The Violin 小提琴

During the bustling times of the young Singapore a foreign trader leaves out of an impulse his violin with a local boy, who treasures the gift but has to leave it behind during Japanese occupation. The violin survives, forgotten on an attic, the war and is eventually re-discovered by a British family. The girl of the family becomes renowned violinist with this instrument, until she passes it on to her grandson. After all the adventures the violin is valued in modern Singapore as to the beginning of its journey. The circle closes with the grandson playing at Singapore river, where decades ago the trader gave it to the young boy.

Director: Ervin Han
Runtime: 16m30s
Genre: Animation
Rating: G
Availability: library@esplanade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library
Accession No: 2018-D-1003011
Subtitles: -
Release Year: 2016
Producer: Ervin Han, Bernard Toh
Language: -
Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

Crew:

Editor - Ervin Han
Production Management - Rachel Phang
Story board & Character Design - Lee Kok Wei
Layout - Lee Kok Wei, Leong Wei Ming, Bernard Toh, Nicholas Poon
Background Art - Nicholas Poon, Yin Zhiyan, Venty
Additional Background - Wu Shan, Elaine Chan, Aaron Lin, Jose Cua, Karen Kong
Animation Director - Bernard Toh
Animator - Wendy Sing, Eugenia Cheok, Ng Siew Hoon, Stella Yap, Javier Eng, Tiffany Chia, Donato Ligon, Freddie Coles, Ong Ruwei, Wendy Li, Amanda Chee
3D Animation - Justin Lee, Sathees Kumar
Effects & Composition - Justin Lee, Sathees Kumar, Nicholas Poon
Audio Post Production - Stereoimage Studios
Sound Design & Editing - Kenji Zhuang
Violinist - Selwyn Koh, Lee Shi Mei

Keywords:

Activities – Playing violin
Country – Singapore, Ethnic groups - Japanese, British, Malaysian, Singaporean, Foreign traders, Chinese
Emotion - Devotion
Items – Violin
Places – Boat Quay, Singapore River
Theme – Development of Singapore, Endurance, Change of Times