Jamie Dean

I really like this stop motion animation. I love the old feel it has through the grey scale and jittery, achieved through the use of super 8 film. I would look at using filters and effects to recreate this style in my own work.
 The items used within the film also add to the old look of it. I really like the simple animation and the jerking movement of the obejects. This reminds me of old childens stop motions such as Camberwick Green and Trumpton and could be recreated through playing with the frame rates and/or shooting fewer frames.

The animator has used focus settings to create parts of the animation that started out of focus and then focuses in. I like this effect, it is surreal and really adds to the effect of the film.

The music really adds to the effect of the dark feel of the film, the spacing between the bass and the treble within the song and the contrast within this. The slow, lingering tempo of the song adds to the creepy effect as well.

The overall feel of the short film is Gothic and Surreal. I really like this. Again it shows the side of my personality that really likes creepy, strange things.