Oscar & Quin, a four minute stop-motion animated short
film follows the story of Oscar, a furry blue character, destined for a gloomy
life in a landfill site. Within
seconds of the film beginning, we’re thrown into the turmoil of discarding
outgrown toys and thrown in the literal sense into the rubbish bin. All is not
lost when Oscar finds true love with Quin, a broken mannequin. Together
they defy the odds and prove that hope is not lost but when faced with a
life-threatening situation, their future becomes compromised.
Created on
a shoestring budget, O’Malley describes her reasoning behind combining stop-motion
and live action in The Oscar Chronicles
“when intertwined with live action, stop-motion brings a timeless quality in a
way that no other medium provides”.
There’s something gratifying about seeing the
animation process in action, the giving of life to inanimate objects, be they
hand-drawn images, computer-generated models or articulated puppets. But
there’s something particularly special about stop-motion animation. It’s not
the process itself, which is painstakingly laborious, but what goes on behind
the scenes.
Set in a rural Norfolk village in contemporary
England, it’s a quirky tale of optimism and romance that compels and captivates
the audience into the first instalment of The Oscar Chronicles.
RELEASED
February 28
DIRECTOR Nicole
O’Malley
RUNNING TIME
4 mins.
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