Zea | |
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Directed by | André Leduc Jean-Jacques Leduc |
Produced by | Robert Forget |
Cinematography | Eric Chamberlain |
Edited by | Werner Nold |
Music by | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Production company | |
Release date | 1981 |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Budget | $73,585 |
Zea is a Canadian short film, directed by André Leduc and Jean-Jacques Leduc and released in 1981. [1]
Set to a recording of the Ralph Vaughan Williams composition " Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis", the five-minute film presents a close-up depiction of a kernel of corn slowly heating up in oil until it bursts into popcorn. [2]
A high-speed camera shooting 400 feet per second was used. The film had a budget of $73,585 (equivalent to $210,498 in 2021. [3]
The film was screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where it was co-winner of the Jury Prize in the Short Film Competition. [1] It won the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982. [4] It was named to the ALA Notable Children's Videos list in 1982. [5]
Zea | |
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Directed by | André Leduc Jean-Jacques Leduc |
Produced by | Robert Forget |
Cinematography | Eric Chamberlain |
Edited by | Werner Nold |
Music by | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Production company | |
Release date | 1981 |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Budget | $73,585 |
Zea is a Canadian short film, directed by André Leduc and Jean-Jacques Leduc and released in 1981. [1]
Set to a recording of the Ralph Vaughan Williams composition " Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis", the five-minute film presents a close-up depiction of a kernel of corn slowly heating up in oil until it bursts into popcorn. [2]
A high-speed camera shooting 400 feet per second was used. The film had a budget of $73,585 (equivalent to $210,498 in 2021. [3]
The film was screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where it was co-winner of the Jury Prize in the Short Film Competition. [1] It won the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982. [4] It was named to the ALA Notable Children's Videos list in 1982. [5]