{"id":6131,"date":"2025-06-05T21:36:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animation.cz\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:23:27","slug":"about-the-first-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animation.cz\/en\/2025\/06\/05\/about-the-first-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"About the First Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h5>ANIMATION<\/h5>\n<h5>SHORT<\/h5>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h1>ABOUT THE FIRST TREE<\/h1>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, there was nothing. Only the Sun and the wind. When the Earth furrowed its brow, Skal appeared \u2014 a cheerful and kind stone who received a gift from the Sun: a flower named Aur\u00e9lia. But the sun\u2019s heat dried out the land, and the flower needed to drink. Skal set out to find a cloud, but he encountered the Mountains of Ice and Dune, which threatened his flower. Eventually, he reached a mountain where little streams of water trickled down. Dew fell in love with Skal and saved his flower. Their love created the first mountain range, and on its slopes grew the first tree. The wind carried its seeds across the wide world, and thus the land as we know it today was formed. And trees grow everywhere \u2014 except on icy high mountains and arid deserts.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Animation technique \u2013 <strong>Puppet stop-motion, 3D animatione<\/strong><br \/>Length \u2013 <strong>6 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Script \u2013 <strong>Petr Stan\u010d\u00edk <\/strong><br \/>Director \u2013 <strong>Radek Beran<\/strong><br \/>Animation \u2013 <strong>Martin Pertl\u00ed\u010dek<\/strong><br \/>Animation Supervisor \u2013 <strong>Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly<\/strong><br \/>DOP \u2013 <strong>Ivan V\u00edt<\/strong><br \/>Music \u2013 <strong>Michal Novinski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6131 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Skal_1.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Skal_1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"O prvn\u00edm stromu \/ About the First Tree\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Skal_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Skal_1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6126'>\n\t\t\t\tO prvn\u00edm stromu \/ About the First Tree\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was implemented with the financial participation of the EU through the National Recovery Plan (NPO) and the Ministry of Culture (MK).<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6083\" src=\"http:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EU-logo-black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6087\" src=\"http:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Recovery-logo_black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.animation.cz\/files\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MINI-black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANIMATION SHORT \u00a0 ABOUT THE FIRST TREE \u00a0 \u00a0 In the beginning, there was nothing. 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