Getting Started is a 1979 animated short by Richard Condie and produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada.

Summary The film is a comical look at procrastination, based partly on the filmmaker's own experiences, portraying the inability of a pianist to rehearse a Debussy composition.

Accolades Awards for Getting Started included the Genie Award for best animation film. The film also won awards at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films and the Tampere Film Festival, as well as the Bijou Award for Best Animation.

Credits Story, Animation, Direction: Richard Condie Backgrounds: Sharon Condie Music: Patrick Godfrey - From Debussy's Children's Corner Voices: Richard Condie and Jay Brazeau Inker: Mary-Lou Storey Painter: Gloria Thorsteinson Animation Camera: Svend-Erik Eriksen and Tom Brydon Sound Editor: Ken Rodeck Re-Recording: Clive Perry Studio Administrator: Charles Lough Producer: Jerry Krepakevich Executive Producer: Michael Scott Getting Started A National Film Board Of Canada - Prairie Production

References

External links