Ice Ages
2004
1 min
Coming soon
Seeking shelter from a thunderstorm, a man sits in a pub watching the ice in his glass melt away. Howie Shia marries his graphic illustration style with subtle animation and a haunting soundtrack to conjure up anxiety and foreboding. He used pen and ink on tracing paper and later composited and coloured digitally. Produced as part of the second edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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Hothouse2004 14 editionsShort, surprising and always entertaining! Watch a collection of one-minute animated shorts from our Hothouse animation mentorship program, past and present.
Details
Seeking shelter from a thunderstorm, a man sits in a pub watching the ice in his glass melt away. Howie Shia marries his graphic illustration style with subtle animation and a haunting soundtrack to conjure up anxiety and foreboding. He used pen and ink on tracing paper and later composited and coloured digitally.
Produced as part of the second edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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directorHowie Shia
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mentoring directorJanet Perlman
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soundAndrew Johnston
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original musicAndrew Johnston
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musicianBrian BaconNicolas CaloiaSheila Hannigan
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production collaboratorRichard LesagePhyllis Lewis
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digital imaging teamMartin CiastkoRandall FinnertySusan GourleyPierre Landry
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post-productionShelley CraigSylvain DesbiensGeoffrey MitchellSylvain CajelaisLuc Léger
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administrationGisèle GuilbaultElsa Mouana-Bankouézi
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executive producerDavid Verrall
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producerMichael Fukushima
Education
Ages 15 to 17
Media Education - Film Animation
Using colour hues as a background, write a piece of poetry that uses colour and sound words to convey a human emotion – especially isolation.
