Jaime Lo, Small and Shy
In this animated short, Jaime Lo's father is sent to Hong Kong for a year-long work assignment. A shy Chinese-Canadian girl, Jaime Lo must use her creativity to cope with his absence. This story offers us a lighthearted glimpse into a common dilemma that many immigrant families face, where one parent must work overseas in order to provide for the rest of the family back home.
In this animated short, Jaime Lo's father is sent to Hong Kong for a year-long work assignment. A shy Chinese-Canadian girl, Jaime Lo must use her creativity to cope with his absence. This story offers us a lighthearted glimpse into a common dilemma that many immigrant families face, where one parent must work overseas in order to provide for the rest of the family back home.
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directorLillian Chan
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animatorLillian Chan
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writerLillian Chan
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animation assistanceEddie HuiQin Leng
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voiceAlexandra Lai
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original musicLuigi Allemano
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sound designLuigi Allemano
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turntable remixKid Koala
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musicianJohn RoneyDave LaingLuigi Allemano
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digital imaging specialistSusan Gourley
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lead infographistRandall Finnerty
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infographistNeerajkumar PatelJason SmalridgeAnna PoplawskaLouis-André Fortin
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foleyKarla Baumgardner
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voice recordingLuc Léger
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foley recordingLuc Léger
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music recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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music mixGeoffrey Mitchell
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re-recordingShelley Craig
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off-line editorJason Lee
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online editingDenis Gathelier
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technical coordinationJulie LaperrièreRichard LesageJelena Popovic
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studio administrationGisèle GuilbaultRosalina Di SarioJocelyne Lalonde
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marketing managerHélène Tanguay
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executive producerSally BochnerDavid Verrall
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producerMichael Fukushima
Questions/Activities:
- Where is your family from?
- Allow your students to reflect on their cultural heritage and find something that makes them unique.
- Family Portrait
- Everybody has a unique family situation; allow your students to use their own artistic expression to represent the people that they consider to be in their family.
- “Let me in!”
- Have your students acquire copies of family photographs that they were not present for (e.g., old family gatherings), then, have your students draw themselves on a separate piece of paper, which they can then cut out to paste into the photo that they chose.
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Jaime Lo, Small and Shy, Lillian Chan, provided by the National Film Board of Canada