ABOUT
Illustration and animation for 2 versions of an animated explainer film.
Introducing the ideas in the forthcoming book 'A Likely Story' by Omar F. Hamouda.
Including a 7-8-minute shorter version narrated only by the author, and a second longer form version with the addition of interludes narrated by Betsey Price.
Introducing the ideas in the forthcoming book 'A Likely Story' by Omar F. Hamouda.
Including a 7-8-minute shorter version narrated only by the author, and a second longer form version with the addition of interludes narrated by Betsey Price.
In the author's words:
A Likely Story describes how an economy, gripped by increasing capital accumulation, which imposes a continuously decreasing labour-to-capital ratio, grants legal privileges to some but not to others, state money and credit expansion, in the hands of self-serving, private, financial institutions, inevitably lead to monopolization in the processes of production, to power domination in investment decisions and to structural income disparity.
A Likely Story describes how an economy, gripped by increasing capital accumulation, which imposes a continuously decreasing labour-to-capital ratio, grants legal privileges to some but not to others, state money and credit expansion, in the hands of self-serving, private, financial institutions, inevitably lead to monopolization in the processes of production, to power domination in investment decisions and to structural income disparity.
Using figurative characters, with a touch of humor, in a series of substories, A Likely Story narrates how income distribution is determined and how it leads to different ways of life.
AIM
To present the ideas in 'A Likely Story' to potential readers, in an engaging short film that encompasses the economic themes behind the story and introduces the characters that embody them for viewers who might wish to delve deeper.
To present the ideas in 'A Likely Story' to potential readers, in an engaging short film that encompasses the economic themes behind the story and introduces the characters that embody them for viewers who might wish to delve deeper.
USES
As a resource for Omar F. Hamouda in the publishing of the book.
O.F. Hamouda is professor of economics at York University, Toronto, Canada. As well as having authored numerous publications, he is editor of the Journal of Income Distribution (ISSN: 0926-6437, published by Ad Libros Publications Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts)
CREDITS
Narration by Omar F. Hamouda
Interlude Narration by Betsey Price
Script written by David Horn (for We Are Cognitive)
Storyboard by Patience Nottingham (for We Are Cognitive)
Illustration and animation by myself
Animation* by Daniel Stirrup
*Screen recording hand animation, animation between 00:15 - 00:45, 01:05 - 01:55 and of the animated octopus at 04:15
As a resource for Omar F. Hamouda in the publishing of the book.
O.F. Hamouda is professor of economics at York University, Toronto, Canada. As well as having authored numerous publications, he is editor of the Journal of Income Distribution (ISSN: 0926-6437, published by Ad Libros Publications Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts)
CREDITS
Narration by Omar F. Hamouda
Interlude Narration by Betsey Price
Script written by David Horn (for We Are Cognitive)
Storyboard by Patience Nottingham (for We Are Cognitive)
Illustration and animation by myself
Animation* by Daniel Stirrup
*Screen recording hand animation, animation between 00:15 - 00:45, 01:05 - 01:55 and of the animated octopus at 04:15
Below is the short form version of the explainer film - please visit the link below to see the full version.
