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‘On-Gaku: Our Sound’ Director Kenji Iwaisawa Returns to Annecy With Rotoscoped Sprint Drama ‘100 Meters’
Kenji Iwaisawa discusses evolving rotoscope techniques, balancing indie and commercial methods and crafting '100 Meters' with a larger, skilled team.
Kenji Iwaisawa ‘s last film to play at the Annecy Animation Festival was a far cry from this year’s “ 100 Meters,” which screened this week in the fest’s Anney Presents selection. The rotoscoped “On-Gaku: Our Sound” was a “deadpan music comedy” about a group of amateur musicians chasing a seemingly random dream of starting a rock band despite their total lack of playing ability. At the Work in Progress session at Annecy last year, members of the team said that “100 Meters” was like an independent project for them, while for you, this felt like a more mainstream production.
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