A single life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | A single life |
| Country of production | Netherlands |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 3 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Marieke Blaauw Joris Oprins Job Roggeveen |
| script | Marieke Blaauw Joris Oprins Job Roggeveen |
| production | Marieke Blaauw Joris Oprins Job Roggeveen |
| music | Happy campers |
A Single Life is a Dutch short film directed by Marieke Blaauw , Joris Oprins and Job Roggeveen from 2014.
action
The young Pia is about to eat a slice of pizza when the doorbell rings. When she opens it, an envelope is on her doormat that contains the vinyl single A Single Life . Pia plays the song on her record player and by chance discovers that spinning the record affects her life story, so suddenly her pizza slice is almost finished after a record jump. Pia moves the record needle and suddenly sees herself catapulted a few years into the future. She's pregnant, another record fastener, and she's holding a crying baby. Other gimmicks with the record needle make her a toddler and later a woman in a wheelchair. Here the record has a crack and prevents Pia from reaching the turntable several times. Another push of the plate needle shows Pia in old age. While she is still walking to the record player with her walking aid, the song ends and instead of Pia there is suddenly an urn in the room.
production
A Single Life was created as a result of a competition looking for short films that could be shown as supporting films in the cinema. The idea for A Single Life belonged to one of four winners and prevailed against around 100 competitors.
The film was written, produced, designed and animated by the animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke - Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins and Job Roggeveen; the three also directed. The animation was done with Cinema 4D; the production time was three months. The film does not contain any dialogues. The song A Single Life , which can be heard in the film, is from Happy Camper feat. Pien Feith .
Awards
A Single Life was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Animated Short Film in 2015 , but couldn't prevail against love goes through the stomach . He received the Golden Gate Award for Best Short Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival .
Web links
- A Single Life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A Single Life on bcdb.com
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Dan Sarto: Joris Oprins Talks "A Single Life" . awn.com, February 9, 2015.