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Still too cute
Nyx practises a scary face in a puddle and gives up with a sigh.
Halloween stop-motion short · 1:16 · Made by Vixel team
Too Cute to Scare
Nyx, a little black cat, is too cute to scare anyone, until a lost ghost needs her glowing eyes to find home. A 76-second 9:16 Halloween short made in Vixel.
Opens an editable idea for a script first. Image and video generation uses credits. View plans.
The creative approach
On Halloween night in the misty graveyard of Hollow Hill, Nyx practises being scary, but she is just too cute and the crows laugh at her. Then she finds Pip, a tiny ghost who is lost and afraid of the dark. To lead Pip home, her big eyes light up like two warm lanterns. The look is a handmade stop-motion puppet film: needle-felted wool, miniature sets and soft fog. Cute-spooky, never scary.
A closer look at the film
Four moments from the finished cut, with creative notes from Vixel.
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Someone is lost
A tiny ghost hides behind a gravestone, afraid of the dark.
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Lantern eyes
In the darkest fog, Nyx's eyes begin to glow, and Pip holds on.
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Home
Pip's mama opens the door of the haunted house, and Nyx waves goodbye.
Try it in your next film
Let the trait that causes the problem in the first scene solve the problem later: Nyx's big eyes make her too cute, then light the way. Describe the main character once in detail, including eyes, ears, dress and tail, and use that description for every shot.
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