Something So Lovely is the film-making debut of Flossy Waters. The 7-minute-stop-frame-animation, was awarded the Varley Memorial Award after Flossy completed her masters and handed in the film for her Master's Final Major Project at the Royal College of Art.

Aside from previous school projects, this is the first film Florence will have published, being a new graduate, making it her directorial debut. Something so Lovely was completely self taught, I learnt how to use Dragonframe, and how to edit and light from YouTube videos and filmed all of the footage in a very make-shift studio in my bedroom.

I handmade all the puppets, sets and rigs. Everything is completely handmade. Everything was self taught, as I studied my Masters in Visual Communications, different to Animation.

Something so lovely its a vulnerable exploration of my busy mind.

A collection of my personal diary entries, brief descriptions and worries put together in the form of poetry and told from the point of view of my (also 22-year-old childhood teddy bear) Blue Bat (played by Jack Etheridge). 

Blue Bat struggles with a recent ADHD diagnosis, depression and anxiety. This is exacerbated by his looming graduation date and what might become of his ‘grown-up’ life that is unknown. He calls on his younger self (played by Tommy and Teddy) for comfort and reassurance in this wobbly time. 

I wanted this film to explore the darker sides of my own mental health journey and the struggles of not knowing where I belong in the world, being at the very start of adulthood. It was important for me to represent this very serious, adult narrative with a childlike and almost naive visual language to create a sense of comfort amongst the chaos.

I am 22 and am so scared of what comes next but I reckon it could be something so lovely.