Alex and the beast within

VIC/Australia, 1992

Film
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Cities are a hard place, some say they’re filled with sharks. One man haunted by this belief disappears into his fantasy emerging with the realisation that perhaps there are dragons too.

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Credits

director

Dominic O'Brien

creator

Dominic O'Brien

producer

David Atkinson

Dominic O'Brien

John Bird

writer

Dominic O'Brien

Duration

00:02:32:00

Production places
VIC/Australia
Production dates
1992

Appears in

Group of items

RMIT AIM Collection 1992

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001682

Language

No spoken word

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia

Animation

Animation → Computer animation → 2-D computer animation

Animation → Hand drawn

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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