Bubblecraft (2006)

6 minutes
Directed and Animated by Geoff Marslett
Featuring the song “Bubblecraft” by Pilotdrift

Good Records Recordings (Pilotdrift Label)

Synopsis

Bubblecraft is a story of everyday people. Workdays are okay. School is so-so. Life isn’t bad, but it isn’t that good either. What does it take to pull them out of their humdrum day-to-day worlds? In this case an extra-terrestrial water sphere widens the horizons for a businessman, an office worker, and a fourth grade public school student.

This short animated film utilizes a unique combination of hand drawn environments, monochromatic backgrounds, and a rotoscoping technique developed by the director Geoff Marslett while experimenting with techniques for his feature film MARS. The entire piece is set to an atmospheric song by the band Pilotdrift (who are also featured in the visuals).

Screenings

Maryland Film Festival May 5 and 6, 2006 Charles Theatre in Baltimore, MD
SXSW Presents on TV! 2006-2007.
South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Screening Friday March 10, 2006 at 9:30 PM at the Dobie Theatre and Friday March 17, 2006 at 1:15 PM at the Dobie Theatre.
Big Muddy Film Festival in Carbondale, Illinois. The Festival runs February 24-March 5, 2006.
USA Film Fest Dallas, Texas, April 28-May 4, 2006. Finalist in both the Texas Competition and the Animation Competition at the 28th Annual Short Film and Video Competition
2006 Texas Filmmakers Showcase Sunday June 11th at Director’s Guild of America Theater (Los Angeles, California)
30th Annual Atlanta Film Festival screened as part of the Animation Extraveganza, Thursday June 15 at 7 PM and 9:45
SXSW Presents debuted Feb. 20, 2007

PM at the Garden Hills Cinema
Animation Block Party Screened July 23 at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn New York
19th Annual Dallas Video Fest screening as part of the Texas Show
Sunday, August 13, 8:15 PM at the Videotheque at the Kalita Humphries Theatre in Dallas Texas
11th Annual 1 Reel Film Festival part of Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington
September 2-4, 2006. The program was curated by the Seattle Independent Film Festival this year. Screening details coming soon.
CineSol in Brownsville, Texas the weekend of September 8-10 as part of the Texas Filmmakers Showcase
Texas Show at New Library Theater Friday
Oct. 20, 7pm Hampton-Illinois Branch of the Dallas Public Library
Houston Museum of Fine Arts screening on Saturday November 4th at 7PM

Microcine Film Festival November 9-12, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland
Will be screening as part of the Human BEE-ing program, Friday Nov. 10th at 6PM at the G-Spot.
Texas Filmmaker Showcase in Dallas Saturday, November 18, 8 pm The Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park
The Anchorage Film Festival December 1-10, 2006 in Anchorage Alaska.
Santa Fe Film Festival December 6-10, 2006 in Santa fe, New Mexico