NFB Collection
The Big Swing
20111 min 28 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Paula Gillgannon
Production: David VerrallMichael FukushimaMaral Mohammadian
Script: Paula Gillgannon
The macabre tale of a child trying to overcome her fear of the swing.
This animated short was made for Hothouse 7, the NFB’s program for emerging
filmmakers, whose central theme was “Here Be Dragons”.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Sports, Leisure and Play
- English Language Arts > Poetry
Credits
- writer
- Paula Gillgannon
- director
- Paula Gillgannon
- mentoring director
- Luigi Allemano
- composer
- Darren Fung
- musician
- John Corban
- Darren Fung
- Amy Horvey
- Guillaume Roy
- Anna Sampson
- editor
- Jelena Popovic
- sound editor
- Luigi Allemano
- infographics
- Susan Gourley
- Randall Finnerty
- Fred Casia
- foley
- Karla Baumgardner
- recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music mix
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- on-line
- Denis Gathelier
- technical co-ordination
- Julie Laperrière
- Steve Hallé
- administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Rosalina Di Sario
- Elaine Largie
- executive producer
- David Verrall
- producer
- Michael Fukushima
- associate producer
- Maral Mohammadian