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Paradise
20077 min 49 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Jesse Rosensweet
Production: Steven HobanMark Smith
Script: Jesse Rosensweet
Produced by Copperheart Entertainment Production with the participation of The Canada Council for the Arts and with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada - Filmmaker Assistance Progam. Produced with a Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent) grant, supported by Bravo! NewsStyleArtsChannel, a division of CHUM Limited.
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Paradise is a in stop-motion animated short that is told using tin toys from the 1950s that move around on metal posts inside an "automated" world. This visual story follows John as he goes about his daily routine only to begin to question his very existence and the role that he plays in his automated world. The film mixes kitsch and popular culture in a multilayered story that tackles heavy subjects with a light touch.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Animation and Allegory on Social IssuesSociety
Credits
- writer
- Jesse Rosensweet
- director
- Jesse Rosensweet
- producer
- Steven Hoban
- voice
- David Foley
- Linda Ballantyne
- Aaron Abrams
- Ray Landry
- Lee Rosensweet
- Laurie Murdoch
- co-producer
- Mark Smith
- animator
- Robert Crossman
- Rachelle Lambden
- director of photography
- Jeremy Benning
- music composer
- David Buchbinder
- editor
- Robert Crossman
- Robert Coleman
- production designer
- Peter Cosco
- art director
- J. Ryan Halpenny
- production coordinator
- Pawel Maj
- post-production coordinator
- Adrian Laurie
- additional cinematography
- Eric Oh
- storyboard artist
- Andrew Lima
- business affairs
- Karyn Nolan
- additional dialogue
- Cassandra Nicolaou
- Hope Thompson
- Brian Morey
- key builder
- Adrian Stansfield
- builder
- Naomi Yasui
- assistant builder
- Megan McCarthy
- key painter
- Darryl East
- Erin McCutheon
- key character painter
- Joe Becker
- props
- David Savoie
- Kevin Slaats
- Anna Smolenskaia
- Anna Vorobieva
- Alastair Dickson
- carpenter
- John Deal
- Josh Gorle
- Mark Constantineau
- art department
- Lindsay Kane
- Lindsey Gillard
- Melissa Fisher
- Charlotte Teunissen
- Lacey Hammond Harrington
- Michelle Bubden
- Aurelia Bakeviaus
- Julie Roza
- Vivienne AuYeung
- Michael Naulls
- Ian Shannon
- Clea Minaker
- Stephanie Bagayawa
- Jocelynn D
- Brent O'Hagan
- production assistant
- Meng Wang
- opening titles
- Ryan V. Hays
- digital intermediate producer
- Nick Iannelli
- online editor
- Motassem Younes
- compositor
- Motassem Younes
- additional compositing
- Ahmad Ismail
- colorist
- Chris Wallace
- film recording
- Nick Paulozza
- Trevor Lewis
- sound editing services
- Tattersall Sound & Picture
- sound mixing services
- Tattersall Sound & Picture
- sound supervisor
- David McCallum
- sound editor
- Steve Medeiros
- re-recording mixer
- Stephan Carrier
- Kirk Lynds
- dialogue recording
- Matt McKenzie
- foley artist
- Goro Koyama
- Andy Malcolm
- foley recording mixer
- Don White
- foley recording assistant
- Anna Malkin
- Jenna Dalla Riva
- musician
- David Buchbinder
- Aurelius Johnstone
- Greg de Denus
- Rob Clutton
- Ethan Ardelli
- music mixer
- Jeremy Darby
Awards
- Certificate of Excellence- Animated Short Film or VideoInternational Children's Film Festival
- Jury AwardInternational Children's Film Festival