Bully Dance

Bully Dance (French: La danse des brutes) is a 2000 animated short film by Janet Perlman about bullying. In this 10-minute short film without words, a community is disrupted when a bully victimizes a smaller member of the group.[1] The whole community becomes involved in dealing with the bully, who is himself a victim at home.[2]

In the film, characters move in rhythm to an all-percussive soundtrack for the film, which was inspired by the filmmaker's own experiences in dance classes. Character animation and backgrounds were drawn on paper in ink, then scanned into a computer. It was the first time Perlman had used computers to create an animated film.[3]

The film received thirteen awards, including the Award for Best Animated Short Film from the Children's Jury and the Grand Prix de Montréal - Category: Best Short Film at the Festival International du film pour enfants and First Prize in short film & video animation in recognition of outstanding achievement in children's media from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.[2][4]

Bully Dance was produced by the National Film Board of Canada as part of its animated ShowPeace series on conflict resolution.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Gail (February 2, 2001). "Bully Dance. (ShowPeace).". Canadian Materials (The Manitoba Library Association) VII (11). ISSN 1201-9364.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bully Dance/La danse des brutes". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Siegel, Lois. "From Gargoyles to Ant-Horses: Animation at The Montreal World Film Festival 2000". Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Lenberg, Jeff (June 2006). Who's Who in Animated Cartoons. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.

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