A student short film pays tribute to the Golden Age of American animation

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French animation school ESMA unveils Prise de Bec, a thesis short film by Tristan Caillet, Thomas Cebadero, Fanny Garcia, Emma Hernandez-Senat, Billel Kellali, Chloé Lenarduzzi, Lucas Tarquini. “Prise de Bec” is a French expression that means “argument” and uses the French word for beak (people arguing are therefore compared to birds fighting each other).

Prise de Bec pays hommage to rubber hose animation & the Golden Age of Americain animation. However, this is not 2D animation, but 3D animation with stylized rendering.

Marcel, an old dabbler scarecrow, sees his homely life turned upside down by the arrival of the hardworking scarecrow Léon, a new neighbor unwilling to laze about…