Animation shorts Research

I decided to look and find animation shorts that have a similar subject or story to mine in order to develop it, or similar characters so I could take the techniques used to animate those characters.

What I really liked about this short is how the story and the style of animation fit so well together. The animator of this piece shares " I wanted to make something that focuses on how meaningful it is to make food for someone you love. My family's lives practically revolve around cooking for each other, so it's a theme that I'm deeply attached to. " which given the inspiration and backstory for this short film can clearly be seen in the narrative and the relationship between the person and the dog. At the beginning I was interested at the animation of this short only, but I can't help to notice how the animation itself and the characters are actually driven by this story and it's definitely something I will look into more when writing my script.

The reason why I liked this short is, like I have mentioned before, the animation of how animals move and behave in a cooking scenario which is what my story revolves around. Having looked through these shorts, I realised that even though cooking is the main subject of the story, what is more important is the invisible metaphors of what the story is actually trying to tell and in this case is friendship and determination to success which is beautifully presented through the two main characters - the rabbit and the bear. What I have also found similar in this short is the use visual representation of characters mimics their behavior and personality. Likewise with my character, I wanted it to be someone who would be less capable of being able to cook due to his physical traits such as a bear or a big animal with big hands and no fingers which is what is also portrayed in this short helping me to think that I am going in the right direction. 

This short caught my attention as I thought the story of it was so simple but also so very effective. Even though it's more different to the other two, I think it relates in the main subject of that being the escape and having a dream. What I also really liked about the way it ended is that even though it wasn't a happy ending for the fish as it still ended up in the bowl to be cooked I think it definitely made it more realistic and something we can all relate to as facing real life problems and making mistakes and trying to learn from them to achieve our dreams. However, as we didn't really know much about the fish character we haven't made any emotional connections with it although we are on it side, the end of it was possible without a dissatisfaction from the audience which I think is a really clever and well thought way to end that story. 

I particularity liked this short because of the way Mr Bean is portrayed and how he is as a character. I think his behavior is really well portrayed through the actions and emotions showed through the animation and his physicality. The punchline of cooking the pasta in the bath because of it's size is what established the narrative of the story and the quest to make the dinner for him and her partner. Much like the fish short, the ending is very familiar of having a quest and actually failing at in and learning from it.