Notes

As we created the character of Edgar and his little menagerie of crows, we fleshed out his character far beyond what you will see in the film. In his studio he has a little pet squid, as well as a loving portrait of his mother and father.
We entertained the thought at one point of putting in Edgars girlfriend - a similar bird character called Lenore. We established that she did the opposite job to Edgar. Whilst he represented death, she would be life. Lenore's job was to take down the heart stars that had gone out, rekindling them herself and then sending her flock of doves to implant the new hearts in young babies. Thus the cycle continued!
This was too much to put into the film, but we enjoyed having more of a story around Edgar and his world, and it allowed us to really leap into the animation.

Edgar, and his girlfriend Lenore.