Synopsis:
The opening intro animated for Festival BAB – Biennial of Animation Bratislava which takes place biennially in October in Bratislava, Slovakia. The local music band PARA gave us their great song Celé tie roky which I used as a sountrack for animation. All the scenography is made out of used second-hand clothes and recycled textiles.
- Director:
- Martin Smatana
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Running time:
- 2 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Martin Smatana
- Music composer:
- PARA – Brutalna Zostava
- Sound designer:
- Vojtech Zavadil
- Genres:
- Family, Comedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Animals, Humor, Poetic, Calming, Light-hearted, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 4+
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