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At the Quinte Hotel

Item number (ISN):

381288

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2005

Item number (ISN):

381288

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GLOBAL MECHANIC WEST

Accession:

2007-0045

Media:

Film

Original title:

At the Quinte Hotel

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2005

Production company:

Global Mechanic West

Production credit:

executive producer/director/animation/editing, Bruce Alcock; producer, Tina Ouellette; executive producer, Ann Marie Flemming; Matthew Charde; sound, Dennis Burke

Sponsor:

The Canada Council for the Arts
Global Mechanic West

Distributor name:

Global Mechanic West

Description:

"A poet waxes on about beer and flowers in a small-town basement tavern. He witnesses and joins a bar fight, which he wins. Seizing the opportunity to recite to a captive crowd, he tries to profit from the emotional effect of his poem." <3mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The synopsis is taken from www.globalmechanic.com ~2. This animated film uses a CBC radio recording of Al Purdy reading one of his best known poems (of the same name) to the League of Canadian Poets in 1968.~3. The animation includes computer-assisted and handmade techniques, such as oil on paper, charcoal drawings on paper, linoleum, bottle caps, wire, flowers, a neon sign and an electric kettle.~4. Primarily animated in-camera, shot on a Nikon D1SLR digital camera using a monostand, composited and edited in Adobe After Effects, using Macs and PCs, the piece was later output to 35mm by Kevin Nordine at Pixelfilms in Chicago.~5. This film has screened all over the world, from Melbourne through Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Hong Kong, the UK and of course, Canada and the USA. It has won numberous awards. ~6. Noted Canadian animator, Ann Marie Flemming, is also a partner at Global Mechanic West, working with Bruce Alcock.

Technique:

ANIMATION

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

443516

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-09-0121

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

443517

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-09-0122

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Bruce Alcock.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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