Minuscule (TV Series)

October 25, 2006 – 2012

Minuscule was a French series of short video animations giving "a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens".Miniscule is a popular French animated TV series created in 2006 by Futurikon. It is about the life challenges of small insects and bugs and is set against realistic backdrops from the human and natural environment, making a combination of animation and film. The most important technique used is personification. This allows the audience to relate the characters, the relationships and the situations, which all reflect real life. Humor is created through the personification as the viewer imagines themselves in similar situations to the insects. Sometimes the characters are in competition with each other such as in “at full speed” where six different insects have a race along a road. They use dirty tricks to try to outdo each other but end up crashing. In this episode and most others, a combination of background music, realistic and created sounds are used. There is no dialogue in this series however the insects all make different sounds to communicate with each other. This unusual TV series can be enjoyed and understood by people from all cultures and ages.

Also See

• Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)
• Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away (2018)

Sound Effects Used

• Hollywoodedge, Balloon Inflate Defl SS020202
• Hollywoodedge, Ricochets Various TE029902
• Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Toy TrainT TE046007
• Pro Sound Effects, Mosquito, Single CU, High Pitch Whistling, Flying/Sound Ideas, MOSQUITO - BUZZING, ANIMAL, INSECT
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, FLYCATCHER - SINGING, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - MANY JUNGLE BIRDS CHIRPING AND CALLING
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS - JUNGLE BIRD - CALLS - BORNEO
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - THIN WOOD BOING
• Sound Ideas, COW - SINGLE MOO, ANIMAL 02
• Sound Ideas, FROG - STRIPED CHORUS FROG: CALL, ANIMAL, AMPHIBIAN
• Sound Ideas, HIT, HUMAN - BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP, CARTOON 01
• Sound Ideas, REPTILE, LIZARD - 7 SNORTY GROWLS, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, GLASS - QUICK GLASS RUB SQUEAK, CARTOON 01
• Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, GLASS - QUICK GLASS RUB SQUEAK, CARTOON 03

Image Gallery

• Minuscule (TV Series)/Image Gallery