Canned Performance
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Canned Performance (1977)
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
UCLA Animation Workshop Student Film. Mixed live action and stop motion absurdist animation of a desert traveler who encounters a Godzilla-like monster emerging from a Coca-Cola can. Directed by animator and special effects artist Hoyt Yeatman, known for visual effects on The Fly (1986), Armageddon (1998), The Abyss (1989), and for directing G-Force (2009).
Visit our blog to learn more about the history of UCLA student animation: https://cinema.ucla.edu/blog/animation-workshop-collective-ucla-student-filmmakers
Credits
Hoyt Yeatman (direction, production); John Plemmons (cast); UCLA Animation Workshop
Complete catalog record
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
UCLA Animation Workshop Student Film. Mixed live action and stop motion absurdist animation of a desert traveler who encounters a Godzilla-like monster emerging from a Coca-Cola can. Directed by animator and special effects artist Hoyt Yeatman, known for visual effects on The Fly (1986), Armageddon (1998), The Abyss (1989), and for directing G-Force (2009).
Visit our blog to learn more about the history of UCLA student animation: https://cinema.ucla.edu/blog/animation-workshop-collective-ucla-student-filmmakers
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
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