Man this short reminds me of how much I miss traditional
animation.
I just like it more than I do 3D. I think it offers more variety in character
design. I think it allows you to be more
stylized in background design too like in ‘John Henry’ of here with the Tartan
design that runs through the entire piece.
I really miss seeing it on a regular basis in the movie theatre.
Anyway on to the short itself, which is lovely. I really like the design of Nessie, that was
twenty years in the making as one of the heads of the short drew dragons all
the time as a kid, the way her tail is used to simulate that old loch ness
monster image and the cute mop of hair.
I love everything about this short really. I love that it’s done in rhyme I love the
music I love that in opens with the classic fairy-tale book motif. I love that during the credits we see
MacFoogle floating by on his flooded out golf course and the letter falling off
his sign so it turns from MacFoogle into Mac Fool.
I also think it has a lovely message: that it’s okay to cry. Achieving catharsis is how Nessie made the
lock that is now her home and had she continued to bottle up her feelings that
never would have happened. So a first
rate short in my eyes with great designs, a fun story, and a good message.
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