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This animated short poses some interesting questions: what if buildings pulsed, trees tapped out beats, or shadows could whistle a tune? Through the creative interpretation and animation of the city's natural rhythms, Orange orchestrates a contagious urban dance. Produced as part of the 5th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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This animated short poses some interesting questions: what if buildings pulsed, trees tapped out beats, or shadows could whistle a tune? Through the creative interpretation and animation of the city's natural rhythms, Orange orchestrates a contagious urban dance.



Produced as part of the 5th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Urbanism All subjects
Keep It Weird Outside the Box Ultra-Short Films All channels
  • writer
    Sylvie Trouvé
  • director
    Sylvie Trouvé
  • mentoring director
    Alison Reiko Loader
    Janet Perlman
    Steve Woloshen
  • music
    Luigi Allemano
  • sound design
    Luigi Allemano
  • editor
    Jelena Popovic
  • infographics
    Susan Gourley
    Louis-André Fortin
  • sound recorder
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • mix
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • technical coordinator
    Julie Laperrière
  • online editor
    Yannick Carrier
  • marketing
    Mia Desroches
    Patrick Viegas
  • administration
    Gisèle Guilbault
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • executive producer
    David Verrall
  • producer
    Michael Fukushima
  • associate producer
    Maral Mohammadian

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Ages 6 to 10
Mini-Lessons
Mini-Lesson - Expressions of Creativity
School subjects
Arts Education - Music Arts Education - Visual Arts English Language Arts - Poetry
The sounds of the city, attached to objects in the city landscape, create a musical composition of sounds, sights and rhythms. Students can create musical pieces, dances, visuals or poems to either accompany or respond to the sounds, sights and rhythms of the film.

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