Albert Played Sax

SYNOPSIS: Albert is a cockroach who, despite spending much of his time avoiding humans wielding cans of insect spray, eventually finds true love through his music. Tonight he is playing his sax at an all night roach party. Just in the nick of time Albert escapes the fumigator deadly spray by disappearing down a plug hole into the nasty sewer world below. With a new enthusiasm for life, Albert's Sax playing improves and so does his love life. In the midst of the roaches feasting on a pile of dirty dishes the deadly peril strikes again. This time outwitted by Albert's quick thinking new found love, who reduces the human to an unconscious pile. The roaches live to party another day.

TECHNIQUE : The style is a loose pastel and wet paint technique on paper. I worked directly under a 16 mm camera on a home made animation stand . Using a video camera I also captured directly into a Apple computer running Adobe Premier. This allowed me to make better informed creative decisions. I was able to edit the sections together, lay the sound effects and music as the film progressed. I think having control over the whole process was important to make the film work.