Noise Control

Short Film (Full Length) – 2008

Parental Guidance

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.

Like everyone else in the community, we were shocked to hear the pet rooster had been shot and when I heard the name of the animal control officer who pulled the trigger was Mr Wolff I immediately thought it would make a great documation.
– Phill Simmonds, in a November 2008 Dominion Post interview