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Marcy Page
Marcy Page is an animation filmmaker and educator. Page was born and raised in California. She animated her own projects and for several companies, and she taught courses at both San Francisco State University and the California College of Arts before she emigrated to Canada. Her own film ''Paradisia'' won awards at many international festivals.N. SchwartzMarcy Page BravoFact, 8 March 2013 In 1990, Page joined the National Film Board of Canada, where she produced a number of animated films. Most notably, she co-produced the Academy Award-winning films ''Ryan'' (2004) and ''The Danish Poet'' (2006).Dan SartoMarcy Page Leaves Her Mark on the NFB Animation World Network, April 1, 2014 She also produced the Academy Award-nominated ''Madame Tutli-Putli'' (which won the Le Grand Prix Canal + du meilleur court-métrage at 2007 Cannes Film Festival and co-produced '' Me and My Moulton'' (2014) and ''My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts'' (1999), both nominated for the Academy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling In Love Again (2003 Film)
''Falling in Love Again'' is a 2003 animated stereoscopic 3D film directed by Munro Ferguson, about a man and woman tossed aloft during a car accident, who fall in love while plummeting to the ground. Set to the song Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It) as sung by Marlene Dietrich, it was created by Ferguson at the National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ..., using IMAX's SANDDE stereoscopic drawing system. It won a Canadian Genie Award for Best Animated Short in 2003. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows. References External links * 2003 films National Film Board of Canada animated short films 2003 3D films Best Animated Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian 3D films 2000s animated short films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Wings Are Attached To The Backs Of Angels
''How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels'' is a 1996 animated short by Canadian animator Craig Welch, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). While Welch's first film with the NFB, 1992's ''No Problem'', was influenced by the comic style of NFB animators Cordell Barker and Richard Condie, ''How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels'' marked a distinct change in artistic direction, exploring such darker themes as death and desire, in a style that has been called "surrealistic." Welch has stated that one of the original influences for the film was Arnold Böcklin's painting '' Isle of the Dead'' as well as Norman McLaren's 1946 NFB animated short ''A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting'', which incorporates the Böcklin work. The film received commercial distribution in Canada as the opening film to screenings of David Cronenberg's film ''Crash''."National Film Board short will be shown with Crash". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 4, 1996. Awards The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank The Wrabbit
''Frank the Wabbit'' is a 1998 Canadian animated short film by Academy Award-winning animator John Weldon.Pam Swedko"Wrabbit had genesis in bedtime story" ''Playback'', December 14, 1998. The film centres on a highly intelligent rabbit with a philosophical worldview and a quick wit to survive and prosper even when the farmer's carrots disappeared. The film had its genesis in a bedtime story that Weldon made up for his young daughter. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999. In 1999, it was one of eight National Film Board of Canada projects criticized by Reform Party of Canada MP John Williams as a "waste of taxpayers' money".Rick Mofina, "MP calls eight NFB films `trash': Alberta Reformer details movie hit list in `waste report'". ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy Who Saw The Iceberg
''The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg'' (French: ''Le garçon qui a vu l'iceberg'') is a 2000 animated short by Paul Driessen, which uses a split screen to portray the real life (on the left side) and imaginary life (on the right) of a young boy. A film without words, the 8 minute and 49 second National Film Board of Canada short is a retelling of the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'' through the eyes and active imagination of a young boy. Story Over a period of three days, the film shows how the boy's fantasies of peril and adventure are frustrated by adults, who interrupt his fantasies, forcing the boy to start a new imaginary story line each time. Once aboard the ocean liner, however, the perils facing the boy are no longer the stuff of fancy. When he spots an iceberg and tries to warn the ship's captain, he is rebuffed. The film does not show the actual collision or disaster, going instead to white out. However, in an epilogue sequence, the film shows the final moments of the boy's con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hungry Squid
''The Hungry Squid'' is 2002 animated short film by John Weldon, about a young girl whose homework and personal life is being disrupted by creatures, including a giant ravenous squid. The film was animated using Weldon's personal style of do-it-yourself filmmaking, combining low-budget computer animation with puppets, photos and stop-motion animation in a technique he calls "digital recyclomation." The film's producer, Marcy Page, had coined the term "recyclomation" during production of Weldon's 1991 film, '' The Lump''. This National Film Board of Canada production received seven awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short and the Platinum Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The film is narrated by Derek McGrath Derek McGrath (born June 4, 1951) is a Canadian actor and writer. Life and career McGrath was born in Timmins, Ontario. His career began as Linus in ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''. He is known for his roles in '' Cheers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spine (film)
''The Spine'' is a 2009 animated short film by Chris Landreth about a married dysfunctional couple, created in Landreth's "psycho realist" style, in which characters' mental states are reflected in their physical appearance. Voices for the couple were supplied by Gordon Pinsent and Alberta Watson. Landreth has explained his animation style as "a kind of surrealistic portrayal of real people and what I do with the surrealistic part is to make people's emotional, psychological and spiritual state kind of very evident on their faces and in their body so that they look …scarred in a way that reflects their history." ''The Spine'' was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Copperheart Animation and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, with the creative participation of Autodesk Canada and Seneca College's School of Communication Arts. It is Landreth's second film with Copper Heart and the NFB, having won the 2004 Academy Award for Animated Short Film and the 25th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want A Dog (film)
''I Want a Dog'' is a 2003 animated short film, based on 1987 children's book of the same title by Dayal Kaur Khalsa. it is directed by Sheldon Cohen, is produced by Marcy Page and David Verrall. It was starring Marnie McPhail.It tells the story of a girl named May who wants more than anything to have a dog. She tries various strategies to get her parents to allow her one, at last settles for having a rollerskate which she treats like a dog, and in the end wins her desire. The film has garnered 10 international awards, including First Prize from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. and the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb ( hr, Svjetski festival animiranog filma), also known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Fil .... See also * Animation Based On Literature * Children's Stories * Children's Literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life
''Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life'' is a 2010 Canadian live-action/animated short film directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, collectively known as Clyde Henry Productions, and features the voices of Meryl Streep, Forest Whitaker and Spike Jonze. Jonze also served as producer along with Vincent Landay and Marcy Page. ''Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life'' was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Warner Home Video. It is based on the 1967 children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak about the fictional adventures of his pet dog Jennie. Plot A Sealyham Terrier named Jennie leaves a comfortable life and embarks on a journey for new experiences and stardom. Production An associate of Jonze had been impressed by Lavis and Szczerbowski's previous work, the animated short '' Madame Tutli-Putli'' and suggested to the director that they would be suitable to create a short companio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Life (2011 Film)
''Wild Life'' is a 2011 Canadian animated short film by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis. The film debuted at the 2011 Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto in June 2011 and online on January 6, 2012. The film was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 84th Academy Awards, and Best Animated Short Subject at the 39th Annie Awards as well as a Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 32nd Genie Awards. Based in Calgary, Tilby and Forbis were previously nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for their 1999 NFB film ''When the Day Breaks'', with Tilby also nominated individually for her 1991 NFB short ''Strings''. ''Wild Life'' was produced by Marcy Page and Bonnie Thompson. Premise The film follows the story of a dapper young remittance man sent to Alberta from England in 1909, with disastrous results. Production In addition to writing and directing the film, Forbis and Tilby drew and painted every animation frame in guache, and wrote the lyrics fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subconscious Password
''Subconscious Password'' is a 2013 3-D animated film by Chris Landreth offering an imaginary, comedic look at the inner workings of Landreth's mind, as he tries to remember someone's name at a party. The film was produced the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) with the participation of Copperheart Entertainment and the Seneca College Animation Arts Centre. The film is made with computer animation, as well as pixilation sequences at the beginning and end of the film, featuring animation director John R. Dilworth as the friend whose name Landreth cannot recall. ''Subconscious Password'' is Landreth's first 3-D film and third with the NFB, Copperheart Entertainment and Seneca College. The idea for the film came to Landreth after watching a rerun of ''Password'' in 2010. Synopsis The film presents the mental process of remembering a friend's name as it were an episode of the old ''Password'' game show, with various celebrities attempting to assist Landreth. Production More than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth's Dominion
''Seth’s Dominion'' is a 2014 National Film Board of Canada animated/live action documentary directed by Luc Chamberland about the Canadian cartoonist Seth. Production ''Seth’s Dominion'' took Chamberland eight years to create, from conception to release. Chamberland first discovered the work of Seth—whose real name is Gregory Gallant—while he was living in London. Chamberland, who had aspired to being a comic book artist himself, was immediately drawn to the Ontario-born cartoonist's work: Chamberland first approached Seth at a comic book conference in Montreal. At first, he didn't know whether he wanted to do a film with or about Seth. The two men discussed films that had been done in the past about cartoon artists, and agreed that they didn't want to do anything remotely similar. The breakthrough for Chamberland came when Seth gave him access to his unpublished diaries, rendered in cartoon form: Chamberland worked on ''Seth's Dominion'' over a seven-year period, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
