The Labour Movement

A frame from the animated episode "The Labour Movement," by The Animation Co-Op for The Canadian Labour Council. This frame features sixteen colourful circles as small cartoon faces.

Client: Canadian Labour Congress
Agency: The Animation Co-Op

Services:
* Art Direction
* Compositing
* Editing

Direction – Luc Latulippe
Animation – Chayadol Lomtong, Dennis Levesque

The Canadian Labour Council needed to produce six videos (three episodes in English and French) to refresh the story of the Labour Movement in Canada. In my role as art director, I was inspired by the 1940s-1950s animation studio UPA and their modern art approach to cartooning. This style captured audiences with its signature minimalist charm.  Our hand-drawn line approach was an effective storytelling tool that animators used to represent the multiple struggles and victories of workers in Canada.