Getting Started

Getting Started
Getting Started
Directed by	Richard Condie
Written by	Richard Condie
Produced by	Jerry Krepakevich
Starring	Jay Brazeau (voice); Richard Condie
Music by	Patrick Godfrey
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Release date	1979;
Running time	12 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Last updated July 18, 2025

Getting Started is a 1979 animated short by Richard Condie ^[2] and produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada.

Summary

The film is a comical look at procrastination, based partly on the filmmaker's own experiences, portraying the inability of a pianist to rehearse a Debussy composition.^[3]^[4]

Accolades

Awards for Getting Started included the Genie Award for best animation film.^[5] The film also won awards at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films and the Tampere Film Festival, as well as the Bijou Award for Best Animation.

Credits

Story, Animation, Direction: Richard Condie
Backgrounds: Sharon Condie
Music: Patrick Godfrey - From Debussy's Children's Corner
Voices: Richard Condie and Jay Brazeau
Inker: Mary-Lou Storey
Painter: Gloria Thorsteinson
Animation Camera: Svend-Erik Eriksen and Tom Brydon
Sound Editor: Ken Rodeck
Re-Recording: Clive Perry
Studio Administrator: Charles Lough
Producer: Jerry Krepakevich
Executive Producer: Michael Scott
Getting Started
A National Film Board Of Canada - Prairie Production

References

↑ AllMovie
↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.
↑ Cuthbert, Pamela (January 2003). "Richard Condie". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ William Beard & Jerry White, ed. (2002). North of everything: English-Canadian cinema since 1980 . Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-88864-390-X . Retrieved 3 November 2011. Getting Started Condie.
↑ "Getting Started". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada Web site. 1979. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

External links

Watch Getting Started on the NFB website
Getting Started at IMDb
Getting Started on YouTube

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[1] AllMovie

[2] "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.

[CFE-3] Cuthbert, Pamela (January 2003). "Richard Condie". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

[4] William Beard & Jerry White, ed. (2002). North of everything: English-Canadian cinema since 1980 . Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-88864-390-X . Retrieved 3 November 2011. Getting Started Condie.

[NFB-5] "Getting Started". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada Web site. 1979. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

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