The Hill Farm
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Hill Farm |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 18 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Baker |
| script | Mark Baker |
| production | National Film and Television School |
| music | Julian Nott |
| cut | Annie Kocur |
The Hill Farm is a 1988 British animated short film directed by Mark Baker .
action
A farm with a stable is on a hill and on the opposite hill is the shepherd's house. Every morning the farmer gets up, let the animals out to pasture and feed the chicks. The shepherd is woken up and tends the animals, even if one day he fell asleep while working and has to save a sheep from a huge bear.
One day tourists arrive, hunters go on the hunt and shoot everything they can get in front of the shotgun, and the water pump stops giving water. A storm is approaching. The tourists go to a cave where they wake the huge bear from sleep. The bear follows the fleeing tourists to the farm. This is also where the hunters who tried in vain to shoot the bear flee. It threatens to devour the people in the house, but the sudden onset of rain drives the bear away. The storm also lifts the house, but the shepherd can keep it on the ground.
The next day brings sunshine. The tourists leave and the hunters start hunting again. The shepherd puts his own destroyed house back together, the farmer and farmer feed the animals again and the water pump gives water again after the thunderstorm. In the evening everyone goes to bed as usual.
production
The Hill Farm was born as a Bakers project at the National Film and Television School . The film was animated directly on Cels with wax pencils . Work on the film lasted three years and ended in 1988. The budget for the film was £ 18,000.
The Hill Farm describes three days in the lives of farmers, hunters and tourists, and shows how all three groups of people use the same landscape in different ways.
Awards
The Hill Farm has won numerous international awards, including the 1989 Grand Prix at the Festival d'Animation Annecy and a BAFTA for best animation film, and the 1990 Audience Award at the Ottawa International Animation Festival .
The film was nominated in 1990 for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ", but could not prevail against Balance .
Web links
- The Hill Farm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Hill Farm on bcdb.com