Project Detail

Jumping Joan

A painted girl with a fringe holding up her hand, in red tones

Synopsis

With the dark resonance of the nursery rhyme from which it is drawn, this river story probes isolation and imagination, all painted directly onto hard plaster.

Details

Year
1994
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 min 39 sec
Format
35mm
Director
Petra Freeman
Producer
Lisa Beattie
Editor
Mark Farrington
Screenwriter
Petra Freeman
Director of Photography
G+M Productions
Other Lead Creative(s)
Petra Freeman
Funding
Arts Council of England/Channel Four Animate! award

Production Status

Production Company

Finetake Productions (animate!)

Finetake

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