Another look a Jack London’s classic short story
Yesterday I shared one of my favorite short stories, To Build a Fire by Jack London. It’s both a classic of American literature, and very much a classic story for outdoorsmen. I probably read it when I was 15 years old, and it still sticks out in my mind. So much of what we learned back in the 1970’s at St. Katherine’s / St. Mark’s (now Rivermont Collegiate) in Bettendorf Iowa is gone, but not To Build a Fire.
When I found that short story recently, I also found an award winning film based on London’s classic tale. The list of awards this film received is very impressive, and much like the book, it’s a very worthwhile 13 minutes!
I tried to embed it here, with some success, but it may be better viewed on Vimeo itself. That’s it! I just wanted to share…
Here’s are the movie’s credits…
TO BUILD A FIRE a film by Fx Goby
In the harshness of midwinter, a trapper is crossing the Yukon with his dog. Struggling to survive, he attempts to build a simple fire. To Build a Fire is widely recognised as a Jack London masterpiece and is a classic of American literature.
Based on the short story by Jack London
“To Build A Fire” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: Staff Pick Premiere
Directed by Fx Goby
A Composite Films production
Executive producer Samuel François-Steininger
Line producer Marie Corberand
In coproduction with Nexus Productions
Charlotte Bavasso
Chris O’Reilly
Fx Goby Films & Pictures
Carabine Productions Christel Delahaye
Lead animator
Christian Boving-Andersen
Animation
Paul Dabout
Martin Hurmane
Leni Marotte
Juliette Peuportier
Landariu Tinubu
Sidonie Vidal
Emmanuelle Walker
2D FX animation Matt Timms
Animatic Fabrice Fiteni
Art director Tristan Ménard
Background artists
Antoine Birot
Linus Carlson
Damien Colbolchevik
Joe Dennis
Tonet Dura
Guitty Mojabi
Visual Researches
Colin Bigelow
Fx Goby
Oren Haskins
Hélène Leroux
Thomas Roisland
Tristan Menard
Guitty Mojabi
Marthe Strand Mourier
Marie Thorhauge
Clean up production supervisors
David Blanche
Jessica Lewis
Clean up artists
Rosie Andrews
Rosie Baker
Joshua Barlow
Danielle Bethel
Lena Blaschek
Kasia Brzezińska
Georgina Cook
Mohamed Fadera
Leila Foong
Rhian Jones
Tom Legg
Jessica Maple
Leni Marotte
Sara Moon
Lewis Nash
Toby Parry
Juliette Peuportier
Jamie-Lee Reynolds
Andy Stevens
Marthe Strand Mourier
Joe Strange
Riu Niyi Tinubu
Adam Malcom Waters
3D modelers
Dorianne Fibleuil
Michal Firkowski
3D rig
Pete Addington
Compositing
Abel Kohen
Fx Goby
Quentin Pointillart
Alexia Provoost
Editing Fx Goby
Narrated by Tony Fish
Original music Mathieu Alvado
Composed and recorded with the support of the SACEM
in association with ALCIMÉ (Aubagne International Film Festival)
Performed by Members of the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor Mathieu Alvado
Orchestra manager
Sue Mallet
Recorded at AIR Studios
Sound engineer Geoff Foster
Pro Tools Assistant Tom Bailey
Preparation Pro Tools session David Menke
Copyist Norbert Vergonjanne
Music mixing Samy Cheboub
Sound post-production FONIC
Sound supervisors
Jake Roberts
Barnaby Templer
Sound design and mix Barnaby Templer
Sound effects editing and recording Chris Swaine
Foley artist Sue Harding
Sound engineer voice JM Finch
Editor voice Marty O’Brien
Colour grading Jack McGinity / Time Based Arts
Administration ACC
Caroline Garmirian
Christophe Sanlaville
Communication
Benoît Berthe
Élodie Moïsa
Emmanuelle Rodeghiero
Marine Wong Kwok Chuen
Community Manager
Alexander Lawrence
Genevieve Stow
Interns
Chloé Mazzani
Robin Soulisse
Camille Jacques
Acknowledgements to all the backers of our Indiegogo corwdfunding and in particular:
James Allen et Mike Skrgatic, Charlotte Bavasso, Paolo Polesello,
Hélène Béjat, Benoît Berthe, Celyn Brazier,
Patricia Claire, Xavier Egurbide, Angela Kaper, Brendan McCann, Scott Dresden,
Sébastien Fournier, Philippe François-Steininger, Emilie et Jean-Sébastien Michelet, Nathalie François, Miguel Sanz, Renaud Futterer, Dominique Goby, Julien Goby,
Vincent Guy, Paulette Hawkins, Jean-Marie Keene, Hélène Leroux, Tristan Ménard,
Chris O’Reilly, Paolo Polesello, Janet Smith, Paul Tempelman,
François Turquety, James Tomkinson, Samuel Colin, Emmanuel Tenenbaum,
Nathan Goldenberg, Etienne Semelet
Acknowledgements to our sponsors
Light My Fire® – Christian Ludwig
Katadyn® – Steven Le Guellec
Leatherman® – Roger Bjorklund & Julie Knapp
A.R.T. SURVIE & Théo
The director wishes to thank the artists involved in this film, their artistic contributions, the time and energy they spent on this project, from several hours to several months, has been both fundamental and remarkable.
Christophe Taudière
Arts university Bournemouth
Paul, Ward & Peter Symons
Natalie Busutil, Jo Bierton, Julia Parfitt, Luke Youngman
Pôle Pixel et Rhône Alpes Cinéma
Marie Le Gac, Grégory Faes, Emmanuel Bernard,
Sébastien Thomas, Lauriane Mégny
Lumières Numériques
Pierre-Loic Précausta, Camille Geoffray
Les Gobelins
Moira Marguin & Aida Del solar,
Sophie Lascoux, Valentine, Julien & Dominique Goby
Hélène & Jean-Louis Rodeghiero
Catherine & François Corberand, Cécile Nédélec, Claire Ageneau
Saul Nash
With the participation of France Télévisions
Head of Acquisitions – Short Film Programming Christophe Taudière
International distribution France Télévisions Distribution
