02 Dec 18 - 05:45 PM (#3964357) Subject: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Mr Red It is part of a show entitled "Animation 2018" and is about British animators' recent works. It will be on the BBC iPlayer soon. The particular short is called "Quaratine" by Astrid Goldsmith. A beautifully observed, humorous piece involving Morris dancing badgers and a quirky plot involving rats and other mammals in cages. But the animator has watched Morris well and may even be a closet dancer! It seems to be 22 minutes into the whole show. Well worth the effort. |
02 Dec 18 - 06:08 PM (#3964358) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: GUEST,.gargoyle I will look for it... I hope you will post a BBC link soon... Sincerely, Gargoyle Something, internet strange, has happened in the past year....spoofing, proxy, ISOL. |
02 Dec 18 - 06:22 PM (#3964360) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Mr Red https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0btyx1s/animation-2018-quarantine looks to be it. |
02 Dec 18 - 09:57 PM (#3964396) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Joe Offer Dang. I went through the whole regime of registering with BBC and everything, and THEN I'm informed the content is not available in my area. Drat. Dagnabbit. -Joe- |
03 Dec 18 - 04:14 AM (#3964432) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Mr Red see Mock Duck Studios Maybe it is still in Quarantine? I'll get my baldrics............ |
03 Dec 18 - 06:34 AM (#3964450) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: FreddyHeadey maybe it will play from the brick page? https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-quarantine-2018-online |
03 Dec 18 - 06:43 AM (#3964452) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: FreddyHeadey ! edit 'brick' = BFI (British Film Institute) |
03 Dec 18 - 07:54 AM (#3964468) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: oldhippie How can one outside the UK see it? |
03 Dec 18 - 08:35 AM (#3964475) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: FreddyHeadey oldhippie what happens when you open the bfi.org link above? |
03 Dec 18 - 08:35 AM (#3964476) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: FreddyHeadey All of the music is by Craig Gell, he used to be in folk bands and is a multi-instrumentalist. He is now a composer for film and tv, you can find more of his work here: http://craiggellmusic.com/ |
03 Dec 18 - 01:32 PM (#3964530) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Dave the Gnome Very good animation and thoroughly enjoyable but I am not sure what the message is. May take a couple of attempts to get it but the folk club awaits! |
03 Dec 18 - 01:39 PM (#3964533) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: keberoxu That MockDuck blue clicky link at least has a series of still photo shots from the film. |
03 Dec 18 - 02:09 PM (#3964538) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: GUEST,JoeG I really enjoyed it. The 3 Crow Boys one was excellent too |
03 Dec 18 - 04:36 PM (#3964561) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: oldhippie FreddyHeadey - I get a screen "location not authorised, cannot be viewed outside the UK". |
03 Dec 18 - 05:49 PM (#3964571) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: FreddyHeadey :( |
04 Dec 18 - 04:31 AM (#3964613) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Mr Red I am not sure what the message is IMNSHO there is little or no message - just a delightful, well observed, well made bit of fluff. Made me smile, even laugh at times. |
04 Dec 18 - 05:37 AM (#3964626) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Jos Maybe they are telling us to stop the badger cull. (And to stop keeping other wild animals in cages?) |
04 Dec 18 - 07:28 AM (#3964649) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: DaveRo I can see what it's trying to say but to me its messages are very mixed. The intended parallels with human xenophobia are made explicit on the BFI site. A post-Brexit pagan dance fantasy about a troupe of Morris-dancing badgers trying to avoid the animal quarantine compound which has been built above their burrow. Living in a border town on the south east coast of England, the badgers are struggling to keep their old folk traditions alive in the face of change. They refuse to acknowledge the plight of their neighbours, the caged quarantine inmates, fearing physical and even ideological contamination, until Frank, a young badger, goes rogue.The badgers perhaps briefly express some common 'animality' with the detainees - who may be all non-native species - it's not obvious. And I suspect there is a link with badger culling - humans could do with a bit of animality. That the author uses morris dancers to represent the intolerant indigenous population is interesting but I think it's confusing. And it all ends without resolution; which may be deliberate - or not. |
04 Dec 18 - 06:37 PM (#3964788) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Charmion I have clicked on every link, but nobody's version of this video is available in Canada. It sucks to be us. |
05 Dec 18 - 09:00 AM (#3964879) Subject: RE: Animation short - Morris dancing badgers From: Mr Red The animator told me there was no international distribution at present, but they obviously would like it to happen. Maybe one day. She was suitably rewarded by the interest & comments herein. From my perspective: any message that can be gleaned is observational, not preaching. Resolution would not be an analogue for the divided nation we have right now. Unresolved says far more! IMNSHO |