Jane Sablow | 4 mins | USA

The short, CGI animation, Smart Machine, captures a little boy’s unusual encounter with a vending machine during a family vacation. The child discovers that the machine can talk and it has a very strong opinion on what he should eat! About nutrition, the piece presents a healthy food choice to children 5-12, and their families, through visual storytelling.

SCREENING SCHEDULE
2:00 PM     Sun, Oct 17, 2010
New York Hall of Science

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Directed, Written, Designed, Animated, Edited, Co-Produced by | Jane Sablow
Music, Sound Design, Technical Direction, Co-Produced by | Carl Edwards

DIRECTOR’S BIO

Jane Sablow, a visual artist/set designer/animated filmmaker, lived, studied, and exhibited her work for twelve years in Puerto Rico, Ecuador, and Spain, moving back to the USA in 1983. In New York, affiliated with Sindin Galleries 1981-1984 and the Anita Shapolsky Gallery 1987-1994. Began set designing for the theater in 1986. From 1988-1999 set designed and art directed independent films, videos, industrials, and projects for television. Transition into digital art in the form of storytelling and character animation. Formed a partnership with Carl Edwards, a teacher/animator, to develop their own animation properties. They married in 2001. In 2007-08 wrote, directed, designed, animated, edited, and co-produced three short, award-winning CGI animations for children about food: Cravings, Smart Machine, and Wishful Thinking.

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TRAILER

Smart Machine Trailer from Jane Sablow on Vimeo.