Nick Fox-Gieg

animation

nick@fox-gieg.com

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The Orange
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I Wanna Be Famous
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The Option of War
Little Bird of Disaster
The Story of Enoch
Disarmed
All About the Magnet
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The Option of War
format:   HD video
runtime:   6:30
date:   2005
tools:   Flash, After Effects, Painter, Final Cut, Audition, Photoshop
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In this adaptation of an early Kafka story, a soldier is taken prisoner in the night by a pack of jackals. Offering a pair of scissors, they demand that he use the makeshift weapon to kill his sleeping friends. They overwhelm his initial, shocked refusal. Slowly, incredibly, he begins to see their point of view. He takes the scissors, and...

Premiered at Ottawa Animation Festival, 2005.