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Shop Class

This is the darkly funny coming-of-age story of Hart Snider, a newly minted teen trying to survive junior high—and shop class—and discovering a few things about himself along the way.

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This film follows the trials and tribulations of 14 year old Hart Snider. Instead of the home economics class he wanted to take, he finds himself taking Industrial Arts from the ominous & legendary Mr. P. Hart is nearly suspended over a ukulele incident, which leads him to being alienated by his classmates, and that doesn’t even compare to the his worries about
being electrocuted by Mr. P’s final project.

  • writer
    Hart Snider
  • director
    Hart Snider
  • voice
    Fred Ewanuick
  • producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
  • associate producer
    Teri Snelgrove
  • original music
    Adam Damelin
  • sound design
    Adam Damelin
  • production supervisor
    Jennifer Roworth
  • production coordinator
    Kathleen Jayme
    Justin Mah
    Kristyn Stilling
  • technical coordinator
    Wes Machnikowski
  • studio administrator
    Carla Jones
  • re-recording mixer
    Chris McIntosh
  • sound mix facility
    Postal Audio
  • animation
    Brad Gibson
    Jesse Cote
    Eben Sullivan
    Carlos Rossell
    Michelle Clement
    Jason Campbell
    Sophia Sunju Lee
  • animation supervisor
    Brad Gibson
  • background design
    Jesse Cote
  • character design
    Sean Covernton
    Eben Sullivan
  • editor
    Hart Snider
  • story consultant
    Elan Mastai
  • executive producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
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