Animation First screened the first episode of the animated series LEGENDS OF PARIS. The series is a four part history of the romantics of the 19th century. We see the lives of Hugo, Dumas, Balzac, Sand and others. We watch as they create, and influence each other and the world.
Playing as a kind of animated Ken Burns film, it's a look at how some like minded men and a woman changed the world. It takes a couple of minutes to get going, but once it does you will be disappointed if you don't have another episode.
The series works because the film perfectly mixes the subject and the art style. The film's art picks up the the story and drives it forward giving us a better understanding of the lives of the artists and their headspaces.
After the screening there was a Q&A with the minds behind the film. It was an interesting, if lightly dry, exploration of how the series came together and how they made the choices of what stories to highlight.
I enjoyed the show and I am looking forward to seeing the remaining episodes.