John Paul Molloy – Writer / Director
Barry Otto – The “Butcher”
Matthew Dewey – Composer
Michael Nestor – Sound Design / Mix
Peter Tanfield & The Conservatorium of Music Chamber Soloists – Musicians
John Paul Molloy – Producer
Michael Nestor – Co-Producer
View the IMDB listing.
Matthew composed the score for a short animation called ‘In a Pig’s Eye’ by Irish animator John Paul Molloy (the founder of Twisted Animator Productions) and Irish audio specialist Michael Nestor (visit Michael Nestor’s website). The film, which features the voice of eminent Australian Actor (Barry Otto at IMDB), was developed through the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) in Sydney. The score was recorded at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and features the University of Tasmania Chamber Soloists String Orchestra under the direction of Peter Tanfield.
The film premiered at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image as part of the Melbourne International Animation Festival and the Australian International Animation Festival 2008.
Synopsis
‘It is not the best lit place in the world. Meat hooks hang on the wall. A chart depicting a pig and its various meat cuts is pasted to a wall. We see the walls are some what weathered with bumps and scratches and the checkered tiles on the floor look old and grimy. A cartoon boar provides strange relief from the somber surroundings. There is a row of pig corpses lining the back wall. A meat cleaver encrusted with blood has been firmly stuck into a large cutting table so that it sits upright. In the center of the table sits a pigs’ head wearing glasses. A butcher, skinny, unshaven and weary looking is standing in front of the cutting block. His sleeves are rolled up…….’
