Calvin Co.

An educational short film by the Eastman Kodak company on the proper care and handling of film.

Industrial film produced for an annual Calvin Company workshop seminar intended to humorously instruct new employees on Calvin production tropes.

Six sketches, featuring off-screen human voices and on-screen chimpanzees in men's clothing, illustrating six aspects of movie making: script writing, using a camera, working in a darkroom, editing, art and animation, and shooting a scene with special attention to sound. The screen goes black between each sketch. The narration is straightforward with the chimps providing comic, contradicting subtexts.