Ten Thousand Pictures of You (Robin King, UK, 2006)
Runtime: 3 min
Synopsis:
A rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah’s world, as she seeks revenge upon the movie star who broke her heart.
"The idea was to do all the effects 'on camera'. We would make one stop-motion animation; then print every frame of that onto photo paper; then make a second animation of a character looking at the photo – in each frame of this, the photo is replaced with the next one on the pile. This meant the film had to be shot in a very specific order. The exteriors were filmed during a bitterly cold winter: the actors had to sit still for extended periods. Post was the biggest challenge: thousands of frames had to be Photoshopped by hand, and I had to write several pieces of new software. Production took about a year".
ABOUT STAND ALONE FILMIn 2003 Robin King set up Stand Alone Films with producer Denise Hoey and went back to school for a year, studying 16mm Filmmaking in London. Screen South commissioned them in 2005 to make Ten Thousand Pictures of You. His second short, Five Card Stud, is currently in post-production.
Stand Alone Film is well into its festival run with Ten Thousand Pictures Of You and is delighted to have won Best Film at Talent Circle's Super Shorts and Runner-Up for the Newcomer Award at Rushes Soho Shorts. There are several more festivals coming up.
But Stand Alone Film is not standing still - it is keeping its noses to the grindstone, postproducing their second short film Five Card Stud.
Awards:
Best Film at
Winner Best Film, Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival 2006
Runner Up Newcomer Award, Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival, 2006
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2006
Raindance Film Festival 2006
Resfest (Global tour), 2006-2007
Leeds International Film Festival, 2006
Alter-Native 14 International Short Film Festival, Romania, 2006
Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2006
Bradford Animation Festival, 2006
Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol, UK 2006
| Credits:
Director: Robin King |
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