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The North Sea Riviera

Synopsis

"When we were young we knew so little but felt so much". Love, life and lunacy tale told via an estranged odyssey through the digital uncanny. Set on, and off, the East Coast of Britain in the latter half of the 20th Century, it might be warmer in the summer.

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins 31 secs
Format
HD1080p
Director
Josh Wedlake
Producer
Animation Staff, Royal College of Art
Executive Producer
Royal College of Art
Editor
Josh Wedlake
Production Designer
Josh Wedlake
Sound
Josh Wedlake
Principal cast
Martin Bishop
Animation
Josh Wedlake
Animation Assistant
Marcus Armitage
Editing consultant
Tony Fish

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Animation Department

Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7590 4512

Sales Company

Future Shorts

2-18 Warburton Road
London
E8 3RT
Tel: +44 (0)20 7739 6055

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