The final day was set up so that every event could be experienced, so there was no overlap of events in the schedule.
he first thing i saw was the short animations, i had a wide variety of opinions on the animations as they were interesting animation techniques but not entirely interesting animations, the animations covered love, mostly, in the form of lost, gained, familial and relationship love. others were story telling and interesting. My two favourite animations from the films were fresh cut grass, and , my home. Fresh Cut Grass was about a dog going to the big city to find his sister, and for me i found this to be very close as it reminded me of my sisters and so i felt a lot of empathy towards the dogs woes and the heart felt reunion between the dog and his sister. My Home was a lot more abstract in comparison as it gave a vague view of what the story was as it focused on a young boy whose home seems to have been infested by a giant crow but has been accepted by his mother. I thought it had to do with a step father coming into new household and the boy finds the crow as an unusual entity who is taking over his home and his mother.
The Bob Godfrey was a very dull talk i felt. it merely talked about him but i didn't feel like i learnt anything. I think if i had prior knowledge of him i would of been able to appreciate his work and him more. I understand that this is coming across as rude but i didn't know anything about him so i was unable to appreciate the animations for what they were.
The Re-Making of Danger Mouse was another of the really interesting talks i attended, as i learnt more about the animation industry and what people do and have to go through to make the work. The consideration that gets put into making a reboot, the amount of writers used per episode and its story as well as how it has had to grow with the new times but keeping true to its original using features such as photographic backgrounds. The key point that was put across was to not be boring as that is truly the bane of an animation, your point isn't going to be put across.
The final Master class i attended was hosted by Tim Searle, whose work spread across many groups from the 'Have I Got News For You' title sequence to the 'Mr Bean' animated show. Across all his work his main focus has been comedy animation, some towards wide audiences for entertainment purposes and others for political messages. I found the talk to be interesting but again i was frustrated that i was unable to talk or ask questions.
Before the final event i went to, i went to the BFG showing and focused my watching on the interactions between the characters and the background, how motion images interacted with static images. it was also a nostalgic thing as i had forgotten the whole story from my childhood. I also found myself comparing the animation to animation of today which i feel i really shouldn't do.
The Final event was the awards ceremony, the event was unexpected and the nominees that i personally preferred didn't win any awards which i was disappointed about. This was possibly because the animations that won were very (personally) disturbing or weird stop motion animation, which I find to be very scary in most cases, (the movement of dolls mostly). The overall award however i was very happy to see because i hadn't seen it prior as it was part of a group of short films i didn't see. The animation was called 'Guida' a hand drawn and watercolour animation, which was just so satisfying to watch as it left a positive feeling in me, it made me think that the main character, Guida, was possibly based on a real women making the animation and her character all that more real and relatable.
Overall i enjoyed the animation festival, it was my first window into the lifestyle and work of professional animators and animations. Learning both techniques and directions i should go for my storytelling, development and animations. I most certainly hope to go again next year.
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