All ears

Australia, 1998

Film Australian animation

A short claymation about an old man whose quiet ‘memory filled’ days are rudely interrupted by a pushy salesman. As the old man contently potters around his flat faintly hearing the outside world he is bombarded by the overbearing hard-sell tactics of a salesman selling hearing aids.

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Credits

director

Ben McGill

creator

Ben McGill

editor

David Atkinson

Robyn Blake

writer

Ben McGill

Bruce McGill

Jeane McGill

Jeremy Parker

Sunny McGill

Duration

00:05:48:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1998

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Group of items

RMIT AIM Collection 1998

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001767

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

SP Betacam; 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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