“Play ball!”
16mm, 1989
Also available on video and on The Laughing Feminist Compilation.
Play ball! is my first animated film. I made it at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design as my graduating film. It is about dealing with fate’s curve balls when life does not proceed according to a deeply ingrained set of assumptions. To this day I can’t say I understand everything in this film.
The animation was drawn on paper using water soluble graphite and pencil crayons. I started working on the sound and music almost as soon as I started drawing. Since the school had a sound studio I was able to record myself singing into a four track tape recorder. I also experimented with the sound effects by reversing them or altering the speed.
Festivals
- Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation. - Ann Arbour Film Festival, Anne Arbor, Michigan.
Chosen for Festival Tour. - Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio.
- Festival International de Cinema de Animacao, Espino,Portugal.
- Montana Film and Video Festival, Helena, Montana.
Awarded Best Non-commercial Animation. - Uppsula Film Festival, Uppsula, Sweden.
- In-Sight’90, Edmonton, Alberta.
1989
- B.C. Student Film and Video Festival, Chilliwack, B.C.
- Twentieth Canadian Student Film Festival, Montreal, P.Q.