The Seasons (film) explained

The Seasons
Director:Christopher Chapman
Producer:Christopher Chapman
Music:Antonio Vivaldi
Cinematography:Christopher Chapman
Studio:Imperial Oil
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:18 minutes
Country:Canada

The Seasons is a 1954 Canadian short documentary film directed by Christopher Chapman.[1] Set to Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, the film depicts the cycle of the seasons throughout a year on the grounds of his parents' farm on the shore of Lake Simcoe.[2]

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

Following Chapman's death in 2015, a public sculpture inspired by and named in honour of The Seasons was installed on the grounds of the ReachView Village seniors home in Uxbridge, Ontario, where Chapman had lived in his final years.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3292489/remembering-christopher-chapman-filmmaker-who-put-ontario-on-the-map-at-expo-67-1.3292509 "Remembering Christopher Chapman, filmmaker who put Ontario on the map at Expo 67"
  2. News: Christopher Chapman. Surrey Leader. May 13, 1954. 11. Newspapers.com. January 7, 2019.
  3. News: Christopher Chapman, Toronto Wins Award for The Seasons. Montreal Gazette. April 22, 1954. 13. Newspapers.com. January 7, 2019.
  4. https://www.thestandardnewspaper.ca/archives/christopher-chapman-sculpture-installed "Christopher Chapman sculpture installed"