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Pain in the Rickshaw

A young rickshaw driver receives an unexpected fare to take a rich passenger up a mountain. The mountain is steep and tall, but the hungry driver accepts the fare and begins his journey. But will the passenger be too large a burden for the tired driver to handle. As the driver struggles up the mountain to his destination will he receive his reward or will the wheels of fate be unkind.

  • Myfanwy King
    Director
  • Myfanwy King
    Writer
  • Myfanwy King
    Producer
  • Chantelle Ryan
    Animators
  • Lauren Gray
    Animators
  • Myfanwy King
    Animators
  • Avril Gibbon
    Character and Environments
  • Samiya Raya
    Character and Environments
  • Myfanwy King
    Character and Environments
  • Sacha Freeman
    Character Designer
  • Emma McCallister
    Storyboards
  • Chantelle Ryan
    Storyboards
  • Lauren Gray
    Storyboards
  • Myfanwy King
    Storyboards
  • James Gray
    Music and Sound
  • Gerad Bishop
    Story
  • Myfanwy King
    Story
  • Chantelle Ryan
    Editing
  • Chantelle Ryan
    Rendering
  • Myfanwy King
    Rendering
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 9, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Griffith Film School EOY Exhibition
    Brisbane, Australia
    Australia
    November 23, 2015
    Overal Highest Achievement in Animation
Director Biography - Myfanwy King

Myfanwy King has just completed her Bachelor of Animation at Griffith Film School. At film school she studied subjects in concept design, animation and script writing. There she fell in love with CGI and script writing, which she has chosen to specialize in. Pain in the Rickshaw is her first adventure into directing and hopefully not her last. She would like to continue work on short films and find work in a studio after university to gain more experience.

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Director Statement

This film was inspired by the novel the Rickshaw Boy and developed from an idea of Gerry’s. We drew inspiration from the novel and a class trip to China where we explored the world of the protagonist Xiangzi. On the trip we had chance to meet like-minded artist, while exploring Chinas culture. The rickshaw boy follows the protagonist Xiangzi as he struggles against fate and the world, when all he wants to do is just own and drive a rickshaw. I was in touch with the idea of the working class and the struggles they face. This idea of fate keeping us in our place and sometimes being a bitter pill to swallow. I worked in collaboration with Gerard to develop the initial concept and from there, with the help of my production team, it turned into something I hope a bit sad, but at the same time something people can relate to. The struggle of the everyday person against his/her own fate and the way fate isn’t always kind.