RAINS - TRAILER

http://www.nfb.ca/rains

A summer's day is darkened by a sudden rainstorm. Birds seek shelter and activity slows down as time expands. A woman determined to face the downpour tries to open an unwilling umbrella; a car refuses to start. The rain gets heavier and time seems to stand still. What if the sun never came out again? Pedestrians, cars, dogs, everything is caught in the rain, which lashes down on human vanity. Even the blinding bright sign of a bank is dimmed by the moisture. At the windows of high-rises, in traffic jams, under makeshift shelters, people succumb to a sense of eternity. But finally the clouds thin out, a bird takes flight and life continues.

Rains is a meditation on everyday life and our relationship with nature, seen by the acute eye of David Coquard-Dassault, whose simple pencil drawings render all the subtleties of scenes and actions.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• RAINS
• David Coquard-Dassault
• pencil drawings
• summer day
• sudden rainstorm
• Birds
• shelter
• downpour
• Pedestrians
• cars
• dogs
• traffic jams
• clouds
• relationship with nature

[skootfairy]

hmm...not bad...yet utterly unexciting.

[karadesigns]

This is a real standout piece. When it was screened at Emily Carr, many fellow students noted that we were drawn to this film in its poetic simplicity and timing.

[cluecluefinder]

@devcross obviously you have missed something

[limbdarkening]

@skootfairy Well, I don't think you are giving it much of a chance.

[JakobKorber]

take a deep breathe

2.)clap your hands twice

3.)think about someone you like

4.)copy this to 2 other videos

5.)look at your hand

[emceefreshjiveLA]

Wow i cant believe this was done in pencil! You should enter BIGSTARtv's online film festival, you can submit internationally, and the grand prize is 50,000!

[GavnatronTarasattva]

lol. I was going to say "great trailer, when's the film coming out?", but now that I know it's animated from pencil drawings, I'm more impressed.

[trysjot]

AWESOME!

Jurgis Tamulis

[devcross]

Was that the trailer or did i miss something?