# animate! › Films › Dear Nelson by Sarah Cox › tools & processes

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, live action and animation, digital animation, love, long-distance relationships, letters, literary adaptation, filmmaker, animation director

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**Dear Nelson** a film by Sarah Cox

2001, 5 min 32 sec

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The film combines black and white live action with traditional and digital animation to create five seperate moods.

**Dear Nelson** film, stills and other materials © Sarah Cox 2001