Head over Heels
Directed byTimothy Reckart
Written byTimothy Reckart
Produced byFodhla Cronin O'Reilly
StarringNigel Anthony
Rayyah McCaul
Music byJered Sorkin
Animation byTimothy Reckart
Sam Turner
Production
company
Distributed byShortsHD[1]
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom

Head over Heels is a 2012 British stop-motion animated short film written and directed by Timothy Reckart. The film was nominated for Best Animated Short Film for the 85th Academy Awards.[2] It also won the first Annie Award for Best Student film[3] and the Cartoon d'Or for Best European Animated Short.[4]

After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.[1][5]

In March 2015, the film was posted online together with special features at www.headoverheels.tv.[6]

Plot

After many years of marriage, husband and wife Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. They live separate, parallel lives, never talking, barely even looking at each other. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, it brings their love crashing down, and the couple who can't agree which way is up must find a way to put their marriage back together.

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Festivals

Credits

Nigel Anthony as Walter
Rayyah McCaul as Madge
Puppet Fabricators- Sophie Huckfield and Charlie Buck (Arts University Bournemouth)
Cinematographer - Chloë Thomson
Production Designer - Eleonore Cremonese
Editor - James Taylor
Sound Designer - Axle Kith Cheeng
Music Composed & Performed by Jered Sorkin
Special FX Supervisor - Jennifer Groves
Visual FX Supervisor - Helen Brownell
Production Manager - Lizzie Bull
Script Editor - Tom Hill
Produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Written & Directed by Timothy Reckart

References

  1. ^ a b "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013". The New York Times. 2013.
  2. ^ "Head over Heels". Oscars.go.com.
  3. ^ "40th Annual Annie Awards". Annie Awards.org. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Cartoon d'or award for best short film animation". Euronews. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (2013-02-01). "Far From Epic Length, but on the Shortlist for Oscar Glory". The New York Times.
  6. ^ King, Darryn. "Tim Reckart Aims High For Online Release of 'Head Over Heels'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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