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Paradise

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Within the crystal chambers of a glittering palace, a magnificent bird performs for its Emperor--its plumage a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage cannot vie with the open skies. Innovative mixed-media techniques--cutouts, colour pencil renderings on cels and paper, multiple exposures, and backlit perforated backgrounds--combine with human imagination to produce this visually stunning animation short. Film without words.

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Paradise

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Authors

Patel, Ishu
MacDonald, Douglas
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Subjects

Envy.
Jealousy.
Animated films.
Mixed techniquesAnimated filmsFablesPaper cut-outs (animation technique)Cel animationBirdsEnvyHand-drawn animation

Language

No linguistic content

Published

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2013.

Publication Desc

1 streaming video (15 min., 20 sec.) : sound.

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Awards Note

Award for Best Short Film, 1986 General Award - Overseas, 1986 Special Award (animation) - with a cash prize of 750$, 1985 First Prize - Category: 15 to 30 minutes Films, 1985 Second Place - Category: Film as Art, 1986 Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Animation, 1986 International Jury's Prize - Category: Films for Youth, 1985 Special Jury Award for Originality and Aesthetic Quality, 1985 Special Jury Award (Tied with Enfer by Rein Raamat, USSR), 1985 Silver Bear - Category: Best Short Film, 1985 Award of Merit for its visual poetry - Category: films from 15 to 30 minutes, 1986

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General Note

Also available:.Also available in the following video compilations: The Art of the Animator Part III and Children's Favourites: Legends; Best of the Best: Strange Tales of the Imagination.

Credit Note

Concept, Ishu Patel ; design, Ishu Patel ; animation, Ishu Patel ; layouts, George Ungar ; character animation, George Ungar ; music, Gheorghe Zamfir ; sound effects, Normand Roger ; animation camera effects, Pierre Landry ; music recording, Louis Hone ; sound mixing, Jean-Pierre Joutel ; director, Ishu Patel ; producer, Ishu Patel ; executive producer, Douglas MacDonald.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 1984.

Summary

Within the crystal chambers of a glittering palace, a magnificent bird performs for its Emperor--its plumage a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage cannot vie with the open skies. Innovative mixed-media techniques--cutouts, colour pencil renderings on cels and paper, multiple exposures, and backlit perforated backgrounds--combine with human imagination to produce this visually stunning animation short. Film without words.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Award for Best Short Film, 1986
General Award - Overseas, 1986
Special Award (animation) - with a cash prize of 750$, 1985
First Prize - Category: 15 to 30 minutes Films, 1985
Second Place - Category: Film as Art, 1986
Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Animation, 1986
International Jury's Prize - Category: Films for Youth, 1985
Special Jury Award for Originality and Aesthetic Quality, 1985
Special Jury Award (Tied with Enfer by Rein Raamat, USSR), 1985
Silver Bear - Category: Best Short Film, 1985
Award of Merit for its visual poetry - Category: films from 15 to 30 minutes, 1986

Source of Description Note (R)

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).