The Quest — first footage

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An animated opera on the Children's Crusade of 1212 · 84 minutes, sung throughout
These are silent coverage shots from the musical cut — the visual bed the singing scenes will sit on. Every clip below streams in the hand-drawn cel style of the film: Nicholas the shepherd boy, the children's column, the father, the road to the sea. Tap any frame to play it. They are laid out in the order they came off the render queue, not in story order — the edit comes later.