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Ducked and Covered: A Survival Guide to the Post Apocalypse

2009 · 9 min

A deadpan mock-instructional cartoon that makes nuclear doom feel like a bureaucratic joke you can't help smirking at.

Directed by
Nathaniel Lindsay
Genres
Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Starring
Blaise Murphet
Overview
An animated government/science style public service film, circa 1981, for surviving life in Australia after Nuclear War.

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Directed by
Nathaniel Lindsay
Genres
Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Starring
Blaise Murphet
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • death
  • media
  • isolation
  • politics
Places
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • mockumentary
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour7
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
science fiction, comedy, animation
Directed by
Nathaniel Lindsay
Written by
Nathaniel Lindsay
Starring
Blaise Murphet
Music
Lando Cobretti
Runtime
9 min
Country
Australia

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