# animate! › Films › Black, White & Green by Ian Bourn › synopses

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, 3d cgi, live action and animation, digital compositing, food, memory, london, experimental short film, filmmaker, artist

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**Black, White & Green – the way of pie** a film by Ian Bourn

2003, 7 min 50 sec

### animate! synopsis

In the setting of a traditional London eel and pie house, solitary diners ponder their steaming dinners, each glimpsing a personal landscape within the food on the plate.

**Black, White & Green** is a meditation on the aesthetics of pie, mash and green liquor, an exploration of the terrain and a revelation of what wriggles just below the surface.

### one sentence synopsis

What do YOU see in a plate of pie and mash?

### long synopsis

In this world of marble tables, etched glass and tiles the humble London dish of pie, mashed potato and thick green liquor acts as a catalyst for excursions into memory, fantasy or to places best forgotten.

**Black White & Green** is a meditation on the pie and mash aesthetic – an exploration of the terrain and a revelation of what wriggles just below the surface.

**Black, White & Green – the way of pie** film, stills and other materials © Ian Bourn 2003