IT WILL be a case of David taking on the Goliaths of the movie-making world at the biggest awards ceremony on the planet.

One Hampshire woman is hoping that her self-made film will be named best animated short film at the Oscars tonight.

But Daisy Jacobs’ eight-minute film, The Bigger Picture, is facing competition from studio giants such as Disney and Pixar.

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The 26-year-old is keeping her fingers crossed that she can bag a gold statuette at this year’s Academy Awards.

Created on a micro-budget of £8,000 it features Daisy’s life-size drawings and tells a darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly relative.

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While other studios had teams of 30 animators working to create their films, the former Bay House School, Gosport, student worked on her stop-motion film with just the help of a small team of students from Central Saint Martin’s University in London.

Her mum Lindsay, from Gosport, expressed pride at her daughter’s hard-working ethic.

She said: “This is the thing that I’m proud of. She spent a whole year working on that film. Pixar has 30 animators with [parent company] Disney.

“For this film it was just her and her co-animator and her fellow students. Her film is made entirely by students.

“It was a tough process, dressed in her overalls every day and working in a hangar. I think to get this far and with the amount of resources they had, it’s just amazing.”

Her film tells the story two brothers’ struggle to care for their elderly mother. They fight, but finally see the bigger picture.

Daisy used a technique involving life-sized animation – a hybrid of intricate wall-painting and 3D stop-motion that hasn’t been done before.

It is an approach that has led to Daisy winning 25 awards for the film already, including a Bafta at the star-studded ceremony in London earlier this month.