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DIRECTOR’S
STATEMENT
My intention was to create a beautiful, enchanting, engaging and
touching animal movie for children everywhere.
On the one hand we needed to capture animal action and interaction
in a very unique way, and on the other we needed to connect with the
universal psychology of young people.
Many of the animals we see in the movie (baby elephants, baby giraffe,
chimp, lion cub etc) we have all seen before. However, we rarely see
animals from one species interact with others of another species.
Imagine a chimp holding on to the trunk of an elephant, or a lion cub being hugged by a chimp, or a chimp kissing a giraffe. That’s the sort of action we went for in a natural, untrained and spontaneous way.
All kids fear losing their parents. Sadly some do so through extraordinary circumstances. Also, unfortunately, many other children feel that they “lose” a part of their parents when their parents separate or divorce. How does a child find strength in these situations? What does family mean? How do they adjust their idea of family? What really is a family?
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The greatest of family movies touch something that is very deep within
our psychology and humanity.
On the one hand Elephant Tales is a cute and charming animal movie.
On the other, Elephant Tales is a story of helpless children in a
world full of uncertainty, danger and terror. It is a story of friendships,
caring for one another and the miracle of believing in the impossible.
This story is about helpless children that come together in a cruel
world, and with the belief in finding hope at the end of an illusory
rainbow, they journey against all odds. This
is a story for all young people in the modern world, to help in some
small way to understand and make sense of confusing and uncertain
times.
Elephant Tales draws on the genre of the Aesop’s Fables mixed
with the entertainment of modern cinema. It is intended to take everyone
on an emotional adventure, to touch both children and “the child
within”. Even as adults we often feel innocent and vulnerable
against international forces that seem so much out of our control.
The Elephant Tales journey concludes with an uplifting emotional climax
creating a sense of affirmation in life and ourselves, and the importance
of our human relationship with the natural world.
Mario
Andreacchio
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