Have you ever felt like an outsider? A stranger in a strange land...? Joe Ollmann, (a Doug Wright Award-winning cartoonist), plays himself live and animated as an English-speaking transplant fumbling his way through French-speaking Montreal.
Me and my videographer friend Jen wanted to do a film together. I was obsessed with making Joe's characters come to life. Here's how we made "Frenching".
Joe is as nice as he is funny and talented, and I'd work with him again in a heartbeat. The animators had fun with his characters too. I also loved the music by Tom Mennier.
Recognize any famous Montreal landmarks?
PS: I embedded the directors' cut here cuz it has the credits and I think the team deserve credit. Here's the Bravo!FACT version; we thank them kindly for assisting in the funding.
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What a shedload of talent: design, animation, music & humour. Love it to pieces!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank-you Mr. Anonymous. How kind of you =]
ReplyDeleteThat waitress has tres énormes mamelon!
ReplyDeleteMarie - she has undulating personalities!
ReplyDeleteNice anim!!! Congratulations! But one thing : Argh! Le monde, y vont penser qu'on est juss des hostis de Françâs de Parissss-France, avec la baguette soul bras. Pas pantoute, tabarouette! On n'a(nanas-na nanana-na hé-hé-hé-goude-baille) not' prop identité québékouase (not that i'm particularly proud of it, as you might have noticed). But nice anim nevertheless. Keep Frenching! Ou, en québécois : Keepez le Frenching, câline!
ReplyDeleteHey Anonymous - YES. EXACTLY. Le main personnage, il pense que tout les francophones sont les clichés portant des baguettes, bérets etc. Pis c'est ça son criss de problème (tbnk). But yeah, maybe folks outside of Quebec won't be able to make the distinction. C'est tout un histoire d'ignorance, mon brave!
ReplyDeleteso...umm...you wouldn't happen to have a Spanglish version of this, would you?
ReplyDeleteMe Francois is no muy bien.
I love this!! You did a great job and congrats on your first film!
ReplyDeleteJust watched this. Congrats on your first film. I'm French and PROUD Baby. ;) My family left France in 1925 and went to Canada and then from their migrated to the states.
ReplyDeleteWay to go JC! Thanks for sharing :)
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