Oedipus
- Studio
- Mama's Boy Productions
Synopsis
The story of "Oedipus," in eight minutes, performed by vegetables, in the tradition of "Ben-Hur."
Characters
Oedipus/Potato, The King/Broccoli, Bartender/Bell Pepper, Queen Jocasta/Tomato, Antigone/Cherry Tomato, Tiresias/Garlic
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jason Wishnow
Producing
- Producer
- Jason Wishnow
- Executive Producers
- Michael Green, Alex Suter
- Associate Producer
- Gian Marco Masoni
Writing
- Writer
- Jason Wishnow
Animation
- Animator
- Richard Kent Burton, Chansoo Kim, Tom Martin
- Assistant Animators
- Matt Stroup, Lisa Yu
- Animation Production Assistants
- Sara Black, Melanie Jefferson, Aaron Johnson, Chris Nuehahn, Jacquie Reynolds
Voices
- Voice
- Dick Rodstein (Oedipus/Potato), Michael Alston Baley (The King/Broccoli), Billy Dee Williams (Bartender/Bell Pepper), Stephanie Fredricks (Queen Jocasta/Tomato), Tara Jayne (Antigone/Cherry Tomato), Q. A. Wagstaff (Tiresias/Garlic)
Music
- Music
- Blake Neely
Editing
- Editor
- Jason Wishnow
Crew
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Alex Suter
- Director of Photography
- Jim Matlosz
- Second Unit Directors of Photography
- Hillary Hanak, Brian L. Hauge
- Production Design
- Rick Cortes
- Costume Design
- Sara Kozlowski
- Art Direction
- John Millhauser
- Production Manager
- Adrienne Nishina
- Lead Model Makers
- Brent Heyning, Jane Kilkenny, Vladimir Petrov, Christopher Rabilwongse
- Model Makers
- Dan Antkowiak, Jiyeon Cho, Lori Davis, Bryn LaFollette, Ola May, Heekyung Shin, Jessica Westbrook
- Scenic Painters
- Jerod Chirico, Katia Kaplun
- Mixed At
- Skywalker Sound
- Sound Design
- Bill Storkson
- Additional Sound Recording
- Jory K. Prum
- Voice Casting and ADR Recording
- Crispin Freeman
- Additional ADR
- Joe DiGiorgi, Joel Harris
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Brandon Proctor
- Dolby Sound Consultant
- Dan Sperry
- Optical Sound Transfer
- Mike Vigil
- Music Supervisor
- Julie Griner
- Written By
- Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
- Performed By
- Ingrid Lucia
- Post Production Supervisors
- Bill Gilman, Paul Schmitt
- Digital Intermediate Supervisor
- Rod Bogart
- Digital Massage Therapist
- Neil Robinson
- Visual Effects Editor
- Lorelei David
- Visual Effects Producer
- Jennifer Sorem Dowell
- CG Supervisor
- Zachary Cole
- Lead Technical Director
- Jason Brown
- Digital Fluid Effects
- Christopher Horvath
- Digital Matte Painting
- Dai Imai
- Negative Cutter
- Andrea Biklian
- Compositing and Rotopaint
- David William Bullock, Jessica Maxine Laszlo, Brian Connor, Sean Mackenzie, Don Crawford, Marcel Martinez, Peter Demarest, Regan McGee, Francisco De La Torre, Garrick Meeker, Cam Griffin, Terry Molatore, Trevor Hazel, M. Zachary Sherman, Kimberly Headstrom, Rito Trevino, Larry Hoki, Kevin Wooley, Steve Kennedy, Jeff Wozniak
- Technical Directors
- Joshua Chapel, John Hansen, Lydia Choy, Jeff Hatchel, Joel Davis, Lloyd Hess, Michael DiComo, Donna Lanasa, Matthew Edwards, Cary Phillips
- Special Thanks
- Jim Morris, Amy Whitcomb, Ari Biernoff, Greg Scown, Rudolph Delson, Sameer Shamsuddin, Sian Edwards, Brando Skyhorse, Kitt Allan, Daniel Green, Alder Yarrow
- Thanks
- Adam Tow, Estelle Mosko, Karen Lewer, Peter Gargagliano, Aida Croal, Evan Mather, Karen McCarthy, Peter Hoddie, Alan Platt, Filmmakers Alliance, Katy Moore-Kozachik, Peter Miro, Alex Castex-Porter, Florence Wishnow, Keith Hatounian, Alex Freund, Foam Works, Ken Miura, Quinlan Dowell, Ani Ghajanian, Gail Currey, Kevin Kwan, Rodney Ascher, Aviva Vis-a-Vis, George Balinu, Kim Thomas, Roman Block, Avril Lavigne, Glenn Bulycz, Krystal Chang, Ruben Esqueda, Brent Muhle, Greg Lam-Niemeyer, Lisa Mosko, Scott Smith, Harry Walton, Lydia Choy, Simon Robinson, Chris Breeze, Heather McAuley, Mannequin Gallery, Sky Drops, Dana Halsted, Howard Gertler, Maria Hooper, So Young Choi, Dardy Chang, Holly Willis, Mark Osborne, Sommer Mathis, Dasha Petrov, Jason Mier, Maxime Petrov, Steve Nestor, David Candelaria, Jen Van Riemsdyk, Mickey Liddell, Steve Riera, David Nestor, Jennifer Wishnow, Mika Salmi, Steve Sullivan, David Vendig, Jessica Ciarla, Mikel Jollett, Stuart Bowling, Dawn Yamada, Jim Aupperle, Mole Richardson, Tanya Fauck-Spanier, Dominique Navarro, Jill Rubin, N'Gai Croal, Tom Barron, Donald Wishnow, Jim Morris, Nicholas Chin, Tom Vukmanic, Joe DiGennaro, Nico Muhly, Tommy Pallotta, Ellen Kim, Jon Marcus, Nicola Usborne, Tracy Leigh, Eric Feltner, Jonathan Wells, Perrine Vennetier, Vanessa Kram
- Crew
- Thanks To Industrial Light + Magic, Hollywood San Francisco
Companies and other credits
- "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"
- Under License From Universal MCA Music Publishing
- Special Thanks: Kevin and Becca Berk
- Special Thanks: Claudia and Rodney Wishnow
- Special Thanks: Sarah and Noam Livnat
- Thanks: Prickett Films
- Thanks: Bal-Tec Greg Berlanti Lance Winkel Scott Roesch
- Thanks: Chiodo Bros
- Thanks: Ed and Molly Murphy
- © 2004 Mama's Boy Productions
- Inc
- a Division of Lucasfilm Ltd
- for Donating Post Production Services
- through the Independent Projects Program
- Additional Post Production Services and Visual Effects Courtesy of
- Gamblers Ruin Tweak Films
Awards
Opening Night Selection, Anchorage Film Festival, 2004.
Best Animation, Annapolis Film Festival.
Finalist, China Int'l Cartoon & Digital Art Festival.
Opening Night Selection, Dubrovnik International Film Festival.
Winner, Best Cinematography in a High-Def Short, HDFest.
Runner-Up, Best Comedic High-Def Short, HDFest.
Runner-Up, Best Animation, HDFest.
Best Animation, Santa Cruz Film Festival.
Runner-Up, Seattle International Film Festival.
Special Jury Award, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.
Best Animation, Annapolis Film Festival.
Finalist, China Int'l Cartoon & Digital Art Festival.
Opening Night Selection, Dubrovnik International Film Festival.
Winner, Best Cinematography in a High-Def Short, HDFest.
Runner-Up, Best Comedic High-Def Short, HDFest.
Runner-Up, Best Animation, HDFest.
Best Animation, Santa Cruz Film Festival.
Runner-Up, Seattle International Film Festival.
Special Jury Award, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.