MAF: The Fox and The Whale

Going to MAF was a great experience due to the amount of new work people had produced from the past year at MAF. I saw many different animations that inspired me and I will be explaining why but I'm not going in the order in which I watched them at MAF.

To start off with, the animation 'The Fox and The Whale' was a great animation to watch just because of the beauty that is produced in the environments. The short is about a tale of a curious fox who goes in search of an elusive whale, a journey of discovery and longing. The short amazes me because of the 2D digital work which tricks me in to thinking that at some points the short it in 3D, this animation doesn't have much of a story to be honest but I feel that the aesthetic balances this out. It inspired me because for my final year animation at uni I am wanting to produce an animation that focuses on the aesthetic rather than the story, so this animation 'The Fox and The Whale' really shows me how I can do this with it's shot framing and environmental design.

The producer Robin Joseph has worked on many different films in the art department like Inside Out, Rio, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Horton Hears A Who! and many more. However, this short is his first film he's been a Directed, Producer and Writer for, as well as producing the designs, storyboards, backgrounds, 2d animation, VFX, compositing, editing and sound design. So it's fair to say he's put a lot of hard work and time into this film, which drives me to do the same thing with my animations. Not only this, but the animation exhibits how effective the music and sound is when placed with the animation creating a powerful sense of emotion and understanding to the audience.