Glasses
Foreign title: Nico La Taupe (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
An exploration of elementary school life and just how hard it can be when you don't see things quite the way everyone else does, but long to fit in. Milo is always losing his lunchbox, screwing up in class and humiliating himself on the playground. He'd like to be invincible like his comic book hero, Captain Cosmo, but for a shy, nearsighted kid, the humiliations of Grade 1 know no bounds. He lives in a lonely, blurry world, and is blind to his one true friend, Gwenny. A visit to the eye doctor brings things into focus. His first pair of glasses enables Milo to excel in class and on the playground. Full of new-found confidence, he loses sight of who his friends really are until a crushing accident reminds him.
Characters
Milo, Gwenny, Norbert, Optometrist, Teacher, Mom
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Brian Duchscherer
Producing
- Producer
- Marcy Page
- Executive Producers
- Barrie Angus McLean, David Verrall
Writing
- Writer
- Erna Buffie, Brian Duchscherer
Animation
- Animator
- Brian Duchscherer, Jennifer Small
Voices
- Voice
- Jamieson Boulanger (Milo), Hayley Reynolds (Gwenny), Sonja Ball (Norbert), Kliment Dentchev (Optometrist), Anna Papadakos (Teacher), Tali Prevost (Mom)
Music
- Music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Editing
- Editor
- Hannele Halm, Phyllis Lewis
Crew
- Art Direction
- Brian Duchscherer
- Product Manager
- Hélène Tanguay
- Costume and Prop Designer
- Jennifer Small
- Design
- Brian Duchscherer
- Puppet and Set Construction
- Brian Duchscherer, Jennifer Small
- Additional Set Construction
- Peggy Arel
- Digital Imaging Effects
- Susan Gourley
- Background Optical Graphics
- Pascale Nadeau, Ishu Patel
- Lighting and Technical Assistance
- Éric Barbeau, David De Volpi
- Music and Sound Supervision
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Musicians
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer, Peter Freeman, Marc Villemure
- Sound Editing
- Tony Reed
- Foley
- Karla Baumgardner, Elana Medicoff
- Foley and Music Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell, Patrick Viegas
- Voice Recording
- Michel Chalut
- Track Reading
- Michèle Soucy
- Final Mix
- Jean Paul Vialard, Shelley Craig
Production notes
Puppet animation.
The film was almost 10 years in the making.
The film was almost 10 years in the making.
Awards
Nominee, Genie Award, Best Animated Short, Brian Duchscherer and Marcy Page, 2003.
Nominee, Jutra Awards, Best Animated Film (Meilleur Film d'Animation), Brian Duchscherer, 2002.
Camerio Award for Best Short Film, Carrousel International du film, Rimouski, Quebec, 2001.
Special Jury Prize, Short Film Category, Montreal International Children Film Festival, 2002.
Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation, Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 2002.
Norman McLaren Award for Best Animation, VIEWFINDERS International Film Festival for Youth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2003.
Chris Award, Education and Information, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2002.
Second Prize, Special Award for First Work, Professional Jury Awards, Anima Mundi 2002, Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo.
Special Commendation, Early Education, International Educational Program Contest Japan Prize, Tokyo, 2002
Nominee, Jutra Awards, Best Animated Film (Meilleur Film d'Animation), Brian Duchscherer, 2002.
Camerio Award for Best Short Film, Carrousel International du film, Rimouski, Quebec, 2001.
Special Jury Prize, Short Film Category, Montreal International Children Film Festival, 2002.
Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation, Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 2002.
Norman McLaren Award for Best Animation, VIEWFINDERS International Film Festival for Youth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2003.
Chris Award, Education and Information, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2002.
Second Prize, Special Award for First Work, Professional Jury Awards, Anima Mundi 2002, Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo.
Special Commendation, Early Education, International Educational Program Contest Japan Prize, Tokyo, 2002