• WRITTEN, ANIMATED & DIRECTED BY:

      Austin Kimmell​

• PRODUCTION DESIGN for RITE OF PASSAGE BY:

      Todd Kimmell

• PRODUCED AT:

     Massachusetts College of Art &                   Design​​

Trapper Keeper came about from two sources - 1) a student exercise on the use of transitions, and 2) as a gift to my mother on Mother's Day. It was crafted under a class from Bryan Parcival, which dealt with more experimental forms of animation. While I consider myself first and foremost a narrative filmmaker, combining experimental techniques can enhance the themes I'm working with.

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Personally, I enjoy making films that can capture those that I love most. Cinema is able to keep those people for a little bit of time, and animation has the ability to reach beyond reality to tap into what makes us human. Trapper Keeper represents my first real push into that territory, as well as the first appearance of themes that'd resurface in some of my later films, especially the one below, Rite of Passage. Consider it a sister film to Trapper Keeper, in tone and subject matter.