The Worm
5:17 mins
United Kingdom
Mar 5, 2016
In Competition
A boy’s doodle comes to life and wreaks havoc all over his house and body.
An epic stop motion animation shot on "practically every surface in my house, including my own skin!" (cit. Alex Rafael Rose) about a doodle that comes to life with a vengeance for being created as merely a doodle. What unfolds is a bizarre, existential cat-and-mouse game that includes hammers, skateboards and much more. Directed, written, scored and animated by the then 13 year old director with help from his father Jason, this inventive short film was made out of more than 3,000 photos.
Director
Alex Rafael Rose
Writer
Alex Rafael Rose
Music
Alex Rafael Rose, Jason Rose
Camera
Alex Rafael Rose, Jason Rose
Art
Alex Rafael Rose
Animation
Jason Rose
About
Alex Rafael Rose
Alex Rafael Rose is a writer, director, musician, and actor from East London, England. His work has been screened at LACMA, San Diego Comic Con, DCIFF, and worldwide at 40+ film festivals, from Chennai, India, to Rio De Janero, Brazil. He is best known for for his film The Worm, which he started to make at the age of 13 and went on to win at Y-CAM Film Festival, and to screen at LACMA and Comic Con. Alex is also know from his film Childhood, which won at the Minute Film Festival. He has since been expanding into more genre-breaking work, incorporating both narrative and experimental filmmaking.