FILM
Mark Simon Hewis
AnimateTV 2007
2007
Duration: 6'31"
The Life Size Zoetrope is the celebratory life story of one man, told via a one-take live action shot of a human zoetrope containing the film.
Credits
A film by Mark Simon Hewis
Produced by Katie Daniels
Sound Design by Chris Barnett
Director of Photography Annemarie Lean-Vercoe
Music by The Books
Assistant Animator Elle Farnham
Production Assistants George Bowler, Nicky Elliott
Narration by Chris McCalphy
Synopses
A film about the cycle of life on one giant wheel.
The Life Size Zoetrope is the celebratory life story of one man, told via a one-take live action shot of a human zoetrope containing the film.
The Life Size Zoetrope is the celebratory life story of one man told via a one-take live action shot of a giant zoetrope containing the film. We are taken through the cyclical journey the man has taken as it is presented to us through animated loops on pages and body parts of 36 riders on the wheel. Mixtures of emotions fill the film, from the celebration of creativity to its eventual loneliness, regret and repetition.
Technical information
Animation created in Photoshop with combined live
action video. 36 Printed books of each animated loop, shot live action on a Round Up fairground ride.
Footage on DVC pro HD. This was then edited and
stablised using Final Cut Pro.
Full credits
Narration Chris McCalphy
Director of Photography AnneMarie Lean-Vercoe
First Assistant Director Mindell Bowen
Assistant Animator Eleonor Farnham
Sound Design Chris Barnett
Music by The Books
Live Action Sound by Dean Owens
Victorian Music Machine No.1 by Plinth
Gaffer Bernie Rostoski
Production Assistant George Bowler
Production Assistant Nicola Elliott
Additional Animation by Georgina Adams
CGI Tests Andy Ryan
Round Up driven by John Brixton
Titles by Samuel Carlos Bartle
Performers
Katie Redstone, Shaun Littlewood, Melanie Hasemore, Ricky Martin, Sarah Lawrence, John Biggins, Azusa Chareteau, Sally Stevens, Georgia Pawelko, Chloe Embarta, Esther Johnson, Neil Young, Lucy Begent, Libby Bass, Laurie Gibbs, Becky Pescod, Chris Kemp, Tom Gray, Tom Brown, Ben Fletcher, Gavin Hesketh, Helen Ashman, Elle Stanton, Christina Yong, Ben Mitchell, Ben Hannabuss Li Xuan Tan, Dan Gonzalez, Ben Williams, Joanne Barker, Kim Standing, George Crabtree, Emma Scott, Rebecca Dix, Claire Lawrence, Howard Moses, Jo Hepworth, Tom Ormonde, Edward Rogers, Benjamin Steel, Sin Jeunlim, Daryll Arthur, Rahel Ogara, Kathy Bray, Wendy Lewis, Dom Pitt, Mark Freakes, Sarah Keates, Samuel Carlos Bartle, Chris Hewis, Marina Traversari, Rosie Norton, David Thompson, Mei Shyuan, Louise Jennings, Spencer Cross, Cieran Norton, Sally Morrison, Alec Studerus, Mathew Walker, Georgina Adam, Ron Hewis, Peppa Mae Daniels Hewis, Jack Daniels, Jeremy Routledge, Helene Friren, Mike Daniels
Produced by Katie Daniels
A film by Mark Simon Hewis