in progress

snapshots of the workshop in progress.

Place Bonlieu, festival headquarters.

canal, Annecy.

puppets for "Brian" in the restaurant.

storyboard sketches.

at AAA, with Cecile, Claire, and the team.

Claire reviews progress.

consulting the storyboards.

with Claire at AAA.

Julien proudly displays a background.

at the youth hostel, enjoying a break.

preparatory work.

French greeting, American greeting.

sketches of preparatory work for the theme of the workshop: "An American in Paris, a Frenchman in New York City."

clichés and stereotypes abounded, with the French students choosing many of the most obvious prejudices about Americans the could find, such as obesity, ignorance, etc. the challenge this year was the lack of American students at the workshop itself, our UArts participant having run into medical issues and needing to return home just before things got started. so we ended up with just the French side of things. They did a wonderful job with the graphics, creating beautiful illustrations for a cutout piece. a preliminary storyboard was done for "Frenchman in New York City." (see below)

French toothpick, American super-size

Brian loves Paris.

French "Guy" in New York

proto French "Guy", via an American lens.

Guy negotiates the NYC subway system

the year of "brian"

Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Louis XIV, Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

with Claire and Dave, EESI & Wrexham/Glyndwr.

Emily in front of Shakespeare & Co. , Paris.

AAA, Annecy, with Asuka.

EESI students working on the animation.

Annecy, Vieille Ville.

working on "Brian" at the workshop.