Animation : How a Lone Feline Upended the Feature Animation Oscar Race With ‘Flow’ by Pat Alexander

I've heard people raving about Flow, Pat Alexander. I like the animation style. I thought it was a video game when I saw the trailer. I didn't know Flow was made for $3.6 million. That's really cheap for an Animation feature film!

$3.6 million is a lot of money, maybe not in Hollywood, but that is a huge budget in most markets, but not in Hollywood that place works with some crazy, sometimes not always honest financial standards for filmmaking, but in the rest of the world and even in the USA independent movie industry as a whole, this is a lot of money.

I wonder if the fact that there are no stars or actors attached has something to do with the low budget Pat Alexander. The creators used real animals for the voices.

I thought the same Maurice Vaughan I would love to watch this.

It was made in Blender an open-source free software. It had a very small crew compared to most animated features. Voice talent typically does not get paid much for animated films (not as much as acting scale). But yes, that certainly helped. The writer was also the director, producer, composer, editor and art director (plus many other roles). Those are ATL costs that were all saved. However, the reality is the major studios animated films are way overblown on budget. So the truth is, most animated features can be made at a fraction of the cost.

Here's an interview with the filmmaker -- entirely self taught. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAz7tS1b68s

Thank you for posting this Laurie Ashbourne