Crew

LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL

Written and Directed by Elizabeth Beecherl and Carla Patullo

Additional writing by Jennifer Maisel

Starring:
The Puppets of Lotte Reiniger
with Erica Hanrahan-Ball, Andrew Diego, and Sean Smith

Music & Sound Design by Carla Patullo (White Widow)

Animation by Elizabeth Beecherl, Matthew Yarrington and Sarah Winters

Background Artwork by Meejin Hong and Carina Simmons

Puppets by Helen Short

Costumes by Allison Dillard

In the Classroom

Directors Carla Patullo and Elizabeth Beech teach students how to make silhouette puppets, Lotte Reiniger style.

Behind the Scenes

The Romeo puppet is being adjusted by hand between photo frames. There are layers of translucent paper and lights below him so that he appears as a dark silhouette when photographed.

Multiplane Camera

The filmmakers replicated a budget version of Lotte Reiniger's multiplane camera where they animated the puppets over glass plates.

Wegener puppet

The hinged cardboard puppet made by Elizabeth Beech portraying Lotte's mentor Paul Wegener.

Q&A at the Florida Film Festival

Elizabeth Beech and Carla Patullo answer audience questions after a fantastic screening in Maitland, FL.

Cereal Box Puppets

Elizabeth Beech and Helen Short cut puppets from a variety of scrap cardboard. Here are several of them laid out on the table.

Q&A at Hot Docs in Toronto

Elizabeth Beech and Carla Patullo answer questions after a wonderful screening at Hot Docs in Toronto.

Romeo costume

One of the costumes being designed by Allison Dillard for a silhouette dancer in the WWII scene.

CAST AND CREW:

DIRECTOR / COMPOSER:
Carla Patullo is a composer and musician based in Los Angeles. She has scored music for over 30 motion pictures. Her credits include My Name Is Maria De Jesus (HBO), the Sundance award-winning film Spa Night (NETFLIX), the SXSW horror comedy Porno (SHUDDER), and the animated documentary Lotte that Silhouette Girl (2018 IDA Shortlist).
www.CarlaPatullo.com

DIRECTOR / ANIMATOR:
Elizabeth Beech is an animator and a designer who has worked on projects and installations that have been published in The New York Times, Dwell, and many other design publications, and after watching Lotte Reiniger’s 1922 movie Cinderella and falling in love with the medium of silhouette animation, she began making films in collaboration with co-director and composer Carla Patullo.

NARRATOR: Lotte Reiniger

WRITERS: Elizabeth Beech, Jennifer Maisel, and Carla Patullo

STARRING: the Puppets of Lotte Reiniger
with vocalists Erica Hanrahan-Ball, Andrew Diego, and Sean Smith

MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN: Carla Patullo

ANIMATION: Elizabeth Beech, Sarah Winters, Matthew Yarrington, Nancy Putnam, Meejin Hong, Carina Simmons, and Helen Short

COSTUMES: Allison Dillard

STUDIO ASSISTANT: Julia Maisel-Berick

SPECIAL THANKS: to the USC Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive