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Mr. Arthropod

Animator: Brian Ormiston

Voice: Shelly Lipkin

Mr. Book Weevil:

Animator: Chris Calvi

Voice: Allen Nause

Mr. Dragonfly

Animator: Brian Ormiston

Voice: Nicolas Burlini-Price

Miss Lampyridae:

Animator: Bartek Prusiewicz

Voice: Kristen Martha Brown

 

Ms Lepidoptera

Animator:Tennessee Reid Norton

Voice: Luisa Sermol

The poems range in tone from the dreamy to the earthy and amusing, and the subject matter is the stuff that insects' lives are made of --metamorphosis, anatomy, danger, nature, beauty, and love.

Made at the Will Vinton Studio as part of the Independent Filmmaker Program.  2002

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Photo of Meme by Michael Martin

COMPLETE CREDITS

for INSECT POETRY

 

 

Directed and Produced by: Marilyn Zornado

 

Poems from the book "Inside the Rainbow Garden" by Meme Maria Meyers

 

STARRING (In order of appearance)

 

Mr. Book Weevil:

Animator: Chris Calvi

Voice: Allen Nause

 

Mr. Arthropod:

Animator: Brian Ormiston

Voice: Shelly Lipkin

 

Mr. Dragonfly

Animator: Brian Ormiston

Voice: Nicolas Burlini-Price

 

Miss Lampyridae:

Animator: Bartek Prusiewicz

Voice: Kristen Martha Brown

 

Ms Lepidoptera:

Animator: Tennessee Reid Norton Voice:

Luisa Sermol

 

 

ART DIRECTION: Tracy Prescott

 

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Dan Ackerman

 

SCRIPT & DIALOG:

 

Script: Marilyn Zornado

 

Poetry Editor: Kate Schmitt

 

Additional Dialog: Janeen Olsen

 

Casting & Talent Coach: Louanne Moldovan

 

Voice Recording Engineer & Entomologist:

Alan Garren

 

Dialog Track Reading: Trevor Juntunen

 

 

MODEL FABRICATION:

 

Weevil, Spider, Dragonfly & Firefly:

Erik Van Kirk

 

Ms Moth: Lisa Cordera, Toxic Mom's Studio

 

Additional Legs and Antennae: Kate Schmitt, John Ashlee, Kenneth Wright

 

STAGE TEAM:

Motion Control: Brett Crutcher

Stage Managers: Toby Ethridge, Octavia Hunter Additional Stage: Erica Gray, Natasha Stevens

Stage Assistants: Mike Menlow, Chris Lawson

Best Boy: Alan Garren

Addl. Lighting: Mark Eiffert

Set Construction: Tracy Prescott, Doug Hout

 

Loaned Books: Fay Malloy, Barb Tetenbaum

 

CALLIGRAPHY UNIT:

Lettering, Props and Animation: Marilyn Zornado Camera Tricks -

Dragonfly: Jim Richardson

CG Texturing Artist -

Moth: Janelle Pierce CG Effects

Moth: Kerry Pierce

Additional Help:

Patrick Van Pelt, Jim Hardison , Jonothan Rozes

 

MUSICAL NOTES:

Composer: Judith Gruber-Stitzer Mandolin

Orchestra Arrangement: David Gossage Musicians: Mark Villemure, Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Music Recording and Mix: Lance Neveu

 

EDITORIAL:

Editor: Skeets McGrew

Avid Tag-Team: Christopher Murrie, Trevor Cable, Joe Monteleone, Scott Sundholm

 

Coordinator: Rebecca Rockhom

Negative Cutter: Bob Zurcher

 

POST-PRODUCTION

Post-Production Supervisor: Scott Sundholm

Flame Operator: Phil Guzzo

Film Out: Kevin Nordine, Pixel Films of Chicago

 

SOUND EFFECTS & MIX:

Lance Limbocker, Downstream Sound Additional Mixing: Drew Canulette

 

Video Colorist: John Davidson,

American Production Services, Seattle

Coordinator: Kathie McCallister

 

THE FILM MADE POSSIBLE BY:

Will Vinton Studios

Downstream Sound

Pixel Films

American Production Services

Waltzing Bear Audio

Bungalow 9 Studios

Stage Right

Spike & Mike

 

THANKS TO:

Mary Sandell

Mike Wellins

Carol Sherman

Alan Garren

Shawn Wright

Robert Stuckey

Leopoldo Marino

Leslie O'Connor

Doug Aberle

Joan Gratz

Stacy Hallal

Astrogirl

&

The Oregon College of Art & Craft

 

For Mike Gribble

 

Poems from the book

"Inside the Rainbow Garden"

Copyright Meme Marie Meyers,

1999 Used by permission

Meme Marie Meyers

Author of the Insect Poems

 

 

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