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By Wes Albert
The climactic battle scene of 77? Orchard
Haritane (Channel 12, 9:20 p.m. tonight) is like
many other movies-except the combatants are
fruits and vegetables and they fight on a
kitchen cabinet.
Produced by UNL students Mike Brown and
Jim Furrer, the 25-minute animation deals with
a war that breaks out between fruits and
vegetables in the town of Orchard.
Since completion a year ago, the film has
been shown at Sheldon Art Gallery, the Lincoln
Cooper Plaza Theaters, KOLN-KGIN and as
part of the Nebraska Union Weekend Film
Committee series.
It was entered in the Chicago International
Film Festival and placed "somewhere in the top
10 for student-produced animations" in this
year's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences competitions. Brown said.
According to Brown, the idea for the film
was first conceived more than two years ago.
Financing was provided by the American
Film Institute, Cooper Theaters Enterprises, the
Nebraska Arts Council, KOLN-TV, the
Nebraska Student Union Program Council and
by interested individuals, Brown said.
"Money is always the problem for the
beginning filmmaker," he said. 'The trick is to
make your film look like it costs more that
what it did. I think we did that with Orchard
Heritage."
Filming was done on weekends over a
6-month period at UNL's Henzlik Hall and in
the Brown home.
Working with Brown were Jim Furrer, who
built sets and designed facial expressions for the
characters, and David Leavitt who helped with
t script. ' . .. . .
The illusion of moving and talking fruits and
vegetables was achieved by painstakingly
positioning the character, filming it briefly then
moving it slightly for the next shot.
"I think we spent about an hour on each
second filmed." Brown said. "Sometimes we
would take as much as three hours per second."
He said the interesting thing about
animation is that "the diiector also serves as the
actor." j J
The film is a satire intended to show the
results of "not viewing other people's positions
in the proper perspective," Brown said.
"A lot of people view the battle scene and
say if s about the Vietnam War, but it's larger
than that," he said. "Conflict is a trait of
humans. It will always be here because mankind
is generally selfish and afraid of his neighbors."
Although successful, the film has had side
effects that Brown said almost defeated his
purpose.
"I made it to show what I can do, and now
when I mention (making) another film people
always ask if it's going to be animated," he said.
"I've become known as the 'fruit and vegetable
man'. I'd rather be known as a director or
philosopher."
Not one to rest on his laurels, Brown has
another film "in the can." This one deals with a
World War II setting, he said.
"People see Orchard Heritage and say 'Yes,
but can he do anything else?'" Brown said,
"That's what I'm trying to prove."
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