In the article, Colbert discusses her intentions: 'to temporarily take the audience out of the ‘real’ world created by the stop motion.
'I knew I wanted to create a stop motion world that looked like it had been there for years, and I’ve always been fascinated by the life of performers on and off the stage. But in order to create Courage to Make a Fool I had to learn as much as I could about stop motion from YouTube, and the rest by making mistakes. I embraced what was possible with my lack of experience, and focused on learning how to convey the emotion and the story through these puppets.' Colbert's background is in illustration so she had to learn about stop-motion before embarking on briefs. I admire her approach of 'embracing her lack of experience' and independently learning new skills on her own.
I really love this logo/signature she uses as a masthead on her website! It's almost Victorian, classic and old fashioned but also illustrative and fluid.
'The way textures of real materials interact with the light is the most exciting thing about stop-motion for me. Watching programmes by Small Films as a child, such such as Bagpuss and The Clangers, really ignited that fascination with texture.' Smallfilms also embraced their lack of experience in animation and their janky approach is what made their work so charming and fun, so the influence on Colbert is obvious.
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