Charade (short film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Charade |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| length | 5 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jon Minnis |
| script | Jon Minnis |
| production | Jon Minnis |
Charade is a 1984 Canadian animated short film directed by Jon Minnis .
action
A group plays a charade : while two men alternately pantomime the title of a book or film , the others, who can only be heard in the film, guess the title. The first man goes to great lengths to introduce the film Dracula , bringing vampire teeth, fake blood, even bats and stakes into play, but the time is up before the guessers know which film it is. The second man, on the other hand, manages to depict Lawrence of Arabia with a simple contortion .
The second man also wins the second round, imitating The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations with a splits-like attitude , while the first man is unable to bring the guessers to Jaws despite his shark changing and characteristic music . In the third round, Man 1 appears in Superman costume, hunts pistol bullets and makes cars fly himself, but there is not enough time to make himself understood. Man 2 just takes off his glasses briefly to let the others know that he is Superman . Man 1 now appears angry, turns his back on the audience and shows them his bare buttocks. The guessers are now trying to figure out a movie that goes with it - suggestions include The Last Time I Saw Paris and Babyface Nelson - and Man 1 is puzzled.
production
Charade was created in the summer of 1983 during the International Summer School of Animation at Sheridan College . The script had taken four months to complete. Jon Minnis then drew the film alone within three months.
The film was released in 1984 in cinemas in the USA and Canada, among others. Minnis speaks the individual characters in the film himself.
Awards
In 1985 Charade won the Oscar in the " Best Animated Short Film " category . That same year, Minnis received a Genie Award for best short film.
Charade received an OIAF Award at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 1984.
Web links
- Charade in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Charade on bcdb.com