Made in 1997, Cousin was Elliot’s first professional film funded by the Australian Film Commission, SBS Independent and Film Victoria. As with Uncle, Elliot chose a minimalist approach and a spare narration to drive a very simple remembrance of a childhood relationship he had with his cousin who has Cerebral Palsy. Like Uncle, Cousin has a greyscale palette but was shot on color stock. This technique allows the use of spot color to heighten the significance of specific objects in the film. This device is common to all of Elliot’s work, which he sees as a homage to the spot red effect that Steven Spielberg used in Schindler’s List.

This film was shot in a small storage unit in the outer suburb of Moorabin in Melbourne at a facility owned by his father. This time Elliot employed AVID digital equipment to edit the footage shot on 16mm film. Cousin has been shown at many film festivals and won Elliot his second AFI Award for Best Australian animation. Narrated again by William McInnes, the budget for Cousin was $42,000 AUD.

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