A Tramatic Origin Story

A Traumatic Origin Story

Bruce Von Stiers

I just finished watching a very interesting, stop- motion animated film. The title of the film is The Tin Woods.

In this film, the Tin Woodman breaks into an abandoned cabin. In this cabin he finds human body parts. And in a cabinet, he finds a human head. Through flashbacks, we see that the Tin Woodman was once a human. And that tragic circumstances led to having to replace human body parts with tin ones.

The film was inspired by the novels of Frank L. Baum. It is basically the origin story of the Tin Man, before he met up with Dorothy and the other adventurers of The Wizard Of Oz.

The director of the film is Nick Boxwell. He lists himself as a queer multimedia designer. This is Nick's first stop-motion film. Working with Nick as co-producer is Matzilla Duron. He is a stop-motion animator who has worked on films such as Coraline and Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio.

When we have a trauma, whether it be physical or emotional, sometimes we have to rebuild ourselves. That seems to be the underlying theme for the film. And it works well with the imagining of the Tin Man's origin story. The stop-motion animation is also well done.

The Tin Wood has won several awards. These include Best Animated Short at the Feel The Reel International Film Festival and Best Animation Director at the Indie Director Awards.

The film is currently under consideration for this year's festival for the Santa Clarita International Film Festival.

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