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I'm Impressed

Credits

Year: 2007

Running Time: 2:00

Director: Rob Shaw

Category: Animation

Film Description

An animated music video for the song I'm Impressed  by They Might Be Giants. I'M IMPRESSED features a Ben Hur and Gladiator hybrid as performed by animated robots, complete with flaming chariots and epic, Coliseum-worthy duels.

Filmmaker Information

Rob Shaw began his stop-motion animation career at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. In 1997, his film DIRTY SUMMER FRIDAYS, funded by grants from MTV and Eastman Kodak, won the award for Best Senior Thesis Film. Shaw has worked on numerous animated television series, both in the US and abroad, as well as television commercials and music videos. His credits as animator include a politically charged parody of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Saturday Night Live, as well as being the first animator to translate the iconic character of Tony the Tiger into stop-motion animation. Shaw is a Director at Bent Image Lab, an animation studio based in Portland, Oregon.

Screening Information

Day: Saturday, March 29

Time: 11:15 AM

Location: Independence Hall, UACCB

Admission: $5 / $4 Seniors & Students / $3 Members

 

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