Thoughts on the stopframe animation films shown today

Favourite video - I really enjoyed the 'fat cat' video because it was done in a style i had never seen before. It was amazing to realise that it was made of wax and i found it hard to imagine how long it must have taken to make. It's message also resonated with me and the general tone of the piece was really effective, being enhanced by the wax etched style.

Short film on stop frame animation - This short film demonstrated that stop frame animation is very hard to do but also very rewarding because of the immense range of style and manipulation available and as was said in the film it looks far better than CGI when fully animated. The short film inspired me and gave me an insight to how dedicated stop frame artists are, it shocks me to realise that even one minute of footage can take months to create. This puts other animations like Wallace and Gromit into perspective. Furthermore this film reinforced the knowledge that stop frame animation isn't just for kids and that it can have deep meanings and connotations.