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Dan Schoening: Animator/Illustrator CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS DESIGNS Media: Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Tria markers, and White Acrylics.

French Roast An animated short film by Fabrice O. Joubert In a fancy Parisian Café of the sixties, an uptight businessman is about to pay the check when he finds out that he's lost his wallet. To save time he decides to order more coffee... French Roast is a character driven short animated film about appearances. Without any dialogue, the story is told through character animation, music and sound. Fabrice, when did you start creating French Roast? I started working on the idea of FRENCH ROAST a few years ago. At the time, I was working abroad and I think that my nostalgia of Paris played a big part in getting the film's idea. I started with a simple story line - a man who loses his wallet and can't pay the check in a restaurant - and developed the plot around it. Very quickly the businessman and the tramp were born and the other characters came as the story built up. How long did it take to create French Roast? In total, it took 6 months of development, on and off, and then...

Sean L. Moore: Author / Illustrator and Character Designer CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS DESIGNS Media: Adobe Photoshop.