Grandma's Hero

Grandma's Hero is an animated short film that was released in 2016 and directed by Ben Ozeri and Corentin Monnier, two film makers from Denmark. The story follows a boy named Lulu as he graduates from the hero academy and embarks on his greatest challenge yet: to kill a dragon. Lulu is joined on his adventure by his grandmother, a sweet woman who would rather use kindness than violence to solve her problems. Lulu's epic journey quickly turns into more of a family trip as his nerves are pushed to the limit.

Grandma's Hero excels the most in its various environments that are very vibrant and detailed. Over the course of seven minutes, viewers take a tour through a very diverse amount of setting that add a lot of depth to the story, given that it has no vocal narration. The characters are fun and the monster designs are very well thought out. The music matches very well with the style and fans of Adventure Time will enjoy this short a lot.

Overall, Grandma's Hero packs a lot into its seven minute run time and is definitely worth checking out. You can check it out using the link below.

                                                      https://vimeo.com/154208352      

Dragon Baby

The thing that impressed me the most about this piece is the fact that even though the viewer knows it is fake, it is nearly impossible to catch any flaws in the animation.  This looks soo real and and so well done that its production personal must have an extremely experienced background.  It is one thing to fight on the green screen and then make it look like they are in a miniature environment.  But the fact that they were able to put the child’s head on the actor with such an apparently flawless execution is absolutely stunning.  They were even able to achieve all the head movements and various expressions necessary from the baby with the correct orientation of his head.  The editing that must have gone into this must be remarkable.  I realize that this level of animation mostly likely won’t be able to be achieved from just this class alone, but it would be very interesting to know how they did this.  I am in awe.