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Frank's Joke

A comedic look at how our brains can keep us awake at night and the mercurial nature of memory.

Animation & Artists Moving Image 2018 6 mins

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Overview

Animation about Frank who told a bad joke at his new place of work. Nobody laughed. Now at 3.00am he's unable to sleep as he obsesses and ruminates over this social faux-pas, leading him to ponder on the nature of memory itself. He becomes trapped in a loop, a self-imposed purgatory for what seems like an age as the clock ticks by.

This comedic and surreal look at how our brains can keep us awake at night and the mercurial nature of memory mixes live-action puppetry and expressive hand drawn animation to convey both the physical world and Frank's inner thoughts.

Director
Edward Bulmer
Featuring
Spencer Brown
Genres
Animation & Artists Moving Image
Released
2018
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English

Subjects

Memory Jokes Insomnia