Portsmouth, New Hampshire's Hatchling Studio's short film THE TOLL is set to premiere July 20, 2006, at the Comic-Con Intl Independent Film Festival in San Diego, California.
Written and directed by Zack Pike, THE TOLL is a computer animated mockumentary featuring a troll that lives under a bridge. As the camera rolls, the troll's comments on work, life and love range from somewhat inappropriate to outrageously delusional, slowly revealing the hilariously tragic figure of a monster in denial.
THE TOLL in Room 26AB at 5:50 pm, followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers. Additionally, during the Festival Hatchling execs and animators will be on hand at Booth 1332.
We created The Toll to show our studio's storytelling and animation capabilities in the CGI arena. We have received great reviews from the viral clips we have released and are looking at doing more with this storyline, said Hatchling Studios ceo/producer Marc Dole.
Just about everybody knows enough fairy tales to know what a troll is,said Pike. The Toll explores one troll a bit further, looking at his job, his women problems, his everyday struggles. How often do we hear from a mythical monster about how his day is going?
Visit www.TheTollMovie.com for a sneak peak and festival screenings.
Hatchling Studios is a full service digital animation company founded in 1999 by Marc Dole, a former director of computer animation for a stop-motion animation company. Visit www.Hatchling.com for more information.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
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