Deanna’s Film Program
2023
A curated program of animation and experimental film shorts by Deanna Morse. 17 selected titles, 1980’s to present, a little over an hour. About place, plants, play.
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How Animation Works: move click move
2001, 2:13
The introductory, signature video for the award-winning DVD move click move.
Container Loss
2022, 2:38
Climate crisis, gyres, garbage patches, natural phenomena, human response, hope, loss, optimism, equanimity, integrity, awareness, and responsibility. Reminders.
Connecting
2020, 2:07
Animation play using Zoom. Much fun and good energy, connecting within this new social space at the start of COVID-19 self-isolation, for way too many months of 2020.
Broken Angels
2012, 3:02
The haunting legacy of repetitive motion. Doll exhibit at the Hart Museum, Michigan.
Video by Suzanne Zack, Deanna Morse, Maggie Annerino. Sound by Joe McCargar, music by Wright McCargar.
Lost Ground
1992, 2:50
A modern love story. Early 3D animation.
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storyboard animatic
13 behind-the-scenes photos
Camera People
1984, 7:17
Friends react to being "on camera." Filmed in the early days of super 8, and optically printed onto 16mm film.
Film by Deanna Morse, with Chuck Peterson, music by Jay Round.
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8 behind-the-scenes photos
Forced Perspective: Odessa
2007, 5:30
My visit to the real steps at Odessa was affected by the Odessa Steps sequence from Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925). Media images have power. They shape our real life experiences.
Monkey’s T-shirt
1991, 1:31
Animated short created for Sesame Street. An embedded figures puzzle. Look! The animals are hiding! Can you find them?
Animated by Deanna Morse and Rose Rosely. Sound by Billy Vits.
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8 behind-the-scenes photos
Night Sounds: Imagination
1992, 1:17
Animation created for Sesame Street. A little girl is scared by the night sounds, and she is not the only one!
Animation by Deanna Morse and Rose Rosely, sound by Billy Vits.
includes
storyboard animatic
11 behind-the-scenes photos
Recipe for Birds
2020, 2:01
An international collaboration where artist-animators work with kids to make animation on a common theme. This theme: Recipes from your home country. Our Oregon, USA backyard birds are hungry.
Plants
1989, 3:45
A life-long obsession revealed. Created with NeoVisuals Software at Sheridan College, using clunky code (keypad entry, before menus, trackpads and the mouse). Plants can't walk. Plants don't talk. Plants can't see. Plants don't have legs.
Music by Jim Barfuss with Chloe Willey.
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12 behind-the-scenes photos
Whispers of the Prairie
2013, 4:01
The first American lawn: Prairie. Back to our roots, to the medley of native flowers that thrive in our forests and our sustainably landscaped lawns.
Music: Edie Herrold
Postcards from my backyard
2007, 5:00
An exploration of a single space over time. Incorporating time-lapse footage, motion graphics, and my own musical soundscape, this video poem considers growth, decay and transformation.
Skin
2012, 5:24
Thick skinned, thin skinned. The first line of defense. A surface archive. Created as an artist-in-residence at the Everglades National Park, Florida.
Sound design: Edie Herrold
August Afternoons
1985, 5:12
Sunlight and shadows whisk through time. Optically printed from Super 8 footage.
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7 behind-the-scenes photos
Breathing Room
2009, 4:00
Examining nature through the lens of time. Light sweeps languidly across the tiles in a room. Outside the flowers erupt in a riot of color.
Music by Edie Herrold.
Charleston Home Movie
1980, 5:02
Memories and images of Charleston, South Carolina. Award-winning animation represented in several collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
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13 behind-the-scenes photos