TEGAN THE VEGAN

SHORT ANIMATION  |  Produced: 2010  |  HD Stop Motion Animation  |  Duration: 13 mins

TEGAN HAS HER OWN WEBSITE! 
WWW.TEGANTHEVEGAN.NET

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Tegan is 12, in love with the coolest boy in class and just found out where meat comes from. Tegan struggles against her friends, her teachers and her family in her attempts to stay true to her heart and at 12 years old - that's no mean feat!

This quaint story is told in painstaking stop-motion animation, with the entire world being built at 1:5 scale and photographed frame at a time. The film begins with Tegan's discovery and then quickly becomes a face-off between Tegan the Vegan and Elenore the Carnivore. Who will get the glory...and the boy?

The film was shot on a Canon EOS Digital Stills Camera using Dragon Stop Motion, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.

CAST
Tegan the Vegan             Charli Robinson
Mrs Poodle & 
Tegan's Mum                    Noni Hazlehurst
Trent, Dorian & Bryan      Paul McDermott
Elenore the Carnivore     Pippa Black
Suki                             Belinda Barancewicz

CREW
Producer/Director/
Writer/Animator        Marisa Martin
Producer/Casting      Belinda Barancewicz
Script Editor              Felicity Packard
Animation Assistant 
& Props Builder          Janine Jeffreys
Animation Assistant  Geraldine Martin
Construction Manager  Paul Martin
Script Assistant          Cezar Rozmus

CREW (cont)
Lighting                    Michael O'Rourke
Music                        Munro Melano
Sound Design          Matthew Nightingale
Voice Recording     Marc Judson & 
                                 David Walsh
Costumes                Geraldine Martin &   
                                 Pauline Green
Work Experience    Morgan Gardiner &
                                 Alexandra Harwood
Animation Mentor    Mick Elliott

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AWARDS
Winner, Best Australian Animation, WOW International Film Festival, NSW
Winner, Best Animation, Woodland Film Festival, NSW
Winner, Animation Award, Canberra Critics Circle, ACT 2011
Winner, Rising Star in Animation Award, Canada International FF, Canada
Nominated, Best Animation, ATOM Awards, 2012
Official Selection, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, NSW
Official Selection, St Kilda Film Festival, Vic
Official Selection, Dungog Film Festival, NSW
Official Selection, New York City International Film Festival, USA
Official Selection, World Kids International Film Festival, India
Official Selection, Show Me Shorts Film Festival, NZ 
Official Selection, Canberra Short Film Festival, ACT
Official Selection, KUKI Kids Film Festival, Berlin Germany
Official Selection, Film'eon Film Festival, Brussels Belgium 
Official Selection, Shorts Film Festival, SA
Awarded, Short Film Production Funding, artsACT, 2008

OTHER SCREENINGS (Non Competitive)
ACT Video Camera Club, ACT, April 2011
Sydney Vegan Expo, NSW, May 2011
Uni of Canberra Practicing Artist Lecture, June 2011
Dragon Dreaming Festival, NSW, October 2011
Lady Bug Film Festival, Sweden, October 2011
Living Green Festival, ACT, October 2011
Vegan Collective, Istanbul Turkey, December 2011
Vegetarian Festival, Christchurch NZ, March 2012
Brazilian Vegetarian Festival, Brazil, March 2012
Corinbank Festival, Canberra ACT, March 2012
You Are Here Arts Festival, Canberra ACT, April 2012
Animal ACTivism, Canberra ACT, May 2012