Ice Ages
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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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
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Ice Ages, Howie Shia, provided by the National Film Board of Canada