The Tale of How

From the 3D World Showreel: Soapy water and tentacles threaten to overwhelm flocks of peaceful dodos in this demented new short film from a brilliant group of young South African artists

VITAL STATISTICS
Running time: 04:30
Budget: Self-financed
Time taken: 9 months
Software: Photoshop, After Effects and Softimage XSI
Hardware used: Apple G4 laptop, dual 3GHz PCs with 2GB RAM
Public screenings: The Right Eye Film Festival

SYNOPSIS
In a fantastical underground realm, mythical creatures run the world, purify bath water and make soap

LOOK OUT FOR
00:23 The illustrative Indian Ocean
00:25 3D bird in 2D style
00:51 Otto grabs a meal
01:29 Parana on a Monty Python foot
01:42 That’s gotta hurt!
01:56 Message in a bottle
02:23 Enter the hero
03:27 The Trojan Parana

SEE ALSO
Lots of Robots (2004), Andy Murdock
Ministry Messiah (2005), Gints Apsits

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