Paris Cinéma

The first behindthescenes documentary in the film industry from the making of a camera Debrie to studio shooting and directing including animation techniques Pierre Chenal meets André Rigal who executes in his workshop a series of freehand drawings These sketches are then ground in a coffee grinder from which a cartoon on film emerges In Champigny Alain SaintOgan and his host are working on Zig et Puce and developing Alfred the penguins first steps In FontenaysousBois Ladislas Starewitch presents his future stars Pierre Chenal described his film as follows I had designed to shoot a documentary in which I would show how a film is made in order at the same time to learn it myself