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    How Mermaids Breed

    Joan Ashworth 2002 England Animation color 10min Digi-Beta
    How many people recall a male instead of a female when they hear the word “mermaid”? Why is it in the English language —in which "man" is affixed to words more often— mermaid is more dominantly used than merman? Is this because the mermaid myth is devised by self-indulgent man? This film is a humorous subvention of such mythologies.

    Director

    Joan Ashworth

    Joan Ashworth studied Animation at the National Film and Television School graduating in 1987 with her short film The Web, which was shown at film festivals worldwide winning the Mari Kuttna Prize for Best Animation 1987 and was broadcast on Channel 4. After graduating, she co-founded "3 Peach Animation" through which she directed many commercials, title sequences and stings for TV and cinema including the opening titles for Tim Burton's Batman. Currently, she is Head of the Animation Department at London's Royal College of Art.

    Joan Ashworth

    2002《美人魚播種》How Mermaids Breed

    1998 Eggs, Fish＆Blood

    1987 The Web

    Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Prodction Designer/ Joan Ashworth

    Producer/ Martin Greaves

    Editor/ Dominic Wayling

    Music /Nigel Holland

    Production Company/ World Sales Seedfold Films

    Print Source: Seedfold Films

    Tel/Fax: 44(0)20 7701 3844

    Email: seedfold.films@zen.co.uk

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