About
Snudge Studios is the home of Robby Baldwin’s stop motion animation projects. Both Catnapping and Carecrow were completed in 2022 and have been selected to be shown in several film festivals, winning several awards. Robby’s third film, BossCast, is currently (as of May 2024) in production.
BossCast is a spoof of the YouTube “vlog” tutorial genre and a satire about workplace wellness. It is presented as an episode of a podcast for CEOs and bosses. In this episode, the host - Will M. Bezzle - explores how yoga might help those with executive responsibilities exert their power more efficiently, effectively etc.
Carecrow is an allegory about climate responsibility. It follows an unnamed character as they adapt their understanding of how they relate to the world around them. Carecrow has been awarded Best Fiction at the Southampton Film Week and Best Animation in Cotswold International Film Festival. It has also been nominated for awards at the Cardiff Mini Film Festival and Little Wing Film Festival and has been selected to be shown in Sustainable Stories Film Festival, Lift-Off's First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Animation Dingle, Nature & Culture Film Festival and London Mountain Film Festival.
The concept for Catnapping is inspired by Miguel De Cervantes’ 17th Century novel, Don Quixote. Just like the titular character of Cervantes’ novel, the protagonist of A Catnapping (Ms Terry Sulphur) confuses the world around her with a fictional world – for Don Quixote, this is the chivalrous world depicted by the romance stories of the time; for Ms Terry Sulphur, it is the mysterious world represented in sensational detective novels and “whodunnit” television series. The plot revolves around the disappearance of a cat, presented as the recollection of a detective’s first big case. We follow Ms Terry Sulphur as she attempts to put together the disparate pieces of a mystery of her own imagination, creating havoc as she sees clues around every corner and suspecting all of those around her of subterfuge and sabotage. Catnapping has been awarded Best Animation, Best Comedy and an IAC Diamond Award at the British International Amateur Film Festival. It has also been selected to be shown in Lift-Off’s First-Time Filmmaker Sessions and Stockholm City Film Festival.
All films are made by Robby Baldwin. The Lead Producer on Catnapping and Carecrow is Zach Zarantonello.