Fear(s) of the Dark
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Fear[s] of the Dark is a 2007
French
black-and-white
animated
anthology film
on the subject of fear
written
and directed
by several acclaimed comic book creator
s and graphic designer
s. It was released in the United Kingdom
on 3 October 2008 and in the United States
on 24 October 2008.
The intervals are two-dimensional computer animations written and directed by Pierre di Sciullo.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
anthology film
Anthology film
An anthology film is a feature film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event . Sometimes each one is directed by a different director...
on the subject of fear
Fear
Fear is a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger...
written
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by several acclaimed comic book creator
Comic book creator
A comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...
s and graphic designer
Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
s. It was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on 3 October 2008 and in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on 24 October 2008.
Synopsis
- The first story is a traditional animationTraditional animationTraditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
written and directed by Blutch. - The second story is a three-dimensional computer animationComputer animationComputer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....
written and directed by Charles BurnsCharles Burns (cartoonist)Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...
. - The third story is a two-dimensional computer animation written by Romain Slocombe and directed by Marie Caillou.
- The fourth story is a traditional animation directed by Lorenzo MattottiLorenzo MattottiLorenzo Mattotti is an Italian comics and graphical artist as well as an illustrator. His illustrations have been published in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, The New Yorker, Le Monde and Vanity Fair...
. - The fifth story is directed by Richard McGuire.
The intervals are two-dimensional computer animations written and directed by Pierre di Sciullo.
External links
at Prima Linéa Productions- Fear(s) of the Dark at Metrodome Releasing (United Kingdom)
- Fear(s) of the Dark at IFC Films (United States)
- Fear(s) of the Dark at Madman Entertainment (Australia)
- Interview with Charles Burns at CinefantastiqueCinefantastiqueCinefantastique was a horror, fantasy, and science fiction film magazine originally started as a mimeographed fanzine in 1967, then relaunched as a glossy, offset quarterly in 1970 by publisher/editor Frederick S. Clarke...
- Review at Horror Movies