Vive la rose

20096 min 22 secFilm: Animation

Direction: Bruce Alcock

Production: Tina Ouellette (Global Mechanic Inc.)Annette Clarke (National Film Board of Canada)Michael FukushimaBruce Alcock (Global Mechanic Inc.)Kent Martin (National Film Board of Canada)David Verrall

Co-produced by Global Mechanic Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada.

Based on the last recording by one of Newfoundland's foremost traditional music performers, Emile Benoit's tender delivery of the 18th century French song is the heart of Vive la rose. The story of unrequited love and tentative obsession throughout the beloved's life, sickness and early death is the narrative focus, accompanied by an emotional interpretation of Benoit's strong Newfoundland French accent and wavering old man's voice. Vive la rose is animation on location, rooting the film in a location that evokes the past, and combines ink drawings with a variety of romantic and associative elements and objects.

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Subject categories


  • Music > Animation of folk songsMusical Expressions
  • Francophone Communities > Newfoundland
  • Arts Education > MusicVisual Arts
  • Geography > Territory: Regional

Credits


director
Bruce Alcock
producer
Tina Ouellette
Annette Clarke
Michael Fukushima
design
Bruce Alcock
Luke Murphy
Dan Sousa
Dirk van de Vondel
2D animation
Bruce Alcock
Dan Sousa
3D animation
Paul Herschell
Justin Longoz
Joe Truesdell
previsualization
Paul Herschell
Justin Longoz
Joe Truesdell
artwork
Bruce Alcock
Luke Murphy
Dan Sousa
William Gill
Gillian Wharton
line production
Lynn Andrews
director of photography
Robert Petrie
art director
Marty Sexton
stop motion animation
Bruce Alcock
Mary Lewis
technical co-ordination
Joe Truesdell
Julie Laperrière
Steve Hallé
continuity
Lyly Fortin
grip
Jason Andrews
Andrew Best
production assistant
Philip Alcock
Tony Butt
catering
John Williams
Edwina Williams
editing
Nathaniel Akin
Bruce Alcock
Paul Herschell
Justin Longoz
Joe Truesdell
post-production
Nathaniel Akin
Bruce Alcock
Paul Herschell
Justin Longoz
Joe Truesdell
production coordination
Betty Wharton
Rosalina Di Sario
production accounting
Fion Yung
sound design
Judith Gruber-Stitzer
additional music
Judith Gruber-Stitzer
foley
The Perlgrubs
film lab
Technicolor
re-recording
Serge Boivin
Shelley Craig
Jean Paul Vialard
online editing
Yannick Carrier
administration
John William Lutz
marketing manager
Mia Desroches
executive producer
Bruce Alcock
Kent Martin
David Verrall

Awards


  • Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking AnimationNewport Beach Film Festival
  • Honourable Mention- Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian AnimationInternational Animation Festival