MARTIN BELL

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MARCH 19-26 2023/19-26 MARZO 2023 (ONLINE)

Introduced by/Introdotto da Matteo Bittanti

PRAZINBURK RIDGE

digital video/machinima, color, sound, 10’, 2022, England

Durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale, un ex giocatore di rugby per la Gran Bretagna deve affidarsi alle sue vecchie abilità per salvare se stesso e i suoi compagni da pallottole, granate e gas velenosi.

In World War One, former rugby player for Great Britain Douglas Clark finds himself on the WW1 battlefields of Ypres and must rely on his old skills to save himself and his fellow soldiers from shot, shell and poison gas.

L’ARTISTA

Martin Bell lavora nel settore della grafica computerizzata. Come animatore e supervisore della visualizzazione, ha creato sequenze d’azione per produzioni hollywoodiane come Jurassic World, James Bond, Marvel, DC Universe e The Wheel of Time. Il suo primo cortometraggio, PRAZINBURK RIDGE è stato presentato in anteprima al Wigan & Leigh Film Festival 2022, dove ha vinto il premio per la migliore animazione. È stato inoltre selezionato allo SPARK Animation Festival di Vancouver, Clones Film Festival, Tbilisi International Animation Festival e Dispatches of War Festival.

THE ARTIST

Martin Bell has been creating computer graphics all his life. As an animator and film visualization supervisor, he has created huge action sequences for Hollywood productions such as Jurassic World, James Bond, Marvel, the DC Universe and The Wheel of Time. His first short, PRAZINBURK RIDGE premiered at Wigan & Leigh Film Festival 2022, a BIFA-qualifying festival, where it won the award for Best Animation. It was also been selected for SPARK Animation Festival in Vancouver, Clones Film Festival, Tbilisi International Animation Festival, and Dispatches of War Festival.

 

PRAZINBURK RIDGE

digital video/machinima, color, sound, 10’, 2022, England

Created by Martin Bell

Made with Unreal Engine 4

Director,writer,producer: MartinBell

Cast:

Edmund C. Short
“Sgt. Douglas Clark”

Ciaran Crawford
“Battery Commander”

Christopher Winchester
“Mr. Preedy”

Ian Clayton
“John Clifford”