Getting Started is a 1979 animated short by Richard Condie[2] and produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada.
Getting Started | |
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Directed by | Richard Condie |
Written by | Richard Condie |
Produced by | Jerry Krepakevich |
Starring | Jay Brazeau (voice) Richard Condie [1] |
Music by | Patrick Godfrey |
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Release date |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Summary
editThe film is a comical look at procrastination, based partly on the filmmaker's own experiences, portraying the inability of a pianist to rehearse a Debussy composition.[3][4]
Accolades
editAwards for Getting Started included the Genie Award for best animation film.[5] The film also won awards at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films and the Tampere Film Festival, as well as the Bijou Award for Best Animation.
Credits
edit- Story, Animation, Direction: Richard Condie
- Backgrounds: Sharon Condie
- Music: Patrick Godfrey - From Debussy's Children's Corner
- Voices: Richard Condie and Jay Brazeau
- Inker: Mary-Lou Storey
- Painter: Gloria Thorsteinson
- Animation Camera: Svend-Erik Eriksen and Tom Brydon
- Sound Editor: Ken Rodeck
- Re-Recording: Clive Perry
- Studio Administrator: Charles Lough
- Producer: Jerry Krepakevich
- Executive Producer: Michael Scott
- Getting Started
- A National Film Board Of Canada - Prairie Production
References
edit- ^ AllMovie
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ Cuthbert, Pamela (January 2003). "Richard Condie". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ William Beard & Jerry White, ed. (2002). North of everything: English-Canadian cinema since 1980. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-88864-390-X. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
Getting Started Condie.
- ^ "Getting Started". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada Web site. 1979. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
External links
edit- Watch Getting Started on the NFB website
- Getting Started at IMDb
- Getting Started on YouTube