The Hawk and The
Naked Guy

Artist Statement:

The Hawk & The Naked Guy is a short experimental stop-motion animation created during my exploration of character and set building using 3D materials. The project also served as a learning process for making animated movement feel more alive and for developing my skills using a mirrorless camera to capture stop-motion sequences.

Rather than focusing on a fully developed narrative, I prioritized experimentation with materials and movement discovering what kinds of motion and expression were possible with the characters I built. The story emerged from these experiments.

The film follows a naked man who hikes up a hill and climbs a tree to reach a hawk’s nest containing three eggs. As he attempts to take one, the hawk catches him and carries him away, eventually dropping him back on the ground. He wakes up in his own bed to the sound of his dog barking, realizing the journey may have been a dream, though he is left uncertain when he discovers he is still holding an egg. The film ends in this ambiguous moment, grounded in his everyday space with his pets, but carrying something from the dream with him.