Screaming Banshee

I'm constructing this banshee head for a stop motion animation sequence for one of my sisters film projects. It's an eight minute short film, the basic premise involving some high school kids drinking in a snowy forest, where they happen to stumble upon the aforementioned supernatural creature. That's all I can say without giving to much away.

I was originally going to animate the jaw stretching down frame by frame, but I decided doing the opposite would be a lot easier. This way, I just have to reduce the jaw incrementally, and then play back the footage in reverse for the final effect.

I've still have some work left on this, I'll post updates as I go