“That was a very natural process because as I was creating the animatic I added music clips as reference of the kind of music I wanted in the film. These were from musicians like Naná Vasconcelos and Barbatuques, the body percussion group.” KindBodyWantedFilmProcessNaturalGroupsCreatingMusicianClipPercussionNans Author:Alex Abreu
“Looking through a child's eyes and knowing this was another planet, we decided to design the machines with eyes and bodies like animals, we also decided that this planet has two moons, and we decided that anything else we wanted to do was allowed. It was a new perspective to make the film.” ChildrenTwoBodyEyeWantedFilmAnimalKnowingDesignPlanetsPerspectiveMoonDecidedMachinesNew Perspective Author:Alex Abreu
“We were breaking away from anything that linked us to this world, but by doing that those ideas remained even stronger. Fables represent the basis for what I wanted to say about human beings.” WorldHumansIdeasWantedHuman BeingsThis WorldBasesStrongerLinkedFablesBreaking Away Author:Alex Abreu
“Each film has its processes. It doesn't mean that all animated films have to be like "Boy and the World," but creators have to have total freedom. There are films that are born with the purpose to sell. They are still admirable films with great artists and great visuals, but we wanted to use a more radical approach to create art. That's what we tried to do.” WorldMeanArtStillsUseWantedFilmPurposeArtistProcessBornBoysApproachSellsCreatorRadicalVisualsGreat ArtAnimatedAdmirableGreat ArtistAnimated Films Author:Alex Abreu
