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2015 / Short / stop-motion

Sea Child

United Kingdom

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Year2015
Format familyShort
Techniquestop-motion

Overview

NEW (absent master title). NOT generic digitally hand-drawn animation: physically repainted/erased calligraphy ink on 1x1 metre wooden boards, ~9000 photographed images over 9 months. colour painted on glass and optically projected. Director first-person interview https://static.shortoftheweek.com/2016/10/04/sea-child/ and independent Japan Media Arts Festival https://www.bunka.go.jp/j-mediaarts-festival/en/award/single/sea-child/index.html explicitly describe stop-motion hand-painted ink. director own site https://www.minha.co.uk/seachild explicitly confirms method and roles. Director/Animator Minha Kim (aka Min-ha Kim). producer Jacob Thomas. writer Islay Bell-Webb per festival https://www.promofest.org/en/films/sea-child. cinematographer Sverre Finset Sørdal. production design Daniel Francis Warren. editor Michele Chiappa. sound John Cohen. composer Antonio Nardi. lead animation assistants Siwon Kim and Lenka Dobranska. 3D artist Christopher Dubok. colour Ioannis Sariktzis. NFTS 7m27 vs director site 7m30: runtime rounding, year 2015. Director making-of https://vimeo.com/536040552 (making-of registry only. do not register as work).

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Minha Kim director direction
Official source screeningroom.nfts.co.uk high confidence
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