I am really struggling to choose between Being Human and Playing with Emotions, so I’ve decided to look at some films from Being Human category as well! I am also having trouble coming up with an idea for the ident 🙁 I am hoping to get some clarity by talking to my tutors and peers in the following week.
I had to put this on here because I thought this was brilliant, not just in terms of animation but also the concept! This is the 2020 ident made by one of my second year peers for the Being Human category!
This second ident is also wonderful! I loved the way they portrayed the cute story of the characters! It really reminded me of that scene from the Disney Pixar film Up, where we see Carl and Ellie’s life montage 🙂
Here are some of the 2019 entries for the LIAF Festival that I really liked:
A very interesting take on the Brother’s Grimm tale of The Fisherman and his Wife. The visuals are very abstract which I think works well with the music. I did find the story a little confusing to follow at times because of the flashing images, but I still think that the idea of the wife measuring each house as they got too big for it worked well in terms of conveying her greed.
This was another really intriguing film that explores the selfie craze that social media has brought upon us. I think the live action rotoscoping works well to show the kind of crazy things that people like to film; gives a sense of the virtual world bleeding into the real one. I like the idea that the director presented of people filming themselves until death.
A film with wonderful animation and visuals! I particularly like the style that the characters are drawn in and the use of blue and orange works really well! I like that the story is simple, but sort of carries the message that sometimes in chasing for our perfect life we leave the most important connections behind. I really enjoyed the mix of the abstract world and reality and for some reason really reminded me of Black Mirror’s ‘Nose Dive’ episode, where everything is centred around technology.
A very beautiful film that explores the notion of time; how it can seem different for a little girl as compared to an old couple, who are at the end of their time. I love the way the director captures movement in this film, the slow motion and then the sudden quick motions which are really mesmerising! I also love the end when the girl finally enters the sea after the long wait of five minutes and is finally happy to be reunited with her love of swimming, but it is a sad end for the old couple and it leaves one wanting to know what has happened.
Another wonderful film about how in correcting other people’s English, whether it be our own family or someone we know, we take away the essence of their language. I’ve done it to my parents on several occasions but when they correct me when I pronounce something wrong in my mother tongue, I just look the other way and after watching this film I really feel horrible for doing that. So now I’m going to not care about what accent my parents speak in because they still sound beautiful no matter what!
This is a great film that talks about the rise of gun crime in the USA, lead by Barack Obama’s inspiring speech as the voice over! The visuals are quite abstract so it did take me a while to get the idea of the story, but I thought that it did work well with the tone of voice and music. I love how at first it all seems disjointed, but suddenly you start seeing the barrel of the gun, towards the halfway point of the film. I love the ending with the hands forming the candle; giving the audience the message that we need to unite against the fight to reduce gun crime!