A lazy child discovers the hidden dangers of living an easy life.

"Billy Sink" is a morality tale where Billy's bad behaviour has direct repercussions. He moves through different worlds each of which have a different atmosphere and use different animation techniques (combinations of model,pixillation and oil on glass).Billy's home enviroment is later parallelled by a Giant's kitchen which in contrast is dark and sinister and where the scale of things both physically and emotionally has altered. The Giant's world is fantastical and yet also 'real' because of the use of pixillation for the human 'Giant'. The garden which is the transition between the two worlds represents the temptation of luxury and an easy life, but is in fact a facade. I wanted the bright colours and cut-out scenery to reflect a child-like appeal,
but also in its exaggerated perfection to give the audience a sense of eminent doom. My main interest is in strong characterization, and I want the viewer to identify with Billy, and feel that he has learned something by the end of the film.

1997 British Short Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival; Cinanima, Esphino Portugal: Competition Section; Chicago International Film Festival

1998 World Animation Celebration, LA: Best Work Produced by a Student Competition, Omsk Film Festival, London; DIFECA ‘98, Seoul, Korea; Bromley Arts and Entertainment Festival,; Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: Student Film Competition; Kontakt ‘98: Competition Section: International Student Animation Festival, Lodz, Poland; ‘Message to Man’, St Petersburg, Documentary, Short Film and Animation Festival: RCA Programme; Annecy International Animation Festival, Anima Mundi ‘98, Rio de Janeiro; Bradford Animation Festival; Cinema Zita: British Animation Festival, Stockholm; Sitges Film Festival

1999 Revelation  Film Festival: RCA Programme, Perth and Adelaide; New York Animation Festival

1999 SICAF, Seoul

2000 Dresden Film Festival: RCA Programme 

1997 Chicago International Film Festival: Silver Hugo, British Short Film Festival: Best British Student Short Film; Fuji Scholarship Awards: Best Overall Production: Third Place and Zonal Award for Best use of Sound; DIFECA, Seoul, Korea: Special Prize for Education and Children.