The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam (), also translated as Snipe–Clam Grapple, is a 1983 Chinese animated short film directed by Hu Jinqing and produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It won the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 1984. The film combines painted and cutout animation.Global Animation Theory: International Perspectives at Animafest Zagreb
Background The film is based on the Chinese proverb "in the fight between the snipe and the clam, the fisherman has the best of it".
Plot A clam is sitting out in the sun when suddenly a snipe flies down to peck at it. The clam slams its shells shut, gripping the snipe's beak in between. The snipe says, "If it doesn't rain today, and it doesn't rain tomorrow, I shall see a dead clam on the beach." The clam retorts, "If I don't open today, and I don't open up tomorrow, I shall see a dead snipe on the beach." While they are grappling with each other, a fisherman passes by and nets them both.
Credits Screenwriters Gu HanchangMo Du 顾汉昌墨犊 Director Hu Jinqing 胡进庆 Art Design Lu Ruhao 陆汝浩 Animation Design Ge GuiyunWu YunchuZha KanLu Songmao 葛桂云吴云初查侃陆松茂 Photography Geng Kang 耿康 Character Drawing Yue HuiminGong Jinfu 岳慧敏龚金福 Painted Scene Wu Zhongwen 伍仲文 Composer Duan Shijun 段时俊 Effects Bai Weimin 白伟民 Recording Zhan Lei 詹磊 Editing Mo Puzhong 莫普忠 Conductor Song Guanghai 宋光海 Played by Shanghai Film Orchestra 上海电影乐团
See also Chinese animation
References
External links
The film at China's Movie Database