About this episode
This episode discusses the Academy Award-winning animated film 'Flow' and its unique storytelling through animal characters and sound design.
"Flow" is an Academy Award-winning animated film directed by Gints Zilbalodis. He earned it, plain and simple. Shout out to him and the country of Latvia. It's Latvia's first Academy Award, respectfully. This is a film created with the application called Blender. Imagine that? A film created by Blender, beat Disney AND DreamWorks at their own game. Millions upon millions of dollars, and "Flow" took the cake. Bravo. This is a film about a cat who joins other exotic animals as they journey to find a better place for their lives as it was disrupted by a crazy environmental event. There is no dialog, only sound. IMAGINE THAT? Only sound effects of the animals and the environments they go through and music definitely plays along with it, definitely adds to feel of the film. You care for these animals, you want to know what happens next. That's their dialog and how the journey flows from one place to another, and as we learn about these animals who are the characters themselves, dissecting different personalities and how they with one another. It's crazy how universal it is to be that self-aware about yourself when you look at the mirror. When you do that type of action, you gain a…
People in this episode
Host: Ray Salazar
Topics covered
- animated film
- Academy Award
- animal characters
- environmental themes
- sound design
Keywords
- Flow
- Gints Zilbalodis
- animated film
- Academy Award
- Latvia
- sound effects
- animal characters
- environmental event
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Disney, DreamWorks
Books & works: Flow
Places: Latvia
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