Animation Shorts: Feel the Beat 2003 – 2021 Ages 12+

When

4.30 pm, Mon 25 Apr 2022 (29 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

A selection of beautifully crafted film clips alongside striking narratives that capture the power of connecting to others through sound.

This screening contains flashing images.

Animal Beatbox 2011

"Short film using stop-start animation, with cut outs of animals and their names repeated to a beat." National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra

3 minutes | Ages 12+

Hello 2003

"This gently funny short is a take on the classic 'boy wants girl’ love story, set in a fantastical world where all the characters have music players for heads. A boy with an analog tape recorder for a head, is a shy and awkward romantic. The object of his desire has a more up-to-date digital device (a portable CD player). The metaphor extends when the boy seeks advice from a wise old man, whose head is a gramophone." Australian Screen

7 minutes | Ages 12+

Easy Way Out 2012

Video clip for Gotye’s ‘Easy Way Out’

4 minutes | Ages 12+

Rippled 2012

"A wonderful light painting collaboration between Darcy Prendergast and the creative team at Oh Yeah Wow with the beautiful music of All India Radio. Over 6 months in the making and painstakingly animated frame by frame, the piece is all shot in camera using long exposure techniques." Oz Animate

3 minutes | Ages 11+

Autumn Story 2009

"Chalk animated music video for Firekites ‘Autumn Story’" Lucinda Schreiber

3 minutes | Ages 11+

Tiger Yaltangki 2016

"Showcase of the bold and irreverent artistic practice of Yankunytjatjara artist Tiger Yaltangki, from Iwantja Art, Indulkana Community, APY Lands, SA. The video combines animation and live action in a chaotic celebration of Yaltangki’s love of rock n roll music, science fiction films and his home community of Indulkana." Tiger Yaltangki

3 minutes | Ages 12+

Apple of Iron 2008

A visual interpretation of the composition "Apple of Iron" by Japanese/Australian noise act, Defektro Noise Army.

3 minutes | Ages 12+

Congregation 2021

"The club offers up to you." Screen Australia

3 minutes | Ages 12+

Production Credits

Animal Beatbox

  • Director: Damon Gameau
  • Script: Damon Gameau
  • Animator: Damon Gameau
  • Music: Damon Gameau
  • Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
  • Rights: Tropfest
  • Year: 2011
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: Stop Motion Animation

Hello

  • Director: Jonathan Nix
  • Script: Jonathan Nix
  • Animator: Jonathan Nix
  • Music: Jonathan Nix
  • Print Source/Rights: Jonathan Nix
  • Year: 2003
  • Runtime: 7 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: 2D Computer Animation

Easy Way Out

  • Director: Darcy Prendergast
  • Lead Animators: Darcy Prendergast, Seamus Spilsbury
  • Music: Gotye
  • Print Source: Oh Yeah Wow
  • Rights: Gotye
  • Year: 2012
  • Runtime: 4 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: Stop Motion (Plasticine and Photographic) Animation

Rippled

  • Director: Darcy Prendergast
  • Animators: Darcy Prendergast, Josh Thomas, Michael Greaney, Josh O'Keefe, Donna Yeatman, Seamus Spilsbury, Andrew Onorato
  • Music: All India Radio
  • Print Source: Oh Yeah Wow
  • Rights: All India Radio
  • Year: 2012
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: Stop Motion (Light) Animation

Autumn Story

  • Directors/Animators: Lucinda Schreiber, Yanni Kronenberg
  • Music: Firekites
  • Print Source/Rights: Lucinda Schreiber
  • Year: 2009
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: Stop Motion (Chalk) Animation

Tiger Yaltangki

  • Director: Tiger Yaltangki
  • Producer: Iwantja Arts
  • Animator: Jackson Lee
  • Music: Iwantja Band
  • Print Source/Rights: Iwantja Arts
  • Year: 2016
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: Hand-painted, 2D Computer Animation and Live Action

Apple of Iron

  • Director: Rachel Walls
  • Producer: Rachel Walls
  • Script: Rachel Walls
  • Animator: Rachel Walls
  • Music: Defektro Noise Army
  • Print Source/Rights: Rachel Walls
  • Year: 2008
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: 2D Computer and Traditional Film Animation

Congregation

  • Director: Nick Simpson
  • Script: Nick Simpson
  • Animator: Nick Simpson
  • Music: Griffin James
  • Print Source/Rights: Nick Simpson
  • Year: 2021
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Animation Technique: 2D Computer Animation