Challenged to create a moving image work on the theme ‘Pacific Explorer’, this highly commended work uses Australian stamps with historical and Aboriginal themes to narrate the methods and ways Australians have communicated over time. An animated short entered to “Create a Stamp Story” section of ACMI’s ‘Screen It’ media making competition for Primary Schools.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1006641
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Animation → Animation - Juvenile films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD [PAL]; Master
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode
DVD [PAL]; Copy