Initially I coined this Kinderboekenweek commercial with CGI in mind. After watching a lot of Tim Burton and the classic Matilda movie we decided to go for another route.
The charm of childhood fantasy is in the clunkyness and make-belief. So we opted for practical effects instead, everything you see in this video is hand-made and hand-operated. A lot of great effort by a lot of great talented people. Also resetting the shot was interesting.
Starring my wooden crane and forklift my father made me around 1999.