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Title: SHORTCUTS

Reference number: 8175

Date: 1996

Production company: Edinburgh Film and Video Workshop Trust

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 2.00 minsc

Description: Features animated pieces of patterned cloth, sewing boxes, bobbins of thread and the content of sewing boxes - they all come together in the end to form a patchwork quilt.

One of two music-inspired film made in 1996 at the MacRobert, with pupils from several secondary schools in the Stirling area, and using techniques pioneered by Stirling-born avant garde animator Norman McLaren. Led by Rachel Bevan Baker and Edward O'Donnelly. [see also JURNI] [synopsis from VHS sleeve notes]

Scottish Students on Screen (SSoS) is a one day festival designed to foster stronger links between education and the moving image industries. It is managed by BAFTA and funded by Scottish Screen, and has been running a innovative programme of events since 1999. Features sessions, screenings, workshops and masterclasses providing all you need to know about getting into the industry

Credits: animated by Douglas Mitchell, Gillian Spalding, Joanne Shirley, Joan Tooth, Katy Owens, Sandra McLaren, Vicky Kelly
Project co-ordinated by Scott Donaldson for MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling with project support from The Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Film Council, TVEI - Central Extension, British Film Institute, Stirlingshire Educational Trust

p. Edward O'Donnelly, Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust