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Crema Suprema is Ellenora Ventura’s BAA in Animation graduate film. Classically trained in Animation at Sheridan College, she began creating stop motion animated films in the summer of 2007. Since Sheridan College had not yet implemented any stop motion courses, Ellenora initiated the first co-operative group project to work on a stop motion film. Sheridonia: A Look at the Wild Animator gave Ellenora the chance to collaborate with four peers and receive the stop motion training they required by their mentor, Chris Walsh. Ellenora received the Sheridan Student Leadership Award due to initiating a stop motion training program. With thanks to donations from Cuppa Coffee Studios, Sheridan College now has a stop motion facility. Ellenora was also a collaborator on a 3D (computer-generated) film Catch of the Day in 2007. She believes the relation between 3D and stop motion films complement one another. Having knowledge in both mediums is beneficial in the animation industry. Prior to this, she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at York University in 2003 and received cum laude honours
Inspired by the feel of the old rubber hose animations up until the introduction of technicolour, Crema Suprema (2008; 2 m. 50 s.) is a multiple award-winning stop motion animation about two bakers who are competing to win the World's Greatest Cake Contest. The bakers sabotage each others’ "masterpiece" cakes, but only one cake can win.
It has won 3 awards: Best Animated Short at the LaFemme Film Festival (Beverly Hills), Best Animated Short (Jersey Shore Film Festival) and Audience Choice Award for Best Animation (Jersey Shore Film Festival).
It has been nominated for the following: Best of Festival and Best Animated Short at the Miami Short Film Festival; Best Animated Short at the Action on Film Festival (Pasadena); Audience Choice of Best Animation (Sedona Int. Film Festival) and an Animation Semi-finalist (Angelus Student Film Festival). It has been screened internationally, including at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Crema Suprema has received a fantastic response from festivals all over the world, including three awards and five nominations. I am pleased to hear the audience’s enthusiasm to my vision. It encourages me to move forward in my field of animation. I am excited to work on many new projects in the future. Being a graduate film, Crema Suprema gave me the freedom to control every aspect of an animated short, from writing to animating to directing. The musical arrangement was an important storytelling element. I am grateful to Bruno Degazio for his arrangement. The entire creation of the film was a positive learning experience. I was always inspired by the early Walt Disney films prior to Technicolor. With that inspiration in mind, coupled with such a 'hands on' medium such as stop motion, the world of Crema Suprema began to take shape before my eyes. Of course, I decided to symbolically include the inception of Technicolor, in turn, adding to the creativity of the art direction. I am very pleased with the results and I believe I am among one of the first to make a stop motion short that mimics rubber hose animations in such a directly visual way. I hope everyone who views it can enjoy my short story.
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