UK director Joseph Wallace brings his stop-motion and puppetry powers to this film shot by Malcolm Hadley (Corpse Bride, Chicken Run 2) thru London prodco Atime Works for a BBC podcast designed to help listeners fall asleep.

Yoav Segal, CD/producer at Atime Works: “After making the Christmas promo, the BBC Sounds team came back and asked for a brand film to communicate the soothing and soporific quality of the Sleeping Forecast podcast. In response, we created a piece with diverse cast falling asleep in simple, theatrical yet highly evocative settings.
 

“The whole experience was such an incredible flurry of creativity, ingenuity and imagination.”

 
“It’s the 100th anniversary of the Shipping Forecast, which the Sleeping Forecast is built on, so our piece happens in a fishing village and there are nautical Easter eggs throughout. Joseph brilliantly directed and designed again with wonderful lead animation from Steve Warne (Pinnochio, Isle of Dogs).

“Here’s a little making-of film I shot and edited. The whole experience was such an incredible flurry of creativity, ingenuity and imagination. Great to capture Joseph in his element and see Malcolm, Steven, Eve and Lara in action on set. The film ends with an ode to the magic and beauty of stop-frame and real-life physical film making.”

Watch the making-of video:
 

 
 

 
Client: BBC
Commissioners: Martha Ling, Frederick Botham

Production: Atime Works
Director/Designer: Joseph Wallace
CD/Producer: Yoav Segal
Puppets: Adeena Grubb, Lara Hosking
Puppet Assistance: Melanie Grubb
Models/props: Eve Bannister, Lara Hosking
Cinematographer: Malcolm Hadley
Animator: Steve Warne, Joseph Wallace
Rigger: Robin Jackson
Compositor: Federico Parodi
Making of: Yoav Segal

Shot at: Clapham Road Studios

Grade/Sound Design/Mix: Gramercy Park Studios
Colorist: Ben Roger
Sound Designer/Mixer: David Gritzman
Producer: Richard Donaghue

Music: Solstralermusic
VO: Neil Nunes, Katy Leckie

Thanks: Katy Leckie, Daisy Garside, Ben Côte, George Warren, Max Halstead, Giulia Marcolini, Peter Jewkes, Wessen Jazrawi, Charlotte Dubery