The Apprentice (1991 film)

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The Apprentice
French L'Apprenti
Directed by Richard Condie
Produced byChes Yetman
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Country Canada

The Apprentice (French : L'Apprenti) is a 1991 animated short by Richard Condie, produced in Winnipeg by Ches Yetman for the National Film Board of Canada.

A more enigmatic work than Condie's popular short The Big Snit , the film is a series of animated blackout sketches, telling the story of a medieval jester and his young apprentice. The "dialogue" is supplied by gargling noises, sampled on a computer. [1]

The film received a Blizzard Award for Best Animation at the 1993 Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association Film & Video Awards. [2]

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References

  1. William Beard & Jerry White, ed. (2002). North of Everything . University of Alberta Press. pp.  78. ISBN   0-88864-390-X. Apprentice condie.
  2. "The Apprentice/L'Apprenti". Collection. National Film Board of Canada.