Animation &Hubley &Tissa David 13 Apr 2009 07:43 am
Seeding
-Tissa David animated the entire film for John & Faith Hubley. This short, as I said in previous posts, was done for PBS’ Great American Dream Machine for producer, Elinor Bunin. As Bob Blechman verified, they were given very little money and time to do an 8 min. short. The Hubleys gave life to the short by putting it on the theatrical and festival circuit.
Here’s a rough run cycle Tissa did for the Goddess of Fertility, who goes about inseminating the world with her seed. Tissa adds to its eccentricity with having the low point in the cycle the passing drawing. She comes up as each leg hits the ground.
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On threes at 24FPS
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on 13 Apr 2009 at 8:46 am 1.richard o'connor said …
I’m sure you’ve heard this.
Tissa told me that she spoke at The New School in the early 80s and they screened this film.
It was the first time she had seen it since its completion.
When Mother Nature came on screen, she said, it was just as though she saw an old friend -someone whom she hadn’t seen in long time, but was once very close to.
That really says it all about her work.
on 13 Apr 2009 at 5:01 pm 2.Frank M Hansen said …
What an amazing Blog (Splog) this is. I had forgotten about it for awhile. I really love the animation and art that you spot light. I can not tell you how inspiring all this work is to me. Thanks so much.