Films : Tulips at Dawn : all
animate! synopsis
Diagrams of chemistry apparatus and educational film footage react and combine in this quirky interpretation of the poem Modes of Representation by Nobel Laureate chemist Roald Hoffmann.
The film illustrates how technology changes the way we represent the world, with results that prove ironic and inconclusive.
key credits
- director
- Rosie Pedlow
- based upon
- Tulips at Dawn by Roald Hoffman
- narrator
- Peter Blegvad
- editor
- Joe King
- sound designer
- Joe King
Rosie Pedlow
biography
Rosie studied chemistry at school and graduated in animation from University of Wales College, Newport in 1998. Tulips at Dawn is her first commissioned film.
She has also recently completed an experimental work Entrance in collaboration with the composer Richard Barrett, commissioned by S4C Television, Sgrîn and the Arts Council of Wales.
She shares a studio and has a close working relationship with the artist/film-maker Joe King.
December 2002
a film by Rosie Pedlow
direction
- director
- Rosie Pedlow
based upon
- actual credit
- based upon
- title of original material
- Tulips at Dawn
- author
- Roald Hoffman
- type of adapted source material
- poem
voice-over
- narrator
- Peter Blegvad
image personnel
- editor
- Joe King
incorporated image material
- archive footage © National Educational Video Library
sound personnel
- sound designer
- Joe King
© Rosie Pedlow 2002
the sign
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the sign1
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you can see inside
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one had
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(a) boat
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cross section
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weak copy
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tap
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cooker
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water and glass
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technical
process summary
The film combines and manipulates archive footage, rostrum camerawork and 2D computer animation.
Diagrams of chemistry apparatus and educational film footage react and combine in this quirky interpretation of a poem by Nobel Laureate Chemist Roald Hoffmann.
The film is an experiment to illustrate how technology changes the way we represent the world, with results that prove ironic and inconclusive.
master copy format
- format
- DigiBeta
- colour or black & white
- colour
video distribution format
- video format
- DigiBeta
- screen aspect ratio
- 16:9
- video standard
- PAL
- sound type
- stereo
distributor
LUX
info@lux.org.uk
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
www.lux.org.uk
