“I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color pencils, crayons, watercolors, and everything else I found in my studio, and I put them on top of a table. I had this feeling of freedom and possibility like if I was this boy. I was using the boy's freedom to create this film.” IfsWorldWayUseFeelingsFilmFoundBoysPossibilityColorBuiltToolsTablesStudiosBrushesPencilsCrayonWatercolors Author:Alex Abreu
“I tried to exploit such freedom to create those drawings like if I was a boy. I tried to draw with that freedom and that love that I remember from being a child and spending a day drawing without worrying about whether what I'm drawing is real or strange.” IfsChildrenRealRememberBoysWorryStrangeDrawsSpendingDrawingExploits Author:Alex Abreu
“I always told my team, "You have to believe that you are not in front of a computer, but that your canvas is a piece of paper. You have to believe this even if you have a computer in front of you."” IfsBelievePiecesTeamFrontsPaperComputerCanvas Author:Alex Abreu
“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu
“If I have a blank piece of paper and I draw a red figure, immediately this brings sounds and shapes to my mind. I tried to make a film in which every component supports the others while giving each other space and stimulating the creation of what's yet to come.” IfsGivingMindFilmSoundSpaceSupportPiecesFiguresCreationShapesPaperDrawsRedBlankComponents Author:Alex Abreu
“We were in another planet and we were reaching for something closer to a fable. It was something fabulous. I started looking at the film as if it happened in another planet and that allowed me even more freedom.” IfsFilmHappenedPlanetsReachingFabulousFables Author:Alex Abreu
“Films are born from screenplays and they are guided by words. They are born very limited and there is no space for real creation: graphic creation, pictorial creation, or audiovisual creation. If we really want to use the art of animation with all its strength, we have to rethink the processes by which it's made because the medium is the message.” IfsWantArtMadeRealUseFilmProcessBornSpaceCreationMessagesMediumsAnimationGraphicScreenplaysPictorial Author:Alex Abreu
