søndag den 1. september 2013

The Jockstrap Raiders




The Jockstrap Raiders er en lille perle af en animationsfilm, lavet af Mark Nelson.
Filmen, som varer små 20 minutter,  kan både være et hyggeligt indslag til en fredagslektion, men man kan også vælge at arbejde mere indgående med den.

Filmen er både humoristisk, men byder også op til snakke om frygt, venskab og mod.
Derudover taler figurerne forskellige engelske dialekter, hvilket også kan være interessant at arbejde med.

Filmen præsenteres således:
 The Jockstrap Raiders is a Student Academy Award winning animated short film about a group of misfits during world war I. It takes place in Leeds, England where our heroes are all excluded from the war due to various abnormalities. Threatened by the invading German Kaiser and his army, they must learn to become a team and overcome their deficiencies in order to save Britain, and the world.
Completed at UCLA, it is Mark Nelson's MFA thesis project. The short has won many awards, including: Student Academy Award, Best Animation at the British Animation Festival, Best Animation Macon Film Festival, Best Narrative Short GI Film Festival, Audience Award Orlando Film Festival.

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