Filling time

United Kingdom, 1978

Film
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Episode of Series “Animated Conversations”.
Another in the series of films whose starting point is the sound track, made by pinning a radio microphone to the central character. The resulting ‘natural conversation’ was edited down to five minutes and the animator allowed free visual interpretation. This one is about a visit to the dentist.

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Credits

director

Andy Walker

producer

Colin Thomas

production company

Aardman Animations

BBC

Duration

00:05:10:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1978

Appears in

Animated Conversations

Group of items

Animated Conversations

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323541

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Great Britain

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Great Britain

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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