Fox Tale

2015 FamilyAnimation 2 minutes Directed by Doosun Shin

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About Fox Tale

Mr. Fox, proud of his tail, mocks Mr. Bunny's small one. A hunter's dart hits him and the tail is gone. He panics, then sets out to get it back.

Cast & crew

More about Fox Tale

Doosun Shin wrote, designed, animated, and directed the short as a 3D computer film. Zev Burrows wrote the music. He posted an official copy on April 27, 2015. Ari Ross is the credited performer.

Themes

  • A tail used as a boast
  • The dart that takes the boast away
  • A search to get the tail back
  • fox
  • bunny
  • tail
  • hunter
  • 3D short
  • Ringling College

Making

Shin’s director’s note says he wanted a smile first and a second thought after it. The hunter’s dart is the turn: the tail Fox bragged about is the thing he loses.

Music

Zev Burrows composed the score.

Preservation

The short exists as the director’s digital file. Doosun Shin posted the picture on Vimeo on April 27, 2015, under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Notes

  • The picture is American, made at Ringling College of Art and Design, not a Korean studio short.
  • Shin did the computer animation himself. It is not a hand-drawn cartoon.
  • On the Vimeo page he described the short as a joke about showing off how you look, with the injury arriving as payback.

Scenes

  • Mr. Fox shows off his tail and laughs at Mr. Bunny.
  • A dart hits him and the tail is gone.
  • He starts through the woods to recover it.

Also available

  • Vimeo (Doosun Shin official upload, April 27, 2015)