Papercuts (2012 - 2013)

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Papercuts, the successor to Arbitrary Stopframe, originated from some sketchy ideas which occurred to me while I was filming the Darlan short Smells Interesting in December 2011.  In my earliest concepts, the show would have been much more similar to its stopmotion predecessor, with the characters living inside a dictionary and periodically venturing out to raid my desk for resources; I thought they would usually try to avoid me, but I even toyed with the idea of having them attack me directly in the odd episode.  However, I decided this was going to be too complex, and too similar to other shows (Morph, for example), so I revised the plan and settled on the form which you've (hopefully?) been watching over the last few months.

I wrote three episode scripts in January 2012, followed by a fourth co-written with Tim Johnston in February, and it then took me four months to complete the first pair of episodes.  I started dialogue recording for Episodes 3 and 4 a few hours after completing Episode 1, and the fourth instalment remained in production until December.

Three more episodes, including a two-part story by Tim, were scripted over the summer of 2013, and produced in the second half of the year, with the last one being released on the 28th of December.  The production block also included a one-scene prologue to Episode 5, and a multi-part production vlog following the development of a new set for the two-parter.

As of the beginning of 2014, there are a handful of potential new stories in development, with two actively being scripted.

Character Guide

Photo:	Name:	Notable Aliases:	First Appearance:	Voice Actor:
--- PRINCIPAL CAST ---
	Captain Lionel Frogmore	"Senor Capitan"	Episode 1: Lemon Juice for the Captain	Matthew Colclough
	'Captain' Lionel Frogmore is the de-facto leader of the mismatched trio, and the instigator many of their projects, including the most ambitious, the rocket ship.  Nobody actually knows what he's supposed to be the captain of, or where he got his captain's hat from, and it can't be said that his schemes often work out according to plan.
	Pedro de Guacamole	n/a	Episode 1: Lemon Juice for the Captain	Matthew Colclough
	It remains a matter of debate exactly where Pedro comes from, what with his confusing mish-mash of different languages, although the majority vote (supported by his name and his ever-present sombrero) suggests that he has a liberal dollop of Mexican blood in him.  His defining characteristics are a gleeful enthusiasm for almost every plan of action which is suggested to him, a tendency to follow the Captain's orders without question even when they don't make much sense, and an unfortunate habit of interpreting things a little too literally.  Other traits include being left-handed, being rather trigger-happy, being able to play the guitar, and being inordinately fond of chilli peppers.
	Millimetre	"That little blighter"	Episode 1: Lemon Juice for the Captain	Matthew Colclough
	Millimetre is very small for his species, speaks only in incomprehensible high-pitched shrieks, and does an amount of damage which is far out of proportion to his size.  Captain and Pedro seem to be rather fond of him in his better moments, but are often left frustrated by his inexplicable and unpredicable actions - especially his propensity to leave bite marks in things.

Episode Guide

Screening Room

Wallpaper Gallery

Episode 1: Lemon Juice for the Captain Widescreen · Fullframe Episode 2: Germination Without Authorisation Widescreen · Fullframe Episode 3: Jalapeno to the Skies Widescreen · Fullframe Episode 4: Pedroelectric Widescreen · Fullframe Episode 5: A Shed Too Small Widescreen · Fullframe Episode 6: Minimetre Widescreen · Fullframe Episode 7: Debt of Gravy-tude Widescreen · Fullframe