Stopmotion Interview: Robert Morgan on How a "Sick Obsession" With a Short Sparked His Feature Debut

When you love something, it can be tough to figure out where to draw the line. How far do you push yourself for your art and how far is too far? That’s an idea director Robert Morgan explores in his first feature film, and it’s inspired by his own personal experience going through such a situation while making the stop-motion animation short, Bobby Yeah, a process that literally made him sick.
His feature directorial debut, Stopmotion, is a stop-motion animation/live-action hybrid. It stars Aisling Franciosi as a stop-motion animator whose talents have solely been used to support her mother’s work. However, when her mother is out of the picture and she finally gets the opportunity to create something of her own, she slowly loses the ability to separate real life from the macabre film she’s making.
While in Austin for Stopmotion’s Fantastic Fest 2023 world premiere, Morgan visited the Collider interview studio to walk us through how he made the film. He explained how his experience making the short film, Bobby Yeah, influenced Stopmotion, emphasized how Franciosi is actually a naturally gifted animator, revealed the most unusual material he’s ever used to create a stop-motion puppet, and loads more.
Hear it all straight from Morgan in this Stopmotion interview!
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[@TheBeetleOwl]

So happy to see Robert making a full feature film. Love his work since the Cat with Hands and the Separation

[@RUANFREITAS]

that man is a real legend

[@liljes34]

I just watched it. I have been watching horror a long time. This is the first one in a while that creeped me out so bad! I went to the kitchen at 3 am and looked out the window and had the sensation like I might see someone or something out there in the yard. I haven’t felt that since I was a kid!

[@clavicleofcernunnos]

Foley sounds are such an integral part of Jan Švankmajer's stop-motion films. I wonder if Robert Morgan is familiar with him.

[@Effigy_the_furb]

I am a fucking Bobby yeah STAN and it inspired me to get into claymation and I'm already skilled at both animation and clay sculping so it's kinda a win-win