Watch: ‘The Boy Who Cheated Death’ Animated Short with Many Styles
by Alex Billington
December 27, 2024
Source: YouTube
No matter how arduous you may attempt to delay and/or maintain off dying, you possibly can by no means cease or decelerate time. It marches on with out ever slowing down. Always… This pretty, mesmerizing animated brief movie known as The Boy Who Cheated Death is a couple of younger boy confronting the truth of dying. The 5-minute animated brief is created by a Vietnamese filmmaker named Pipou Phuong Nguyen who lives and works in France. This brief encompasses a handful of various animation types – beginning out with typical hand-drawn 2D with numerous stop-motion vignettes, using papercraft, material, felt, and extra. It tells the story of a bit of boy who tries to cover his mom from Death – taking him on a journey throughout area and time, interacting with animals and nature. The level is to not depart folks feeling unhappy, fairly the movie “invites you to embrace the fragility of life.” Featuring unique music by Antoine Duchêne. So possibly this boy cannot actually cheat dying (can anybody?), nevertheless it looks as if he does come to grasp it higher by the tip of this story. Watch beneath.
Thanks to Short of the Week for the tip on this one. Brief intro from YouTube: “In a world blurring reality & imagination, Syd, a little 8-year-old boy tries to hide his mother from Death. They embark on a hide-and-seek game as creatures of earth, Death being their predator. Finally, Death becomes the ultimate predator: Time.” The Boy Who Cheated Death is an animated brief written and directed and designed by Vietnamese animation filmmaker Pipou Phuong Nguyen primarily based in Pairs – you possibly can see extra of her work on her Vimeo web page or observe her on IG @pipou.png. Made by Brunch Studio and Eddy Animation, plus Studio Manuel Cam. With artwork route & character design by Olga Serdyukova. Plus cinematography by Simon Gesrel. She units up the concept: “I wanted to make a film about death, through the eyes of a little boy who is about to lose his mother… As I also watch a lot of BBC Earth, I wanted to create a character who can deeply sympathize with the lives of animals.” For extra data, go to Pipou’s IG or SOTW. To uncover extra brief movies click on right here.
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