Created for MTV’s Liquid TV series. In this hip-hop video comic book, a visual DJ plugs into rhythm and spins cartoons to match. Watch as Nola, a girl from the Congo, leaves her homeland and boyfriend Raffi behind to find herself in the hustle and bustle of Big City, USA.
Original title: Big City
Directed by: Edward BELL
Country: USA
Year of production: 1994
Running time: 05 min 30 s
Category:
Techniques used: drawing on cels (paint), cut-outs (textile on paper), photos (editing)
Process: Colour
Directed by: Edward BELL
Production: (COLOSSAL) PICTURES
Script: Anthony Bell
Animation: Ed Bell, Dan McHale, Roger Dondis
Music: Jason Van Sugars, Kevin Wyatt, Ed Bell
Editing: Yukiko Yshiwata