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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, multiple exposure, love, winter, longing, fairy tale, filmmaker, animation director

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**Love Is All** a film by Oliver Harrison

[Oliver Harrison](https://www.oliverharrison.com)

1999, 3 min 15 sec

[Film / embedded media](https://player.vimeo.com/video/129651427)

![Love Is All, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/loveisall04.jpg)

### animate! synopsis

In a winter wonderland with Deanna Durbin and the queen of the snow. A fairytale for the future, this perfectly pitched monochrome affection will have you yearning with immaculate desire.

### short synopsis

Winter bound, a snow queen dreams of love and the blooming of spring. Through frosted rococo cartouches she sings about the virtues of true love accompanied by miniature animated sequences.

Shot entirely on film, some of the scenes are comprised of 20 or more exposures.

### key credits

**director**
Oliver Harrison

**Snow Queen**
Mia Buckton

**incorporated music and sound materials**
_Love is All_ sung by Deanna Durbin (1940), written by Tomlin/Tobias, © EMI Music Publishing Limited & Universal (UK) Ltd

### Oliver Harrison

#### company name

O. H. Films

### animate! films by this artist

[Love Is All](https://animate.org.uk/films/loveisall/)

[Spirit of Place](https://animate.org.uk/films/spiritofplace/)

### a film by Oliver Harrison

### direction

**director**
Oliver Harrison

### cast in picture

**Snow Queen**
Mia Buckton

### incorporated music and sound material

*Love is All* sung by Deanna Durbin (1940), written by Tomlin/Tobias, © EMI Music Publishing Limited & Universal (UK) Ltd

© Oliver Harrison 1999

[![Love Is All, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/loveisall01.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/loveisall01.jpg)

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[![Love Is All, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/loveisall02.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/loveisall02.jpg)

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[![Love Is All, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/loveisall03.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/loveisall03.jpg)

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[![Love Is All, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/loveisall04.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/loveisall04.jpg)

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### technical

#### process summary

Shot entirely on film, some of the scenes are comprised of 20 or more exposures.

### master copy format

**format**
35mm

**colour or black & white**
black & white

### video distribution format

**video format**
BetaSP

**screen aspect ratio**
4:3

**video standard**
PAL

**sound type**
mono

### film distribution format

**film format**
35mm

**screen aspect ratio**
1:1.66

**sound type**
mono

### distributor

LUX
[info@lux.org.uk](mailto:info@lux.org.uk)
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
[www.lux.org.uk](http://www.lux.org.uk/)

**Love Is All** film, stills and other materials © Oliver Harrison 1999