Bob Rogers

The Car of Your Dreams

Marshall Harvey, Bob Rogers

'The Car of Your Dreams' is a film which celebrates three decades of automobile mobile industry advertisements, from the early days of television advertising and into the 1980s. The short film exemplifies how the automotive industry has long been the master at creating and manipulating images of desirable lifestyles, in order to sell a product.

Rainbow War

Bob Rogers

Saffron Henderson, Gillian Barber

Three kingdoms, floating separately in space, can each see the other nearby kingdoms but have no means to communicate or visit. Each has developed a fanatical obsession for a specific color for clothing, architecture, and even plant life: one blue, one red, one golden. A forbidden inter-kingdom romance and a war of conquest ensues when a means of travel between the kingdoms is abruptly found. This short film was created for Expo 86, the World Fair in Vancouver in 1986.

Ballet Robotique

Bob Rogers

In Ballet Robotique, the graceful movements of giant assembly line robots are perfectly synchronized to classical music recorded by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.