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Get a Job

1985 10 min
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This short animation follows the tribulations of a cartoon character, Bob Dog, as he hunts for a job. Self-motivation, preparing a résumé, and getting ready for an interview are all dealt with in a highly entertaining fashion, while the Doo-wop mover Get a Job provides the upbeat musical soundtrack.

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This short animation follows the tribulations of a cartoon character, Bob Dog, as he hunts for a job. Self-motivation, preparing a résumé, and getting ready for an interview are all dealt with in a highly entertaining fashion, while the Doo-wop mover Get a Job provides the upbeat musical soundtrack.
  • director
    Brad Caslor
  • animation
    Brad Caslor
  • producer
    Derek Mazur
    Michael Scott
    Brad Caslor
  • executive producer
    Michael Scott
  • script
    Brad Caslor
    Derek Mazur
    Jay Brazeau
  • camera
    Svend-Erik Eriksen
    Lorne Bailey
  • sound editing
    Lara Mazur
  • re-recording
    Clive Perry
  • voice
    Al Simmons
    Jay Brazeau
  • music
    Jay Brazeau

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Ages 8 to 11
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Propelled by a Motown soundtrack, this animated film features a cartoon character, Bob Dog, in search of a job. A worthwhile exercise during the screening is to pick out the various locales where the action occurs: the street, the TV, in the dream, the TV in the dream, the advertising in the street, the real world in the room. . . The world depicted is offbeat and absurd. Reading the film metaphorically, however, leads to deeper questions about fear of the adult world, the workplace as a space of the Other, one’s body image, one’s family as a last resort, etc.
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