Noise Control

This Simmonds Brothers short film tells tells the story of Raumati South Kindergarten's beloved — but ill-fated — rooster. The early-rising hard-rocking cockerel's waking up of the neighbourhood sees complaints made to the council, and dog ranger Don Wolff is assigned to the case. The tragi-comic saga adds a surrealistic talking rooster twist to the Simmonds Bro's distinctive 'documation' style, which uses 2D animation and audio to portray real-life events. The 2001 shooting made national news, and Paul Holmes' and Carol Hirschfield's coverage features alongside local reaction.

In Kuala Lumpur no one gives a stuff: a chicken dies and you put it in a pot and curry the bugger! But yeah ... This is New Zealand.

– Reporter Gurunathan Krisnasamy on how the fracas would go down in Malaysia

Key Cast & Crew

Phill Simmonds

Director, Writer, Animator

Huia Lambie

Producer

Gurunathan Krisnasamy

As: himself

Joe Simmonds

As: Joe Rooster

Ross McDermott

Sound

Carol Hirschfeld

Subject