# animate! › Films › Round-Up by Mark Simon Hewis › synopses

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/roundup/synopses

Discovery terms: 2000s animation, human zoetrope, live-action performance, birth, death, life cycle, single-take film, filmmaker, animator

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Round-Up** a film by Mark Simon Hewis

in production

### animate! synopsis

Fairground ride becomes human Zoetrope as we marvel at the joy and pain of the cycle of life, from birth to death and everything inbetween. All displayed within a real giant spinning barrel in three minutes and one shot.

**Round-Up** film, stills and other materials © Mark Simon Hewis 2006