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Title: A TO B TO Y TO Z: A Film in 13 Movements

Reference number: 8005

Date: 1993

Director: d. Dave Sutton

Sponsor: Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television

Production company: Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 3.06 mins

Description: An animated headspin of a journey using time-lapse photography, hand drawn and cut out animation techniques. Travels through the alphabet - this film features the journey from A to B and Y to Z. See also ref. 8536

Originated on film. Information from Scott Ward, June 2009: "We shot time lapse on a Bolex if I remember, the idea was to illustrate the alphabet as a journey from one letter to the next making 13 films. I think only a-b and y-z were made."

First Reels - a joint short film initiative from Scottish Screen (and its predecessor body the Scottish Film Council) and Scottish Television. First Reels was launched during 1991 by Scottish Film Council in response to a perceived need for small grants to help young and first time film-makers to make or complete their first film or video project. Scottish Television came in as co-sponsor at an early stage and as well as contributing to half the funds they have given the scheme a tremendous public relations boost by running three half hour documentaries showing excerpts from the First Reels. Applicants were invited to submit projects in any format and on any subject they chose. All entries were considered by a jury and thirty five projects were given grants varying from £50 to £2000. On show at the GFT are a representative selection of the best of the films and videos supported by the scheme. [Editorial from Scottish Film Council held in paper archives]

Credits: Susan Kinnear, Dave Sutton, Scott Ward
camera Scott Ward
Produced with the financial assistance of the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television.
Special thanks Drama and Media Department, Telford College.
Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust 1993