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The Great Machine

2015 4 min
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In the small Ontario town of Echo, deep underground a typical post-war apartment building, there is a machine – massive and seemingly endless. What is its purpose? What is it for?

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In the small Ontario town of Echo, deep underground a typical post-war apartment building, there is a machine – massive and seemingly endless. What is its purpose? What is it for?

  • based on a story
    Henry Pefferlaw
  • storyteller
    Seth
  • writer
    Luc Chamberland
  • director
    Luc Chamberland
  • original music
    Luigi Allemano
  • sound design
    Luigi Allemano
  • storyboard
    Luc Chamberland
  • editing
    Jo Meuris
    Luc Chamberland
  • translation
    François Godin
  • backgrounds
    Alain Coudry
  • 2D animation
    Luc Chamberland
    Jo Meuris
    Aurélien Fernandez
    Quentin Schall
    Antoine Legendre
    Clément Courcier
    Randall Finnerty
  • 3D animation
    Clément Courcier
    Quentin Schall
  • infographist
    Jo Meuris
    Aurélien Fernandez
    Fred Casia
  • technical director
    Éloi Champagne
  • infographics
    Randall Finnerty
  • technical coordinator
    Steve Hallé
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • foley
    Karla Baumgardner
  • musician
    Jocelyn Couture
    Aron Doyle
    Nadia Côté
    Angelo Munoz
    Frank Lozano
    Luigi Allemano
    François Pilon
    Mélanie Bélair
    Chantal Bergeron
    Madeleine Messier
    Véronica Thomas
    Amélie Lamontagne
    Jocelyn Vielleux
  • voice recording
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
  • foley recording
    Luc Léger
  • music recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • studio administration
    Victoire-Émilie Bessette
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • production coordination
    Dominique Forget
    Stéphanie Lalonde
  • studio coordination
    Simon Zaurrini
  • marketing
    Geneviève Bérard
  • associate producer
    Luc Chamberland
    Jon Montes
  • producer
    Marcy Page
    Maral Mohammadian
  • executive producer
    Michael Fukushima
    David Verrall

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