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Remaking of danger mouse

Part of me still prefers the old danger mouse because I grew up watching it as a child but in this talk at Manchester animation festival, they talked about the changes of the characters. Danger mouse himself has completely changed as his eye patch now acts as robotic spy camera thing, but as for Penfold he hasnt changed.

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This animation, Meanwhile created by Stephan Mcnally was another animation that we got to watch whilst at the Manchester animation festival. I really like how in this animation each scene is different colours but the use of different shades is really effective. It shows you multiple people in their different lifestyles in their day to day surroundings such as a work office or people riding their bike through the street.

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This short animation, Edmond, directed by Nina Grantz is about a man who isolates himself from everyone, in the animation it shows you why he does so though a series of Edmond's memories. I really like the idea of creating characters made out of wool as this is one of the main reasons I like this animation. This was one out of the many graduation films that I got to watch whist at the Manchester animation festival.

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The stop motion film Anomalisa is quite weird and after the film had finished I didn't know what had actually gone on but all of the writers films are similar leaving you confused to what has actually gone on. Even though this film is a stop motion film it looks quite realistic, which I really liked about this film. The film also has some funny scenes such as when he visits the hotel manager and where he confesses his love to the main character.

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Shaun the sheep the movie was quite comical, as the film is about Shaun and all the other sheep traveling to the city to go rescue the farmer, as hes lost his memory and leading a different lifestyle. After watching this film it changed my thoughts on Shaun the sheep and other Aardman films because before I never really liked them or the way they looked, but the film was quite funny and I did enjoy watching it.

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After Tomm Moores masterclass I watched his film, Song of the sea. The film is about two young Irish children, Ben and Saoirse, who go on adventure trying to save the spirit world. The whole look of this film is amazing, as the watercoloured backgrounds really give the look of the film some depth. Another thing I really like about how this film looks is how none of the colours used are over powering, but they're quite subtle.

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Tomm Moore- Masterclass

In the masterclass, Tomm Moore talks about how he was inspired to create the film, Song of the sea, He says that it was the old stories of Selkies from Ireland and Scotland. Tomm also talked about the process of creating Song of the sea. Song of the sea is both a mixture of traditional pencil and watercolour  and computer techniques, as the animation was mainly done in Tv paint with added effects. He based most of the characters on his own family members, such as the character Ben was based off his own son called Ben. The film combines traditional Irish music with an orchestral score.

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The little prince

This animated film combines both 3D and stop motion animation. The story of this film is that, a little girl who spends her life getting taught how to be a perfect adult, following a strict study schedule, when she meets her next door neighbor who tells her the story of the little prince. I really like how in this film when the old man who lives next door tells the young girl the story, the film changes from 3D animation to traditional stop motion animation. The change in animation techniques throughout the film make it clear when the story is being told and it also makes the film a lot more interesting to watch.