The whole Chinese fable as Martens translated it in 1921: dyed-hide puppets on rods, a lamp-lit cloth, the fox walking ahead.
Example of Story Director16:9 · 102 s
Public-domain text from Wilhelm's Chinese Fairy Book, read whole; puppets made for the film.
Story Director
A story told in pictures and a voice, page by page.
This director is made and its example films are below. It is in testing before it goes on sale.
Until then, Starter Director (free) makes a 10–20 second film of this type.
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The whole fable read as Townsend translated it in 1867, in papercut: the race, the nap, the moral.
Example of Story Director16:9 · 78 s
Public-domain text from Project Gutenberg, read whole; pictures drawn for the film.
9:16: the archer shoots down nine of ten suns and his wife floats up to the moon, cut in China red with rosettes and a red banner.
Example of Story Director9:16 · 106 s
Public-domain text from Wilhelm's Chinese Fairy Book, the first part read word for word; abridged and marked so.
A year by the pond in papercut, summer to spring, quoting the tale's own lines and its last.
Example of Story Director16:9 · 102 s
Public-domain translation from Project Gutenberg, abridged and marked so on screen.
Built-in styles
Shadow Theatre
Coloured leather puppets on rods, behind a screen lit by an oil lamp.
Red Paper-cut
Chinese red paper-cut: one red on rice paper, round flowers, a banner of characters.
Papercut
Layered paper shapes with depth and shadow.
Flat World
Bright flat illustration that zooms from tiny to huge.
