The first event we went to see at Bradford Animation Festival. This series of short films opened my eyes to the possible techniques used to create animated films.
However, I think I liked the actual motions and sets better then the story lines (for the majority), because the plots became too dark and unsavoury for my liking.
I liked two the most out of this list: "Boles", and "In the Air is Christopher Gray".
This is the trailer for In The Air Is Christopher Gray:
I particularly like the silhouetted style Felix Massie (the director) decided to go for, and the use of colour on those silhouettes. It makes the film simple, yet you can still feel the characters emotions and the dialogue goes well with everything.
The characters were created to be humorous, making the whole cinema chuckle a little at some of the dialogue; this also made them likeable, to draw its audience into the story. Its the humour that made the dark plot easier to watch.
I also like how theres no hard black lines to illustrate the scenes.
"Boles" is a piece by Spela Cadez, a German director of animated shorts such as "Leibeskrank", "Zasukanec" and "Lovesick" (I haven't heard of any of them) but after watching "Boles" I'm interested to see how else Cadez has used this style.
Again with this piece, I like the style of the set and character design, using a different material for their hair to give it a different texture was a good idea.
The use of lighting is also good, having the sun shining through the window etc.
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