Bacon Wars

Disjointed

Netflix

The story of a war veteran’s inner struggle with PTSD on the Netflix show Disjointed is told through evocative animated moments. In this segment, a war ravaged refrigerator allows us to see the allegory of his trauma enacted by stop motion bacon and eggs. Although the initial concept is seemingly silly,  the execution was anything but. Taking much care and time to emulate the cinematic and stark reality that echoes the social commentary of Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, the final result of the stop motion piece was fast paced, action packed, with camera angles and action shots both complicated and relentless, leaving viewers to experience an emotional push away from humor into a strikingly poignant character plot.

CLIENT: Netflix
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Dave Hughes
DIRECTORS: Solomon Burbridge Greg Arden
DP: Jim Birkett
STOP MOTION ANIMATOR: Erik Hoofnagle
CHARACTER FABRICATOR: Jason Fitzgerald
POST SUP: Joshua Cox
COMPOSITOR: Dan Kim
SCENIC: Matt Lask
STORYBOARDS: Jesse McManus
EDITOR: Brent Heise
PRODUCER: Bri Vitale
EXEC. PRODUCER: Anthony Greene
AGENCY: Titmouse
PRODUCTION CO.: Bent Image Lab

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