Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful (3D Animated Short Film) from Ben Brand on Vimeo.

During this module I have watched a lot of 3D CG animations and this one is by far the best one I have seen all term. I think there's something magical about the colours and opening sequence that kind of reminds me of Up. Maybe it's also to do with the fact there's a little man who wears glasses. But don't let this fool you. The story is a lot darker than you would expect. And the character has a lot more to him. From his perspective the world is pretty bleak, being vertically challenged often doesn't have its perks, he goes un noticed by society and gets abused on a daily basis.

As far as the limitations go with this animation, I didn't really know what I wanted to say about it, other than colours and a certain style don't have to mean a happy plot, this film has a really dark plot. And therefore I think a limitation of what 3DCG mainstream "hollywood-esque" films have done have created this feeling that all animations that are done in 3D are going to be bright and happy, because really it is mainly the stop motions that cover the dark stories. Now you may be able to think of exceptions but I'm talking about in general this is how they are perceived.


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