Steamlust - an animated film

A love story shot in stopmotion, featuring desperadoes on the run, aerial romance, steampunk balloons, stolen hearts and an erotic circus.

This film was made to celebrate the release of Steamlust - a book of erotic steampunk romance edited by Kristina Wright.

Music - Marrakesh by Escape the Clouds. www.escapetheclouds.com

Buy the book - http:amzn.to/​qd4viw

Animation by Nikki Magennis. Get a glimpse of the making of the film at steam*lust*animation.blogspot.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• stop motion
• steampunk
• love
• romance
• book
• steamlust
• kristina wright
• escape the clouds
• animation
• paper
• stopframe
• nikki magennis

[CottonHands]

60 seconds? I would love to see more of it, the film is gorgeous!

I was going to ask if this was done with some software but I found the blog with the process stuff and whoah, it's a lot of work! Thank you for creating this, it's very inspiring. :)

[nikkimagennisauthor]

@CottonHands Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the film and found the blog, I must add some stuff to that soon. Yes, it was a lot of work. There may have been clever software workarounds but it was all done on the supercheap, too! Anyway, worth it to hear comments like yours.

[deltatangofoxtot]

This kicks Ass!! Nikki Magennis--this is sexy-cool...love it!!

[nikkimagennisauthor]

@deltatangofoxtot Thanks very much indeed!

[remittancegirl]

I can't agree with the 60 second limitation. It has a good visual story arc, keeps my attention all the way through, isn't repetitive. I loved it. Wonderful piece of work. Your fellow authors on the anthology are damn lucky to have you. So is Cleis. You've made a marvelous piece of promotion for the book AND a great piece of animated film.

[nikkimagennisauthor]

@remittancegirl Wow, thank you so much for your kind words, Remttance Girl! I'm very glad to hear you think the length is okay - it's quite hard to judge these things objectively when one is stuck in the middle of what takes months but translates into seconds.

[KristinaLWright]

I love it! I'm in love with this film and have enjoyed following the film-making process! Thank you for creating such a fabulous book trailer for Steamlust!

[remittancegirl]

I teach multimedia design, so I know exactly what you mean. It's painstaking work and then the result seems so brief. But yeah, I didn't find it lagged or sagged at any point. I love the style, the illustrative style and jerky, clockwork motion really underlines the Steampunk aesthetic.

[madelinemoore]

I told you you were an amazingly multi-talented artist. The world must be let in on this secret. Nikki Magennis is brilliant!

[nikkimagennisauthor]

@GaelMcM Thanks for your comment, Gael. Yes, it could have been shorter, I thought as much while I was making the film. I disagree that it needs to be 60 seconds, though. That seems fairly arbitrary.

[GaelMcM]

It is too long, needs to be 60 seconds.