The Necktie
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The Necktie is a 2008 animated short by Jean-François Lévesque about a man with a dreary job who rediscovers his old accordion
at age 40, and with it, his joy for life.
The film uses a variety of animation techniques. The central character is a puppet
filmed in stop-motion, inside miniature sets. His co-workers are animated with traditional animation
drawings on paper, digitally integrated into shots but designed to give the appearance of being 2D cardboard cutouts. The Necktie was produced in Montreal
by the National Film Board of Canada
.
The film garnered the Jutra Award
for best animation, the Fabrizio Bellochio Prize for Social Content at the I Castelli Animati Festival, the youth jury prize for best animated short at the Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques as well as the Best Short Film Award and the Audience Prize for Best Canadian Short Film at the Montreal World Film Festival
.
Originally from Saint-Gabriel, Quebec
, Lévesque lives and works principally in Montreal. As a child, he had participated in animation workshops in the Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
children's film festival; in 2009, he was named its honorary co-president.
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
at age 40, and with it, his joy for life.
The film uses a variety of animation techniques. The central character is a puppet
Puppet
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....
filmed in stop-motion, inside miniature sets. His co-workers are animated with traditional animation
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
drawings on paper, digitally integrated into shots but designed to give the appearance of being 2D cardboard cutouts. The Necktie was produced in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
by the National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
.
The film garnered the Jutra Award
Jutra Award
The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...
for best animation, the Fabrizio Bellochio Prize for Social Content at the I Castelli Animati Festival, the youth jury prize for best animated short at the Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques as well as the Best Short Film Award and the Audience Prize for Best Canadian Short Film at the Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
.
Originally from Saint-Gabriel, Quebec
Saint-Gabriel, Quebec
Saint-Gabriel is a town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. It is located on the shores of Lake Maskinongé, in the shadows of the Laurentian Mountains.-History:...
, Lévesque lives and works principally in Montreal. As a child, he had participated in animation workshops in the Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski is a children's film festival taking place each year in Rimouski, Quebec. The jury is composed of children from various countries.- External links :*...
children's film festival; in 2009, he was named its honorary co-president.