ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE

An animated short on how visual perception can be twisted with dyslexia.  

 

In this short animated film titled Arrival/Departure Duce tries to explain through humor and animated drawings how a simple drive to take his wife to the airport brings up confusion and anxiety caused by his inability to read the arrival-departure signs correctly.  An insightful explanation of how his brain perceives and mixes words and symbols establishing

the first of a series of animated shorts on Duce’s exploration into dyslexia and visual perception.

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Animator                       Scott Duce

 

Additional Animation  Chenwei Jin

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Voiceover                      Scott Duce and Robin Starbuck

 

 

Producer                        Scott Duce/ DuceStudio

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Release Date                September 2020

 

Running Time                5.49 min.

 

Animation                      Digital character drawing in Harmony-ToonBoom Software with hand-drawn objects and

                                         backgrounds in ink, watercolor, and chalk.

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Awards                          Best Animation, Shawna Shea Film Festival, 2021

                                       Honorable Mention, Golden Harvest Film Festival, 2021, Tokyo, Japan

                                       Semi-Finalist, New York Animation Film Awards, 2021

                                       Nominated Best Animation, Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, 2021

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Screenings:                   Ethnografilm Festival, Paris, France, 2024

                                        Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, 2021

                                        Durango Independent Film Festival, 2021

                                        Golden Harvest Film Festival, 2021, Tokyo, Japan

                                        SENE Film, Music, Art Festival, 2021

                                        Shawna Shea Film Festival, 2021