Best use of Sound
Moo(n)
Dir: Leigh Hodgkinson
Slinky Pictures
The film is about the friendship between a girl and a cow. Their perfect times together are interrupted by a bee and some sneezes. An enforced separation inspired by caring parents' pales into insignificance when the cow finds herself on another planet. Her quest to get home to see her friend is ludicrously employed and as it turns out - suicidal. We discover that friendship can be fickle, actions have consequences and that hot milk and honey can relieve the common cold.
Dad's Dead
Dir: Chris Shepherd
Slinky Pictures
Through a series of ghostly reminiscences a young man tries to piece together fragmented moments from the past, memories being triggered by admiration for his best friend Johnno. As the story unfolds, hero worship turns to revulsion as the web of violence is revealed. Manipulated live action mutates and combines with digital animation.
The Presentators - "Sound Effects"
Dir: Stefan Marjoram
Aardman Animations
Step introduces a programme about "the existing world of sound". He demonstrates some sounds but the others can't tell what they are. Dan tries to play some music but is interrupted constantly by random sound effects from the others. Dan storms off, his cursing obscured by yet more strange noises.
The Naughty Noise: Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
Dir: Tony Collingwood, Andrea Tran
Collingwood O’Hare
Toto is upset that he can't sing as well as Yoko and Jakamoto. Unable to sing with them nicely, he decides to have some fun... he adds a naughty noise to the end of their pretty tune. They realise they can all have fun, by singing their song in a different way.
Little Things
Dir: Daniel Greaves
Tandem Films Entertainment
Can the repetition of mundanity endure under extreme circumstances?
Taps
Dir: Matthew Gravelle
Two taps discover they can create a rhythmic sound from the water dripping from their spouts. However, a third tap constantly interrupts them.
Jo Jo in The Stars
Dir: Marc Craste
Studio AKA
In a bleak and brutal world two lovers make a desperate stand against those who would destroy them. Love, self-sacrifice, heroism and murderous jealousy are played out against a world that is both nightmarish and hauntingly beautiful.
Tightrope of Triumph: The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers
Dir: Dan Chambers, Claire Underwood
Pesky
danger... Extreme daring... Extremely silly... Xan, Adi and Enk are the most
extreme stunt performers the world has ever seen! Buckle up and brace for impact,
here come The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers - the greatest daredevil dynasty of
al time.