A Husband and Wife compete in a battle of wills over the scrabble board, in a game where losing is not an option

Directed and Animated by Katie Steed
With special thanks to Aaron Wood
Based on an original story by Charlie Fish
With music provided by Verbal Vigilante

Husband's voice: Glen McCready
Wife's voice: Zoe Anne-Phillips

SCREENINGS:
Angel Film Festival (England),
Anima Mundi (Brazil),
Animabasauri (Spain),
Animation Nation (Singapore),
ANNECY (France)
AWN:tv (America)
Betting on Shorts (Barcelona, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, England),
Bornshorts (Denmark)
Bradford Animation Festival (England),
Busho Animation Festival (Hungary),
Con Can Movie Festival, Japan
Córdoba Animation Festival (Argentina),
Culture-to-Culture Animation Festival (Austria),
East End Film Festival (England),
Etuida and Anima (Poland),
Exeter Animation Festival (England),
Festival de Nationen (Austria),
Filmmor (Turkey),
Flip Animation Festival (England),
Fresh Film Festival (Czech Republic)
From Europe with Love (special screening, England)
Hiroshima Educational Film Market (Japan)
Klik Festival (The Netherlands)
Leipzig International Festival (Germany)
Les Nuits Magiques (France)
Mid Ulster Film Festival (Ireland)
Milano Film Festival (Italy)
Okto television (part of Tricky Women ’08, Austria)
Portable Film Festival, internet
Propellor TV (Sky Channel 17),
Puchon International Student Animation Festival (South Korea),
Red Stick Film Festival (America),
Resfest (Turkey),
Royal Television Society Professional Awards (England)
Sleepwalker Film Festival (Estonia)
Stamford Film Festival (England)
Stoke your fires Animation Festival (England)
Stuttgart International Film Festival (Germany)
Trickfilm (Germany)
Trick Women '08 Television Special
Best of Tricky Women DVD

AWARDS:
Nominated for a Royal Television Award
WINNER, Best 2d animation, Stoke Your Fires Animation Festival, England
WINNER, Best film, Betting on Shorts, Slovenia
RUNNER UP, Best film by a new director, Stamford Festival
Nominated, best animation, Grand Off European Awards, Poland

Death by Scrabble was hand-drawn on paper, then inked in a brush pen before being photographed and put on the computer. Adobe Photoshop was then used to colour and treat the drawings, which were layered and later composited in Adobe After Effects. After all of the special effects had been added (also in After Effects) the film was edited using Adobe Premiere.

The film is filmed at 12 frames per second, and is approximately 5 minutes long without titles. This means that there were approximately 3,600 individual drawings made, not to mention storyboards, sketches and character designs. No wonder forests don't like animators!