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:                   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