Synopsis: A small puzzle piece wakes up in a strange world, unsure of where it belongs. As it journeys through various board games in search of connection and it nearly gives up, until it finds a puzzle with one missing space. Slipping into place perfectly, it discovers that sometimes, getting lost is how you find where you truly fit.
All video footage and stop-motion animation were shot and created by Amanda Pazos using materials from her personal collection. The scenes were built and animated frame-by-frame using the Stop Motion Studio app. I used the Stop Motion Studio app to capture and arrange the animation frames. Final editing, including trimming clips, syncing audio, and adding music, was completed in iMovie. Canva Pro was used to edit the credits.
Audio credits:
- Chess pieces by Imrius. Downloaded from Freesound.org on 03/22/2025. Attribution 4.0 International
- puzzle pieces 2.wav by esperar. Downloaded from Freesound.org on 03/22/2025. CC0 1.0 Universal.
- Scrabble.wav by moxobna. Downloaded from Freesound.org on 03/22/2025. CC0 1.0 Universal.
- “RUN” by Ant.Survila. Downloaded from ccMixter.org on 4/5/2025. Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)
Video credits:
All video footage and stop-motion animation were shot and created by Amanda Pazos using materials from her personal collection.
The Lost Puzzle Piece © 2025 by Amanda Pazos is licensed under CC BY 4.0. This is a derivative of “RUN” by Ant.Survila. Downloaded from ccMixter.org on 4/5/2025. Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) and Chess pieces by Imrius. Downloaded from Freesound.org on 03/22/2025. Attribution 4.0 International.
Disclaimer:
Scrabble is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. (in the U.S. and Canada) and Mattel, Inc. (elsewhere). This video includes references to the Scrabble® board game for illustrative purposes, in accordance with fair use principles. The material is used to support and enhance the video’s message, not to comment on the game itself. This use falls under Fair Use Best Practice Two: Using copyrighted material for illustration or example.
LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this video. I didn’t claim fair use for the LEGO pieces because no logos or branded elements were shown in the video. Since the pieces were used generically in my own original footage, it didn’t involve any recognizable trademarked content but I included a disclaimer just in case.
