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LIGHTMAN
United Kingdom, 2005, 7min

Director: Shaun Clark

Producer: Jon Hayes
Director of Photography: Ulcrich Boel Bentzen
Editor: Claire Pringle
Sound Designer: Alison Brown
Composer: Nick Singer
Assistant animator: Peque Valera Kaori Hamilton Babis Alexiadis

Synopsis: A manic tale about a man who is scared of the dark and tries at all cost to recreate the sun in his loft to vanish the dark from his life forever.

Shaun Clark
UGC Cinemas Scholar 2004

I studied animation at the Hull School of Art and Design, experimenting with numerous animation techniques including paint on glass, scratching directly onto film, mono-prints and manipulated photography. I also made two pixillation films there, before directing and animating a 5-minute cel animation, Lost Property.

I then joined the NFTS where I have concentrated on developing my narrative skills. In my first year at the School I wrote a children’s animated series, directed actors in a short live action shoot and created a short film, Terminus.

After this I took a year out to teach film and animation to adult learners, university graduates and school children. Returning to the NFTS, I started work on my graduation film, Lightman, a 2D illustrated cut-out animation. I also animated and directed two ‘Art Breaks’ for MTV. I am currently developing a number of short animated scripts for which I am seeking funding, whilst also looking for commercial and studio presentation.

FILMOGRAPHY
The Forbidden Plane - 16mm Scratch and Pain on Film 1998 Root Festival
The Three Musicians - EOS Photography,Live Action 1999 Root Festival
Suspect - EOS Monoprints Animated 1999
Remains - SVHS/ 8mm Live action Projected 1999 Root Festival Scratch on Film
Strongbow Advert - EOS Paint Under Camera 2000
Kandinsky “Little Pleasures” - 8mm Paint On Film 2000 Root Festival
Journey Experiment 1 - Super 8 Pixilation 2000 Journey
Experiment 2 Super 8 - Pixilation 2000
Evolution - Super 8 Pixilation 2000
The coin - 16 mm Pixilation 2001 Odeon Cinema,Hull International Short Film Festival
Lost Property - 16mm 2D Drawn Cel Animation 2001 PISAF International Korean Film Festival, Odeon Cinema,Hull International Short Film Festival

NFTS FILMS
Thirsty - Animate Sand On Glass 2002
Rhytm And Pace - Flash Flash animation 2002
Character - Animation Animate Cut Out 2002
Airplane - Animate Pixilation 2002
Basketball - Animate Pixilation 2002
The Meeting - DV Live Action 2002
Something Else - After Effects Manipulated photography 2002
Common Bloody - Sense Avid Animatic MTV 2002
I Wish - DV Blue Screen, Live action, 2002 After Effects Animation
Terminus - Digi Beta Illustrated cut outs 2003 After Effects
Lightman - Digi Beta Illustrated cut outs, 2004 After Effects Live Action

WEBSITE
http://www.nftsanimation.org/Shaun_Clark.htm

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