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Une histoire de tortues

Ce court métrage d’animation image par image raconte le périlleux parcours de la tortue marine, une espèce en grave danger d'extinction. Touchant et universel, Une histoire de tortues illustre toute la beauté des écosystèmes où vivent ces fascinantes créatures.
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Ce court métrage d’animation image par image raconte le périlleux parcours de la tortue marine, une espèce en grave danger d'extinction. Touchant et universel, Une histoire de tortues illustre toute la beauté des écosystèmes où vivent ces fascinantes créatures.

Animals Environment and Conservation All subjects
  • script
    Kathy Shultz
  • direction
    Kathy Shultz
  • producer
    Silva Basmajian
  • director of photography
    Andrew Sneyd
  • animation
    Evan DeRushie
  • art direction
    Winston Hacking
  • special effects
    Chris De Castro
  • None
    Zach Kellum
    Kurt Firla
    Kathy Shultz
    Martin Macpherson
    Winston Hacking
    Sam Ruano
    Rachel Punwassie
    Rachelle Lamden
    Philip Eddolls
    Nev Bezaire
    Virpi Kettu
    Carmel Roy
    Mark Boyer
    Meredith Kenny
    We Are 1188
    Rob Gyorgy
    Andrew Pascoe
    Margaret Mansell
    Brian Reid
    Dean Holmes
    Paul Kroitor
  • music - interpretation
    Zach Kellum
    Kurt Firla
  • editing
    Marcus Matyas
  • sound editor
    Alex Bullock
  • production supervisor
    Mark Wilson
  • centre administrator
    Josiah Rothenberg
  • additional character design
    Kathy Shultz
  • technical coordinator
    Marcus Matyas
  • production trainee
    Sarah Rotella
  • sound effects creation
    Marilee Yorston
  • sound mixer
    Mark Zsifkovits
  • digital intermediate
    Technicolour Toronto
  • digital intermediate colourist
    Jim Fleming
  • digital intermediate producer
    Darcy Arthurs
  • marketing officer
    Kelley Alexander
  • administrative assistant
    Andrew Martin-Smith
  • sea turtle consultant
    April Stevens
  • executive producer
    Silva Basmajian

Education

Ages 6 to 11
Mini-Lessons
Mini-Lesson - A Sea Turtle Story
School subjects
Science - Biology Science - Life Systems/Ecology

Introduce and/or discuss the following concepts: sea turtle vs. land turtle, natural predators of sea turtles. Suggest some reasons why young turtles are more vulnerable than other newborns in the wild.

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