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The Mantis Parable

Synopsis
Created in its entirety by first-time filmmaker Josh Staub, The Mantis Parable is the charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand.
Filmmaker Notes

From story to visuals to music and sound, Josh created this computer animated film over an 18 month span at home in his spare time.

By day, Josh is the Art and Visual Design Director for Cyan Worlds, the creators of the popular games Myst, Riven, and URU: Ages Beyond Myst.

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Related News

19 February 2008

Trailers have recently been added for 'Three-Fifty', 'Now You See Me, Now You Don't', 'The Mantis Parable' and 'Burley!' More...

30 August 2007

A trailer has been added for Josh Staub's 'The Mantis Parable' More...

21 November 2005

Josh Staub's "The Mantis Parable" has taken the People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival. More...

9 November 2005

Best of category awards went to "Special People", "Through my Thick Glasses" ("Gjennom mine tykke briller") and "A Life to Live"... More...

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Production Country

USA

(Mead, Washington)

Completion Date

February 2005

Running Time

8 min

Animation Techniques

3D Computer

Dialogue Languages

No Dialogue

Subtitle Languages

No Subtitles

Picture

Color

Aspect Ratio

1.85:1

Production Formats

Computer-generated

Updated: 5 Jan 2009

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