Week 10

Week 10

Georges Schwizgebil (Switzerland) - Man without a shadow 

- Paint on glass techniques
- About a man who sells his shadow to a devil-like character in exchange for wealth and a happy life. He finds out that without his shadow he is shunned and avoided.
-Transistions are done using colour and perspective
-Won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Zagreb world festival of animated films.

Run Wrake (UK)

-Made a series of short films that have been influence Len Lye, Oskar Fischinger and Jan Svankmajer
- Made Rabbit (2005) by placing imagery from old children's books/ Stickers and transforming them into a story about the consumerism's corrupting nature.

Stephen Irwin (UK)

-Made "The Black Dog's Progess" a flick boom animation which tells the depressing story of an unwanted black dog.

Regina Pessoa 

- First film "The Night" was made by engraving plaster plate.
- Made "Tragic story with Happy Ending"

Pedro Serrazina (Portugal)

-Made his first directorial debut in 1995 with Tale about the Cat and the Moon
-Also made The Eyes of the Lighthouse (2010) that is a combination of drawn animation, painting, CGI and live action for the sea

Modern Toss (UK)

-T.V series - Lo-fi adaption of Mick Bunnage and Jon Link’s surreal adult cartoons
-The Modern Toss characters first appeared on a website, then in comic books and on t-shirts and greeting cards before the first airing of the T.V show in 2006

Eyes of the Lighthouse Review 

"Eyes of the Lighthouse" is an interesting blend of 2D and CGI animation. I think if anything this short film is probably aimed at a younger audience as the story is rather simple. With that said, the animation is interesting even to an older audience. Personally I think the film would have been better if it was completely 2D as some of the CGI element, mainly the water effects, don't match up the amazing quality of the hand drawn animation. My personal favourite scene is when the father enters the cave to find the daughter's hoard of random trinkets, as I think the drawing captures the chaos and love of a young girl's hoard of personal treasures.

Overall "Eyes of the Lighthouse" is a great animated short film, especially if watching with children.