I loved this animation. I loved how the animation was kept at the exact same shot throughout the short. It not only gave the character his own awareness of space, but it gave the audience an awareness of the lack of space that the spectator would not be allowed to see. It was definitely a form of narrative retardation but within a visual means. The addition of lack of dialogue added to the alienated atmosphere of the animation. The audience were not allowed to see within the characters home, neither could we see the state of the world that the character could see beyond the viewer.
I was really inspired by this piece, it considered both narrative and visual appeal well and balanced it successfully. The use of the mixture between 2D and 3D methods of animation worked, it was simple but visually effective.
Man O Man (UK)
At first I honestly didn't know what to think about this animation, the puppets had a distinctive style as well as the props and world that was portrayed to the audience. It was very Jekyll and Hyde, with the monster being his inner thoughts, what he truly wanted to do. I still have mixed thoughts about this animation, it is genius with the portrayal of what the main character wanted to be, but at the same time I felt that something was lacking in the narrative. However the ending to the animation was brilliant, it was shocking and funny which made the animation that much more successful. The addition of humor worked well and this animation was more successful in the screening compared to the rest of the animations shown.
Autumn (France)
This 2D animation was very sweet and the movement was very fluid and strong, working well with the theme of the narrative. However I didn't really have a strong opinion on the animation, the storytelling wasn't portrayed strong enough, the actions that the main character did and events that happened were contained within the room which worked well but there were no strong events. It wasn't thought provoking enough, I wanted more from the story as the basis was good, it just needed more powerful events to convey the emotive atmosphere. Having said which the ending of the animation made up for the lacking narrative, it worked with the message they were going for, I just wanted it to be seen more clearly throughout.
In addition the style of the animation was nice, the textured worked well and gave it a tactile approach, it reminded me of a cut out animation where the elements were made of felt and tissue paper.
Paradox (Italy)
This animation was quite bizarre, but the simple style and colour scheme worked with the atmosphere of the narrative. I liked the amount of white space and the lack of background which made you focus on the character more, - with the addition of this character becoming the background scenery.
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