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Designing The Road to El Dorado's characters.
Character designer Carlos Grangel on Hans Zimmer's music, Antonio Banderas and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

On this episode of the Kingdom of Dreams Podcast, I sit down with character designer Carlos Grangel to talk about DreamWorks' The Road to El Dorado. Carlos shares how the film was made and how it compares with Disney's Atlantis. We also talk about Hans Zimmer's music, authenticity in animation, character design, the voice actors, Antonio Banderas' role, Jeffrey Katzenberg's influence, how audiences received the film and why a complete story matters.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Designing Tulio, Miguel and Chel
• Authenticity in animation
• Jeffrey Katzenberg's influence
• Why a complete story matters

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:48 The Road to El Dorado
17:00 El Dorado and Disney's Atlantis
18:24 Hans Zimmer's Music
22:15 Authenticity in Animation
25:08 Character Design Insights
27:58 Voice Actors in Film
32:40 Antonio Banderas' Role
36:00 Jeffrey Katzenberg's Influence
40:05 Audience Reactions and Reception
44:34 Why a Complete Story Matters
48:55 Outro

ABOUT THE GUEST
Carlos Grangel is a Spanish character designer who runs Grangel Studio in Barcelona with his brother Jordi. He worked on DreamWorks' The Road to El Dorado and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

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Citizen of Moria (Amazon & other platforms): https://linktr.ee/citizenofmoriafilm
In Search of My Sister (Amazon & other platforms): https://linktr.ee/insearchofmysisterfilm
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