Paradise (2007)

Director:

Jesse Rosensweet

Writer:

Jesse Rosensweet

Genre:

Animation | Short

Plot:

A stop-motion animated short taking a light-hearted look at the grind of daily routine. Its main characters...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Aaron Abrams	...	Mitch
Dave Foley	...	John
Laurie Murdoch	...	Chuck

Directed by
Jesse Rosensweet

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jesse Rosensweet

Produced by
Steven Hoban	....	producer
Mark Smith	....	co-producer

Original Music by
David Buchbinder

Cinematography by
Jeremy Benning

Film Editing by
Robert J. Coleman
Robert Crossman

Production Design by
Peter Cosco

Art Department
Vivienne AuYeung	....	props
Thierry Doerflinger	....	plasterer
J. Ryan Halpenny	....	set designer
Andrew Lima	....	storyboard artist
Michael Naulls	....	props
Charlotte Oh	....	art department (as Charlotte Teunissen)

Sound Department
Kirk Lynds	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Anna Malkin	....	foley recording assistant
Steve Medeiros	....	sound editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Chris Wallace	....	digital intermediate colourist
Motassem Younes	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Oh	....	additional cinematographer

Animation Department
Rachelle Lambden	....	animator

Editorial Department
Motassem Younes	....	digital intermediate editor

Other crew
Adrian Stansfield	....	shop coordinator

Production Companies

• Copperheart Entertainment

Distributors

• Image Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Mongrel Media (2009) (Canada) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• National Film Board of Canada (NFB) (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

Canada:7 min

Country:

Canada | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Copperheart Entertainment

stop-motion animation so amazing you'll think it's real

this animated short comments on free will in modern society through the creation of an intricate machine-operated world in which the characters - impeccable re-creations of antique tin wind-up toys - are pulled along predetermined tracks.

no computer-generated gimmickry here. the puppets created for "paradise" are incredible - created using the same process that was used to make tin toys in the 1950s. 5 main puppets were built, each hand-painted with its own distinct character and hinged at key joints to allow movement. as well there are cars, bicycles, and an entire environment consisting of home, office, and suburban outdoors. the technical achievement here is amazing.

while the visual style is very different, the themes explored here are similar to rosensweet's earlier film "the stone of folly," which premiered at the cannes festival and screened at festivals around the world and is also well worth watching. both are must-sees for any fan of stop-motion animation.