The Pocket Watch
Greg Doble
Calgary, 2011 Animation 4:47
The Pocket Watch is a non-verbal animation depicting two
worlds colliding and how it affects the central character. A man finds himself
submersed within a culture much different from that of his own: A highbrow
astute gentleman’s era, similar to that of the 1920s decade, but then becomes
suddenly entangled with a expressive punk culture populated by fantastical
characters. This strange new world forces the protagonist to question the
comfort and stability of the life he knows and consider making changes in the
newfound direction of excitement.
Greg Doble, a Canadian born
filmmaker and based in Calgary, Alberta. Greg often focuses on the mundane as
well as on interesting interactions between people, and he often elaborates on
everyday experiences in fantastic ways. Doble describes his work as narrative
based and characterizes his style as light-hearted with a carefree
sentimentality.
