The Lighthouse, A Sleepy Keeper Creates a World of His Own Design in a Brilliant Stop-Motion Animation

Self-taught filmmaker Simon Scheiber of Trim Tab Design has created “The Lighthouse“, a brilliant black-and-white, stop-motion animation that tells the story of a sleepy keeper who discovers that he can design a world of his own with his own hands and a bottle of ink. This wonderful piece was shot using over 14,000 photos over the course of seven years.

A lighthouse keeper’s surprising discovery pulls him out of his monotonous, daily routine and takes him onto a journey into uncharted territory. Made up of over 14,000 photographs, The Lighthouse is a black and white stop motion short crafted by filmmaker Simon Scheiber over the course of 7 years.

A brief trailer for “The Lighthouse”

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