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From Naughty to Nice

2014 25 min
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This short film, featuring the work of the internationally-renowned Old Trout Puppet Workshop, is a playful cautionary tale about the consequences of selfishness and greed. The film’s greedy boy-king, Santa Claus, has everything he could ever want, including a castle brimming with toys, but the path of the greedy has only one end: to wind up alone, without a single friend. Santa only wants more and more—until he discovers the gift of giving.

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From Naughty to Nice

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This short film, featuring the work of the internationally-renowned Old Trout Puppet Workshop, is a playful cautionary tale about the consequences of selfishness and greed. The film’s greedy boy-king, Santa Claus, has everything he could ever want, including a castle brimming with toys, but the path of the greedy has only one end: to wind up alone, without a single friend. Santa only wants more and more—until he discovers the gift of giving.
  • writer
    Judd Palmer
    Peter Balkwill
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
  • director
    Judd Palmer
  • narration writer
    Judd Palmer
  • narration performer
    Judd Palmer
  • producer
    Sue Bristow
    Bonnie Thompson
    Michelle Wong
    Cimmeron Meyer
  • executive producer
    Peter Balkwill
    David Christensen
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
    Judd Palmer
    Grant Burns
  • director of photography
    Jarrett Craig
  • editor
    Brenda Terning
  • original score
    Alec Harrison
  • 1st assistant director
    Sue Bristow
  • production designer
    Peter Balkwill
  • art director
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
  • costume designer
    Jen Gareau
  • production manager
    Cimmeron Meyer
  • head puppeteer
    Peter Balkwill
  • puppeteer
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
    David Lane
    Anne Lalancette
    Kyla Read
  • puppet wrangler
    Daniel Anderson
  • director mentor
    Dean Bennet
  • writer mentor
    George Toles
  • 1st camera assistant
    Brian Shier
  • digital information transfer guru
    Rick Youck
  • script supervisor
    Berkley Brady
  • gaffer
    Tim Dutchak
    Dean Merrills
  • best boy
    Tim Dutchak
  • grip
    Corey Lee
  • swing
    Jordan Scott
  • on-set props
    Don Brinsmead
  • snow king
    Don Brinsmead
  • toy wrangler
    Daniel Anderson
  • puppet hair stylist
    Mercedes Batiz-Benét
  • special effects
    Jonathan J. Davis
  • puppet building
    Peter Balkwill
    Jonathan J. Davis
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
    Sarah Smalik
    Judd Palmer
    Juanita Dawn
    Shawna A. Reiter
  • head of costumes
    Jen Gareau
  • costumer
    Tim Christison
    Ethelene Gareau
    Patricia Kesler
  • head painter
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
  • painter
    Daniel Anderson
    Mercedes Batiz-Benét
    Don Brinsmead
    David Lane
    Chelsey Tellier
  • head set builder
    Clare Prosser
  • set builder
    Daniel Anderson
    Mercedes Batiz-Benét
    Don Brinsmead
    Jonathan J. Davis
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
    Anne Lalancette
    David Lane
    Kyla Read
  • props builder
    Mercedes Batiz-Benét
    Don Brinsmead
    Jonathan J. Davis
    Steve "Pityu" Kenderes
    Anne Lalancette
    Cimmeron Meyer
    Kyla Read
    Shawna A. Reiter
    Chelsey Tellier
    Adam Weir
  • buyer
    Don Brinsmead
  • apprentice
    Tyler Seguin
  • production assistant
    Bob Davis
    Eve Middleton-Meyer
    Laura Sullivan
  • documentary footage
    Mercedes Batiz-Benét
  • ACTRA business rep
    Tina Alford
  • production accountant
    C.J. Robertson
  • production insurance
    Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.
  • craft service
    Kearstin Plemel
  • production coordinator
    Faye Yoneda
    Ginette D'Silva
  • marketing manager
    Kelley Alexander
  • production supervisor
    Mark Power
  • centre operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • unit administrator
    Bree Beach
  • post production sound
    Six Degrees Music and Production
  • sound post coordinator
    Song Ha
  • sound supervisor
    John Iaquinta
  • ADR
    John Iaquinta
    Chris Vail
  • dialogue editor
    John Iaquinta
    Chris Vail
  • sound re-record mixer
    John Iaquinta
  • music clearances
    Cobie Crawford
  • colour grading
    Darren Bierman
  • colourist
    Darren Bierman
  • title graphics
    Darren Bierman
  • closed captioning
    Binder Productions Inc.

Education

Ages 15 to 18
School subjects

Ideal for essays and debates on consumer culture and economics. Why does the filmmaker use puppets to tell a story for older students? Discuss whether this is effective. Write a story or create a video that deals with complex ideas or difficult issues through storytelling or fairy tales. Look at popular children’s stories and identify the values and lessons we learn from them. Rewrite a traditional children’s story to reflect or challenge contemporary values/issues.

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