Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Cattle Call
Experimental, Animation, Documentary
Type:
Short Film
Date: 2008
Length: 3:30
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Languages: English
Synopsis
Cattle Call is a high-speed animated documentary about the art of livestock auctioneering. Structured around the mesmerizing talents of 2007 Manitoba /Saskatchewan Auctioneer Champion, Tim Dowler, and using a variety of classic and avant-garde animation techniques (including stop-motion, cut-outs, open-exposures, hole-punching and rubbing lettraset directly on the celluloid) filmmakers Maryniuk and Rankin have tried to create images as dazzlingly abstract, absurd and adrenalizing as the incredible language of auctioneering itself. It is their hope that the film will induce near-bovine levels of dumbfoundedness in all those who gaze upon it.
Credits
Director
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Music
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Editor
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Screenplay
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Production Design
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Sound
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Cinematographer
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Producer
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Details
Shoot Format
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Sound Properties
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Techniques
Rankin, Matthew & Maryniuk, Mike
Awards
- Awarded the Most Innovative Short Film Award at the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth | Vancouver, B.C. | February 2009
- Awarded Best Experimental Short at the SXSW Festival | Austion, TX | March 2009