards,

Ciprian Selegan,

Joe Ponsford,

Ted Harrison,

Clifford Phillips,

Oliver Hermann,

Melina Spuetz,

Fiona Ware-Heine,

Anatoliy Yudanov,

Chavdar Yordanov,

Dan Little,

Hannah Jodie Deanus

Crew for “Cinematic Trailer” short film (2016)

CAST:

Stina: Becky Waldren
Pipe Catcher: Martin Daniels
Gunter, Bully girl 3: Dave Bruce Taylor
Militiaman: Sam Daniels
Stina stunt double: Lucy Spurge
Bully girl 1,Fayre crowd 1: Steph Chapman
Bully girl 2,Fayre crowd 2: Lucy Gates
Fayre crowd 3: Owyn Abram
Fayre crowd 4: Pasha Curseli

FOAM DIGITAL On Set:

Mocap supervisor: Alex Counsell
Production Corrdinator: John House
Assistant Mocap Supervisor: Ben Andrew Vere
Motion Editing: Ben Andrew Vere, Krisztián Kinder
Audio Recording: Chris Popiel
On Set Technicians: Sam Hoffman, Joseph P Bracken, Pinyo Gulashart, Sam Daniels, Daniel fry, Owyn Abrams, Athos Cammell, Thomas Lee.
Mask Makers: Rosalind Mizen, Therese Payton, Graeme Herwig
Executive Producer: Graeme Herwig

FOAM DIGITAL Post Production:

Production coordinator: James Skillbeck
Animation Leads: Thomas Lee, Freya Spencer
Animation: Ben Ranson, Billy Meptha, Fiona Ware-heine, Daniel Baybut, Clause Harpis
Rigging and Tools: Tom Goodchild, Scott Richards, Clause Harpis, James Hood
VFX: Owyn Abram, Alex Counsell, Rah Sisalpuce
Compositing: Pascal I Usher, Alex Counsell
Modelling Leads: Cliff Phillips, Simon Eden, Adam Gardiner
Modelling, texture and shading: Oliver Hermann, Clause Harpis, Rokas Kučinskas, Sam Hoffman, Razvan Arventievus.
Costume Lead: James Skillbeck
Costume TDs: Natalie Curds, Hannah Jodie Deanus, Scott Richards, Natasha Briggs
Concept Art: Chavdar Yordinov, Tautvydas Katkevicius, David Saddler Coppard, Shaun Gardiner
Storyboards: Chavdar Yordinov
Sound: Chris Popiel, Mike Migas, Lee Coleman, Spike Burridge, Pasha Curseli
Matte painting: Chaise Pulsar, Matthew York
Lighting Setup: Chaise Pulsar, Oliver Hermann
Graphic design: Dan Little
Cinematography: Chaise Pulsar
Costume Design: Pearl Sausich, Hannah Jodie Deanus
Editor: Rheas Sailcup
Music: Spitdust with Pasha Curseli
Screenplay: Paul Charisse, Graeme Herwig

VFX Supervisor: Alex Counsell
Director: Paul Charisse

Special thanks to:

The University of Portsmouth, the Gregg School, Solid Angle, Vicon, Faceware, Pipeline Effects, the Gregg School, Shotgun Studios, Oleg Bliznuk, Thomas Pharris, Thinkbox,

Paul Charisse (Director):

Paul has worked for a variety of VFX companies over the past 10 years Including work on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy animating the character Gollum. He has also worked as an animator and pre-viz sequence designer on “Prince Caspian”, “Stardust” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ” ,” Zorro II”, ”Hellboy II” ,”Brothers Grimm”. He is presently a senior lecturer in animation at Portsmouth University.

Alex Counsell (VFX supervisor):

After a career as a 3D generalist, Alex joined Portsmouth University in 2004 as Principal Technician for the School of Creative Technologies. Since then, he has established the software and computing facilities that support the wide ranging courses and nows runs the “Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality”. His specialist area is Motion Capture. He is currently the motion capture and VFX supervisor for the Stina & the Wolf.