FLESH

Who decides what we eat, what we kill, and what we save?

A short animation about freedom and foxes.

Commissioned by BBC Arts, Arts Council England and Rural Media as part of BBC New Creatives

Broadcast on BBC 4 in 2020

Winner of the RTS Midlands Best Animation Award in 2021

CREDITS

Writer and Producer / Anna Campbell
Director and Lead Animator / Lisa Cruz
Animator / Liang-Hsin Huang
Compositing and colouring assistant / Oliver Magee
Colouring assistant / Michelle Brand
Music Composer / Madison Willing
Sound Design and Mix / Chris Reed
Colourist & Post Production Coordinator / David Jones
Online Production / Films@59
Programme Associate / Julie Colman
Executive Producer / Grant Black
Commissioning Executive for the BBC / Stephen James-Yeoman

TECHNICAL SPECS

Duration: 3:50
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Colour
English

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Flesh is a story about an act of defiance, an act of rebellion against the order of things. I related to the story, as for me, the whole piece is a metaphor. The simplicity of the story structure is underlined by a strong opinion: having the right to make our own choices. Regarding this, Flesh can speak to everyone.

— Lisa Cruz, Director, 2020

WRITER’S STATEMENT

Flesh is a father-daughter story about power.

It's set in Herefordshire, which is where I grew up. I wanted to capture the sense of unknown threat that I felt at that age, half-way in between being a girl and a woman. In the countryside, where farming is the biggest industry, gender is functional, financial. Edible animals are bred; the others which are a threat are hunted. Cam, the protagonist, rebels against the order of the land and though Flesh is a tragedy, but there is hope in the stubborn refusal to give up what you want.

— Anna Campbell, Writer & Producer, 2020