Film Programme
CHALK STARS
commercial and music It , Thu, 14:30
United Kingdom, 2009, 06'58
Director: Thomas Hicks
Producer: Thomas Hicks
Director of photography: Thomas Hicks
Writer: Thomas Hicks
Animation: Thomas Hicks, Paddy Molloy
Composer: Animal Kingsdom
Editor: Thomas Hicks
Synopsis: Animal Kingdom Chalk Stars - Short Synopsis A love story is told within the confines of a lighthouse. A man and women sit facing each other at a table. Thread is drawn on the back wall behind them explaining the story of how they both met on the small island. As the music builds, a giant tanker approaches from outside as the couple build a lighthouse on the table between them to warn off the approaching tanker.
Director: Thomas Hicks
Thomas Hicks works as a Music Video Director, Illustrator, Animator and creates projections for theatre productions. He graduated from Kingston University in July 2004 with a degree in Illustration and Animation.
In February 2005, he won a commission to make a music video for Warp Records for their artists Gravenhurst, for the track I turn my face to the forest floor. The video won best music video in the Holland Animation Festival in 2006 and best experimental film at The International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York.
In February 2005, he won a commission to make a music video for Warp Records for their artists Gravenhurst, for the track I turn my face to the forest floor. The video won best music video in the Holland Animation Festival in 2006 and best experimental film at The International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York.