Cipher in the Snow
(Because of Seatte's Snowpocolypse 2008, I've decided to re-post an entry of mine from December 13, 2004)
For a while I have been thinking about a 16mm short film I saw in high school called, Cipher In The Snow. I wonder if anyone else out there saw this film while in school?? I have attached some info for it below. I discovered that the film was made by Brigham Young University’s Motion Picture Studio.
If you aren't familiar with this film (which is based on a true story), it is basically about a young boy (the "cipher" of the title) who simply falls dead in the snow one morning after a bus ride. The teacher who investigates what happened finds that the boy had no real friends, and essentially died of loneliness. The teacher learns that he was the boy's favorite teacher, yet he can hardly even remember who the boy was.
As one would expect, it is a morality tale, about befriending and having compassion for people who are different or who are outcasts.
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CIPHER IN THE SNOW
Directed by Keith J. Atkinson.
Starring Robert Bridges, Bruce Kimball, Jacqueline Mayo, Roberta Shore, Walter Stocker, Larry Watts
Cinematography by Reed Smoot ("Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure", "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey", "Legacy", "Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets", "Harry's War", etc; cinematographer for multiple Academy Award-nominated films).
Screenplay by Carol Lynn Pearson (AML Award-winning author and lyricist of works as "My Turn on Earth", "Consider the Butterfly" and "Mother Wove the Morning").
Color, 24 min., 1973
For a while I have been thinking about a 16mm short film I saw in high school called, Cipher In The Snow. I wonder if anyone else out there saw this film while in school?? I have attached some info for it below. I discovered that the film was made by Brigham Young University’s Motion Picture Studio.
If you aren't familiar with this film (which is based on a true story), it is basically about a young boy (the "cipher" of the title) who simply falls dead in the snow one morning after a bus ride. The teacher who investigates what happened finds that the boy had no real friends, and essentially died of loneliness. The teacher learns that he was the boy's favorite teacher, yet he can hardly even remember who the boy was.
As one would expect, it is a morality tale, about befriending and having compassion for people who are different or who are outcasts.
http://store.yahoo.com/ldsvideostore/ciinsnv.html
CIPHER IN THE SNOW
Directed by Keith J. Atkinson.
Starring Robert Bridges, Bruce Kimball, Jacqueline Mayo, Roberta Shore, Walter Stocker, Larry Watts
Cinematography by Reed Smoot ("Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure", "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey", "Legacy", "Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets", "Harry's War", etc; cinematographer for multiple Academy Award-nominated films).
Screenplay by Carol Lynn Pearson (AML Award-winning author and lyricist of works as "My Turn on Earth", "Consider the Butterfly" and "Mother Wove the Morning").
Color, 24 min., 1973