The Hopper

Clay-Mation, Stash House Stick-Ups, West Baltimore, and fluffy pancakes.
The Hopper is not your average clay-animation story. 16 year old Dexter lives with his grandmother in west Baltimore, Maryland. One night Dexter and his friend Kevin rob the local drug dealers, but things do not work out as planned and violence spins out of control.

Written and Directed by Alex Brüel Flagstad
Assistant Director: Nina Hirschberg
Director of Photography: Alex Brüel Flagstad
Original Score Composer: Ole Wagner and Elton Theander

Cast
Dexter: Warren Reid
Kevin: Lani Minella
Granny: P. A. Sugano
Cornstick: Kenneth O'Brien
Drug Dealer 1: Kenneth O'Brien
Drug Dealer 2: Turner Battle

Prop Builder: Alex Brüel Flagstad
Prop Builder: Nina Hirschberg
Assistant Prop Builder: Anna Luisa Schmid

Set Construction: Phillip Michaelisa
Set Construction: Frederik Hausburg

Animator 1: Alex Brüel Flagstad
Animator 2: Nina Hirschberg
Assistant Animator: Anna Luisa Schmid

Sound Designer and Foley Mixer: Elton Theander
Foley Artist: Alex Brüel Flagstad

Sound Recorded and Mixed in Porkfish Studios, Berlin
by Elton Theander and Alex Brüel Flagstad

Colour Grading: Rico Danschke
At Cine Chromatix


Music

"The Hopper Theme"
Written and performed by Wagner/Theander

"Never Let You Go"
Written and performed by Lendorph/Vedel/Kooymans/Theander
Published by T.G. Management

"Gangster Pad"
Written and performed by Lendorph/Theander

"The Bag Waltz"
Written and performed by Wagner/Theander

"The Hopper Theme" (Reprise)
Written by Wagner/Theander
Performed by Wagner/Theander/Schwarz
Cello performed by Anne-Christine Schwarz



Special Thanks to

Agnes Obel
Jorge Ballarin
Sven Hasenjäger
Charlotte Brüel
Henrik Flagstad
Bjarke Ahlstrand
Anis Animationssammenslutningen
Tim Nærvig
Tor Fruergaard
Sophie Weckeßer
Ulf Groote
Modulor
Nina Höhne
Cine Chromatix