Film Synopsis:

A fractured palindrome that is broken into 2 parts: a forwards and reverse version. These two interlocking pieces form one cohesive whole, centering on ideas of perception, memory, direction, life and death. With music by Ant Yeti Ant

Forward Version of Oomper Oomper, right click image below for Forward Version in HD

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Backwards Version of Oomper Oomper, below

Biography of Filmmaker

Michael Robinson is an independent artist and animator currently residing in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. He gravitated toward animation as an expressive artform in the late 1990s, creating short visual experiments as a means of learning the craft; furthering his knowledge of both movement and color. His free time is concentrated on the creation of animation works that are both aesthetically and narratively diverse. His first released work, "TV Guided", won the award for Best Animation at the 7th Annual Artsfest Film Festival in 2005. "Oomper Oomper", his second public work, screened at the 8th Annual Artsfest Film Festival and MicroCineFest in 2006. He is currently working on his next project, due to be completed in 2008.

Vision of Work:

I had a lot of ideas floating around during the time Oomper Oomper was made. One of which was the idea of narrative; how it is sort of stuck in the glue of human social behaviors--past and present. I wanted to move beyond that to a place that has it's own logic and set of rules, but only so far as the end result still needed to be relatable within the context of our cultures and histories. In hindsight I feel the film also came from a very conservationist perspective--how will it be in hundreds or thousands of years after every potential resource has been consumed, and after we've consumed each other; including our own inherent capabilities for consumption?

A vast majority of the imagery was made piecemeal from various sources. Drawings, paintings, photocopies, 2D object scans of natural textures, still pictures were some of the elements utilized. Oftentimes, if an element is put together from ingredients and finalized, I manipulate it into something new as well--recycling an image into a different context is an economical way to work, but it also opens up previously unseen possibilities and connections in visual storytelling.

See Michael Robinson's animation work
Group that provided sound design for Oomper Oomper www.myspace.com/antyetiant

Moviate non-profit film organization Michael supports