00:00Animation is often associated with childhood, but in recent years the industry has taken
00:07a turn as animated movies take on storylines with heavier themes and deeper meanings, like
00:12adolescence, Japanese urban legends or even the holocaust, making them more appealing
00:19to a grown-up audience.
00:21We think it's childish sometimes, but actually there are a lot of deeper meanings hidden
00:25in them.
00:27There are a lot of messages transmitted to the audience, like on the environment and
00:31human values.
00:33France is the world's third largest animation country, after Japan and the US, and is home
00:38to many animation studios, like this one in Paris, where storyboard drawers work on new
00:43designs, paying extra attention to detail to help them depict human movement accurately.
00:50Creating an animation film is a long process.
00:53This project costs 7 million euros and will take seven years.
00:58Animation costs us a lot of time.
00:59We work on three seconds of animation per day, so we cannot afford to create things
01:03that will not be used.
01:05France has three out of the world's ten most prestigious animation schools, which recruit
01:10students from both France and all over the world.
01:17Studies at the school help students develop a French style in animation.
01:23In France, we like to use special designs, not like the stereotypical animations.
01:30French animation has proved successful with hits like Despicable Me and the Minion movies
01:34collectively generating over 4 billion dollars.
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