MARILYN MYLLER – Trailer from Mikey Please on Vimeo.

The undisputed Master of the Universe of foam core strikes again. Mikey Please’s soon to be released “Marilyn Myller” further hones and expands the cinematic scope of his signature style. Matt Day and Dan Ojari jump in on this dream team. Their powerful contributions are happily evident in the lighting and motion shots. Please seamlessly weaves clean and engaging abstract concepts with taut details, finds a way to invest them with emotive meaning and ends up blowing up the inner psychological landscape of a young woman into planetary proportions. Watch a time lapse behind the scenes and read on for a tantalizing and poetic laundry list of the film’s highlights from Director Mikey Please:

“A year in the making, the full six minute stopmotion short features the voice of Josie Long, one zillion hand carved tiny things, literally tens of carved foam puppets, two eye fulls of in-camera, long-exposure light trickery and a pair of tiny dolphins, smooching.”

Click here to see previous work, a music video for “TV on the Radio” and 9 minute short “Eagleman Stag” to see the rocketing progression of prowess. This infinitely pleasing filmmaker was born into the right name.

Time Lapse Making-of:

Marilyn MyllerTime lapse from Mikey Please on Vimeo.

Credits:
Produced by – BLINK INDUSTRIES / HORNET FILMS
Filmed at – CLAPHAM ROAD STUDIOS
Executive Producers – PETER MEDLOCK / MICHAEL FEDER / BART YATES / MIKEY PLEASE
Produced by – JAN STEBBINS/ JAMES STEVENSON BRETTON / MIKEY PLEASE
Animated & Photographed by – MIKEY PLEASE / DAN OJARI
With animation from – TIM ALLEN / STEVEN WARNE
Music Composed by – BEN PLEASE / JOOLS SCOTT / BETHANY PORTER
Sound Design – ADAM JANOTA BZOWSKI
Voices – JOSIE LONG / JAMES STEVENSON BRETTON / THEODORA VAN DER BEEK / JOSEPHINE GALLAGHER
Model Makers
 – JEN NEWMAN / NADIA OH / KATY BEVERAGE / DAN OJARI / 
MIKEY PLEASE / CARMEN MASON / ANNA GINSBERG / LAURA BATEMAN
Puppets
 – MIKEY PLEASE / LIZZY DALTON / JEN NEWMAN
Set Design – 
NADIA OH / MIKEY PLEASE / JEN NEWMAN / DAN OJARI
Supervising DOP – 
MATTHEW DAY
Studio Manager – 
ELIZABETH DAY
Incidental Lighting
 – MAX HALSTEAD
Technical Support
 – TOBY GOODYEAR
Musicians
 – ANDREW DOUGLAS FORBES / CATHERINE HURLEY
EMMA HOOPER / BENEDICT PLEASE
BETHANY PORTER / JOOLS SCOTT 
IAN VORLEY / JAMES WATTS
Soloists
 – AMADOU DIAGNE / MARIA DANISHVAR BROWN
Recording Engineers – 
BEN PLEASE / JACK SEDGWICK
Mixed by
 SIMON HARRIS @ OFFSET AUDIO
Post Production 
- YUSSEF COLE / ELISA CIOCCA / JON GALLAGHER 
MARTY GEREN / RACHEl KWAK / MICHAEL LUZZI / 
JOEY McCORMICK / MIKEY PLEASE / LEANDRO SANTINI / TED WIGGIN
Grader 
RACHEL RARDIN
Developed at the JAPIC RESIDENCY with the JAPANESE MINISTRY FOR CULTRAL AFFAIRS
Thanks to: 
CAROLINE WATERLOW / DAN CHESTER / DAVE PROSSER / KEV HARWOOD / 
GREG HALAMA / SANG JIN BAE / JACK ROBINSON / DITOGEAR