Job, Joris and Marieke

Job, Joris and Marieke, live and work in the Netherlands producing a wide range of work both for entertainment and also for commissions. The first grabbed my attention with their short film Mute which I'm pretty sure was at Aesthetica Film Festival 2013 but was also at Bradford Animation Festival 2014 where it made the entire screen laugh. It's such a creative narrative, one that so unique, which is humorous but also slightly dark in the ways people find to open their mouths.




I think the character design of this short is immaculately done. In a way that makes it more comedic than dark because the characters don't seem imposing, they look like little happy eggs in, what could almost be described as a playmobil-esque universe. This whole style of the animation highlights the comedy of the narrative, because the colours, and bold shapes all make it less imposing, and therefore I feel like we, the viewer, could empathise with it more.




What I also found really interesting about this studio, is how a lot of the character design aspects have been recycled in their work. I don't know whether this was a auteurist executive decision, or simply because it saved them time and money, but I think it is an interesting decision. Mainly because it hasn't altered their success, in the slightest, when it comes to winning awards for there shorts. For example the commission above is for the 2015 Tour de France and is already a vimeo Staff Pick and the trailer below is a for an oscar nominee film. I think that says a great deal about this studio's achievements and how they are doing well. With their peculiar animation 3d CG style they taken the industry by storm and are doing really well and I personally put that down to the storytelling. These narratives are so innovative, you know there genius when you wish that you'd written them. Simple yet so effective. I think everyone who want's to tell good stories wishes they written these simple ones so effectively.

To me the style of animation and self produced music is just a massive bonus. Enjoy the trailer for their latest animation. It strikes me as being a cartoon Bridget Jones, but I have higher expectations.



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