Camouflage by Jonathan Hodgson explores the experience of the child growing up with a schizophrenic parent. Based on extensive research it compares a personal account with the experience of others, using interviews, drawings and animation, live action and digital composition.

Director:   Jonathan Hodgson  (their other films)
Producer:  JONATHAN BAIRSTOW	Genre:  Animation
Country:  United Kingdom	Copyright Year:  2001
Original Format:  35mm	Color Type:  Color
Sound Type:  Magnetic Stereo	Length:  00:07:56
Original Language:  English	Subtitle Language:  None
Label:   Blackchair Collection
Other Info: TECHNIQUES USED Drawings on paper were treated in different ways: some were artworked onto Chinese calligraphy paper using paint, biro, chinagraph, tippex and ink. Some were hand coloured digitally using the programme Painter. Some sequences were shot using a DV camera with insufficient light. These images were then digitized in low resolution and the filters of the line testing software CTP, normally used to clean up the image, were pushed in the opposite direction creating artifacts. The sequences were then composited and coloured in After Effects. Some sequences were animated with marker pen then scanned into the computer. Again the resolution was low and filters were pushed in the wrong direction to mess the image up. The live action ‘flashbacks’ were telecined, then digitized and then graded to give a slightly old fashioned look. Where there is a crossover from live action to animation the live action was rotoscoped to become literally a hand drawn tracing which would be scanned and coloured using Painter and After Effects. The two versions of the same movement would be blended together to make a seamless transition also using After Effects.
Principal Cast: Voices JILL SCHOLL KATI VIRÂG TIM SAGAR Cast Elder girl LYDIA PALA Younger girl ALICE KEANE Younger boy TOM WALLIS Mother NAOMI SEEKINGS Father DAVID BENSON Male guest JONNY HANNAH Female guest KIRSTEN PEEBLES Nurse CLARE SPENCER
Film Website:  http://www.sherbet.co.uk

Upcoming Screenings
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date

Screening History
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Revival House, The	Westerly	USA	2004-04-13	Event Details
Out North	Anchorage	USA	2004-01-22	Event Details
Images Cinema	Williamstown	USA	2004-01-09	Event Details
Garage, The	Winston-Salem	USA	2003-12-18	Event Details
Heaven Gallery	Chicago	USA	2003-12-06	Event Details
Axiom Theatre	Houston	USA	2003-11-30	Event Details
Real Art Ways	Hartford	USA	2003-11-21	Event Details
Miami Beach Cinematheque	Miami Beach	USA	2003-11-20	Event Details
Brighton Michigan Film Festival	Brighton	USA	2003-11-10	Event Details
La Enana Maron	Madrid	Spain	2003-10-24	Event Details
La Enana Maron	Madrid	Spain	2003-10-18	Event Details
Garage, The	Winston-Salem	USA	2003-10-16	Event Details
New Space, The	Portland	USA	2003-10-10	Event Details
La Enana Maron	Madrid	Spain	2003-10-09	Event Details
La Enana Maron	Madrid	Spain	2003-10-05	Event Details
Imperial Beach Film Festival	Imperial Beach	USA	2003-10-03	Event Details
La Enana Maron	Madrid	Spain	2003-10-02	Event Details
M&M Proyectos	Viejo San Juan	Puerto Rico (US)	2003-09-18	Event Details
Museu de Arte Moderna	Rio de Janeiro RJ	Brazil	2003-09-10	Event Details
Miami Beach Cinematheque	Miami Beach	USA	2003-09-04	Event Details
St. Balbach Volxkino	Wien	Austria	2003-08-28	Event Details
Alabama Filmmakers Co-op	Huntsville	USA	2003-08-09	Event Details
Cinema Obscura	Santa Barbara	USA	2003-07-17	Event Details
Project 101	Paris	France	2003-07-05	Event Details
Catacomb Microcinema	Winnipeg	Canada	2003-06-28	Event Details
Project 101	Paris	France	2003-06-25	Event Details
MediaArtLab	Moscow	Russian Federation	2003-06-25	Event Details
111 Minna Gallery	San Francisco	USA	2003-03-31	Event Details
Firestation #3	Houston	USA	2003-03-28	Event Details
Cinema Obscura	Santa Barbara	USA	2003-03-20	Event Details
Green Bean	Greensboro	USA	2003-03-18	Event Details
Strange Brew Coffeehouse	Springfield	USA	2003-03-14	Event Details
Reel Noise	Seattle	USA	2003-03-09	Event Details

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Compilations containing this film
	Blackchair Collection DVD Camouflage (MC-171) Voiced visions of the voices in the head...	2001	Not currently available through Microcinema International
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Special Edition (MC-157) Unique Short Films and Videos From Around the World.	2003	Not currently available through Microcinema International
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Experimentos Y Animaciones: Programa I (MC-131)	2003	Not currently available through Microcinema International
	Independent Exposure Exhibition All Animation 2003 (MC-127)	2003	Program available for theatrical exhibition
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Catacomb Edit June 2003 (MC-125)	2003	Not currently available through Microcinema International
	Independent Exposure Exhibition March Madness 2003 (MC-108)	2003	Program available for theatrical exhibition