File:THE LEGEND OF TEMBO Visual Development Reel

A "pitch reel" for the currently shelved Tradition Studios animated feature THE LEGEND OF TEMBO, containing artwork by co-director Aaron Blaise (a former animator and director at Disney) and live action footage from AFRICA'S ELEPHANT KINGDOM (Discovery Channel Pictures, 1997), PLANET EARTH (BBC, 2006) and ALEXANDER (Warner Brothers, 2004), among others.

Film synopsis: An African elephant is born who has a fascination with insects, and a strong dislike of fighting. At a young age, he is captured by human traders, and placed on a ship. At some point on their journey, the ship is wrecked, but Tembo (as the calf is named) survives. He washes ashore in India, where he is captured again, and placed on a work farm, where he grows into an adult bull. In order to get back home to Africa, he learns to overcome his aversion to fighting, and enlists in the military to become a war elephant.

Originally uploaded to Vimeo by co-director Chuck Williams

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