The Shed

Australia, 1997

Film Australian animation

‘The Shed’ is a 2D hand-drawn animation. A humurous tale of an alien occupied spaceship that arrives on a farm on earth and offers his greetings. He finds an unhatched egg attractive and proceeds to leave earth with the egg.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

ACMI Viewing Booths

Credits

creator

Ben McGill

Duration

00:02:37:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1997

Appears in

Group of items

RMIT AIM Collection 1998

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1001735

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

SP Betacam; Master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

Collected

4 times

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