English
00:03:00
125 ft
16mm
Colour
Sound
"Red Type is a novelty in animation. To describe the film would rob the viewer of much of the surprise element which adds a lot to the entertainment value of it. Let's just say this little gem was made from A to Z on a typewriter, both visually and audibly" PSA Journal, Sept. 1965, 51.
The film has a sequel, Black Type. According to the The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC) Film and Video Institute where it was held in their film library:
An allegorical portrayal of the East-West conflict. A single sheet of paper acts as the only setting for this simple, but effective, piece of animated story-telling. The maker typed 25,000 characters onto 500 sheets of paper to make this film (1,000 characters were used for the opening credits alone). A dope sheet was prepared from a master optical sound-track and the visuals were shot to match this.
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive
Amateur Cinema