The idea behind this short is great, getting a group of International reputed artists to give their advice to young people starting their artistic careers. It sounds obvious, but I haven't seen anything of the sort done by recently-graduated animators and visual artists. The fact that the young director was able to gather all of those testimonials is an achievement in itself. I don't really know if the director did archival work to find the material, or just contacted the artists and got their advice. Whatever the case is, it is sound advice.
I love the animation style. It's as if a young child had taken his pencils and started to draw things wildly, and the director had animated those drawings. The images look childish but are far from being suitable for children, as there is strong violence, gory images, nudity and adult moments overall. The images visually reproduce what the artists are saying, a;ways with a great dose of humour, dark humour, more or less literally. At times, though, the connection wasn't there at all, or was there but perhaps not fully functional to me.
This is an odd original graduation short film that tackles the pressing questions artists face in life right at the beginning, when they matter the most, not when things go wrong and they have already morphed into something that they are not, or have abandoned the creative path or put it to the service of a company. Probably not what I expected a priori, or what I would done if I was an artist. Yet, this is the director's style and approach, her true artistic self, so one has to respect that.
I think young artists would love this. The general public, perhaps.
I love the animation style. It's as if a young child had taken his pencils and started to draw things wildly, and the director had animated those drawings. The images look childish but are far from being suitable for children, as there is strong violence, gory images, nudity and adult moments overall. The images visually reproduce what the artists are saying, a;ways with a great dose of humour, dark humour, more or less literally. At times, though, the connection wasn't there at all, or was there but perhaps not fully functional to me.
This is an odd original graduation short film that tackles the pressing questions artists face in life right at the beginning, when they matter the most, not when things go wrong and they have already morphed into something that they are not, or have abandoned the creative path or put it to the service of a company. Probably not what I expected a priori, or what I would done if I was an artist. Yet, this is the director's style and approach, her true artistic self, so one has to respect that.
I think young artists would love this. The general public, perhaps.
