Euganea Film Festival

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• 1 july - friday
• 2 july - saturday
• 3 july - sunday
• 6 july - wednesday
• 7 july - thursday
• 8 july - friday
• 9 july - saturday
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Competition

• Italian Shorts Films
• International Shorts Films
• Documentaries
• Animation
• Cinemambulante
• Veneto Movie Movement

You must be joking

by Michael Cash

Animation | UK | 2010 | HD | 5 min.

italian subtitles by EMM

Date

saturday 2 july

Location

ESTE, Giardini del Castello

A five minute animation based on an edited recording from a live performance by the comedian Adam Bloom. The film demonstrates how his skills in improvisation, honed of years of experience as a stand up, come into their own when controlling a particularly boisterous London crowd. 

The film uses a mixture of stop motion (clay on glass), Flash, After Effects and CG animation to allow us to see the audience through Adam's eyes and get a glimpse into what's goes on inside his head.

Biography/Filmography:

Michael Cash started off as a model maker before moving into stop frame animation. He has spent the majority of his twenty years in the industry freelancing at Aardman Animations, animating on projects including Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, TV commercials and short films. During this time he fitted in two years working in the States (at Olive Jar Studios and Out of Hand Animation) as well France, Spain and Denmark. He co-founded the illustration and animation studio WÖNKY at the start of 2007. Miki oversees the animation and design teams and directs the majority of WÖNKY’s work. He is responsible for providing the vision and creative leadership, determining and guiding the narrative content and visual style of each production. This has involved directing film for clients including production companies, broadcasters and digital agencies. Recent projects have meant developing content for online, mobile and TV and have ranged from animation for the BBC to interactive online films for Capital One. • ‘You Must Be Joking’ 2010 (WONKY) Director ‘Shooting People Comedy Award’ winning film funded by the UK Jewish Film Festival/Pears Foundation • ‘Greening the Blue’ campaign 2010 (WONKY) Director 5 x Films for the UN (for Enable Interactive) • ‘Credit Made Clearer’ campaign 2010 (WONKY) Director 11 x award-winning interactive online films for Capital One (for AMV BBDO) • ‘iLand’ 2010 (WONKY) Co-Director Pilot for an in-house children’s series • ‘Caught in the Web’ 2009 (WONKY) Animation Director BAFTA-nominated 30 min Newsround Special for CBBC • ‘Fire Kills’ 2008 (WONKY) Director TV Public Service Announcement for COI • ‘Suburban Myths’ 2008 (WONKY) Director 2 x viral films to promote the launch of Channel 4’s animation site 4mations.tv • ‘HorseCat’ 2008 (WONKY) Director Flash animation as pilot for children’s series • ‘Peculiar Patents’ Pilot for BBC Scotland 2007 (WONKY) Director Short film made using Flash and After Effects • ‘Cyberia’ short film series 2007 (WONKY) Director Three viral films funded by South West Screen • ‘Cockney Coppers’ 2006 (Shufti) Co-Director Short film using Maya • ‘Hot Shot’ 2000 (Aardman Animations) Director Stop motion animation for Atom films • Upstairs Downstairs Bears 1999 (Egmont Imagination) Co-Director

Direction

Michael Cash

Story

Adam Bloom

Script

Adam Bloom

Photography

Fred Reed

Editing

Michael Cash

Music

Alex Lupo

Cast

Adam Bloom

Production

Vicky Brophy

Distribution

WONKY

Web site

www.wonkyfilms.com