Penguins off the page

Episode of Series “RMIT Collection”.
A plasticine animation in a live action classroom. Today’s biology lesson is about the different types of penguins. The peculiar magic of wildlife comes to the classroom as penguins colonise his desk to bring each of the species of penguins to life. As the lesson progresses the class watches each species appear and play amongst the mess on the teacher’s desk.

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Credits

director

Jon Rowdon

production company

Animation and Interactive Media (AIM) RMIT

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1995

Appears in

Group of items

RMIT Collection

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

308191

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia

Animation

Animation → Clay animation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1995

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