Francis
Synopsis
Francis is an account of the creation of a 9-year-old 'defective' animated character. As the draughtsman’s hand goes to work and Francis attains animated consciousness, his behaviour is observed and assessed by a child psychologist. The boy’s responses – initially slow and apparently flawed – develop in unusual comic directions as the examination progresses.
As his vocalisations begin to address the nature of his animated world and the psychologist continues to try and interpret his actions, it appears that Francis may ‘break out’ once and for all and become a ‘real’ animated character. Francis playfully addresses notions of construction and the role that language plays in interpreting, classifying and creating certain types. In an animated world populated by impressionable idiot figures, mischief-makers and oddballs with strange vocal mannerisms, Francis puts the cute but simple cartoon character into therapy for a case study of 'animated behaviour'.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 3 mins 36 secs
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
- Richard Squires (aka Let Me Feel Your Finger First/ LMFYFF)
- Producer
- Animate Projects
- Editor
- Let Me Feel Your Finger First
- Director of Photography
- David Raedeker
- Sound
- Byron Blake
- Principal Cast
- Gary Mackay, Will Eaton
- Film Image
- © LMFYFF
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd November 2018
