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    stage fright

    • 1999
    • 00h 05m 00s
    • Wrik Mead
    • Rent $100
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    Synopsis

    The curtains are drawn, a clown stands in the spotlight, the reception is dismal. Before s/he can even begin to perform, debilitating fear takes over. Both sad and humorous, this film explores how one can be manipulated by the depths of fear.

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • LGBTQ2S+

    Shooting Format

    • 16 mm

    Languages

    • None

    Additional Details

    • Colour,
    • Mono,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Central Canada

    Screening Formats

    • 3/4 tape (umatic),
    • 16 mm,
    • AppleProRes,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Director: Wrik Mead

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    Over 2500 hand drawn frames create a rotoscope animation of a figure that continuously climbs and falls from a bust of the artist. As the animated figure moves around the bust he exposes different parts of the artists own skin. The performance is an endless loop as he struggles to reach the top. His victory is short lived though as he stumbles shortly after he reaches the summit. After the fall he simply brushes himself and begins the climb again.

    Under/Stand

    Boy

    • 2009
    • Wrik Mead

    “Boy” is a short film that touches on sexual orientation, homophobia and acceptance. An animated figure swings at the viewer while a robotic voice whispers so that no one around him can hear. Slowly descending into self-doubt, he questions his choices and what he has become.

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    Prick

    • 2008
    • Wrik Mead

    Stop-motion animation is used to manipulate a penis whose desire becomes its own demise.

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