One Small Step: This is a short film about a girl who aspires to become an astronaut. After failing her course for it and being rejected by the work place she signed up for, she studies harder and eventually fulfils her goal.
This short film is quite interesting because it feels realistic and it is one of the key inspirations for my FMP short film. It shows someone’s aspirations, the path they’ve chosen, what they’re doing to pursue their goal and eventually reaching that goal after a few hiccups along the way.
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Charlie & Lola
Charlie & Lola is a children’s television series which focuses on a brother and a sister learning new things as they go about their daily lives.
The animation style the animators use for this series is very interesting because it feels like it’s all in stop motion, and the background, objects and part of the characters use actual photographs which have been collaged for setting and to interact with the movement. For example, Charlie’s trousers, the beds, grass and hedges.
I will try to find ways to add this animation style to my own animation if I can.
Tom & Jerry
The most iconic cartoon animal duo, Tom & Jerry have a simple narrative with Tom chasing Jerry because, depending on the story, he wants to eat him, Jerry has stolen from the kitchen again or just for a laugh.
Tom & Jerry are rememberable because of their comedic and humorous characters and the crazy and ridiculous ideas they do to either get away or outsmart each other. This sort of comedy style is often used in animation.
Phineas & Ferb
Animators & Illustrators:
Ub Iwerks: One of the original animators behind Walt Disney Animations, Ub Iwerks worked on the original Mickey Mouse shorts back in the late 1920s-1930s before making his own studios, creating his own iconic character, Flip the Frog.
His animation work is quite nostalgic because he was the original animator that had drawn Mickey Mouse, as well as defined the characters’ personalities and movements by his cartoonish animations. This sort of animation is something I’ll be considering for my own.
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