# animate! › Films › As the Crow Flies by Carolina Melis & Susanne Flender

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/asthecrowflies/

Discovery terms: 2000s animation, hand-drawn animation, collective memory, participation, birds, participatory animation, filmmaker, illustrator, animation director, graphic designer

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**As the Crow Flies** a film by Carolina Melis & Susanne Flender

[Carolina Melis](https://carolinamelis.com)

2005, 5 min 20 sec

![As the Crow Flies, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/asthecrowflies16.jpg)

### a film by Carolina Melis & Susanne Flender

### animate! synopsis

An image of a bird migrates across the drawings of one thousand members of the public. In a process akin to Chinese Whispers the initial picture transforms and develops, producing an unpredictable narrative flight.

### key credits

**director**
Carolina Melis
Susanne Flender

**music**
Metronomy

**As the Crow Flies** film, stills and other materials © Carolina Melis & Susanne Flender 2005