I enjoyed watching the short films today. Seeing what one or a few people can create is very enjoyable and also somewhat inspiring. A goal of many DMA students is to eventually create a film or help create one.
I especially liked The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside. It used a unique style, and it told an interesting story. I tend to like short films that present an idea or question ways to deal with controversial or unpopular situations in society. If you have a presence in society that people expect to fulfill certain roles, but your inner-self wants to act contrary to those expectations, how do you deal with that? It is an interesting concept to think about. It could be about transgender or other things as well. I do like films that make you think, which is why I also liked Un Jour.
So, for that reason, I did not like the substance of the previous three films we watched. The Hell's Kitchen had people dying coincidentally. After You's deepest meaning to offer was the conflict over being the "kindest/nicest." Pfffirate did not provoke any profound thinking. A metal bird in a world of balloon objects? There is a conflict, but what implicit meaning could it provoke? I guess it could represent people's lack of tolerance towards something that is a foreign concept to them. That may be deep to some, but it is a popularly accepted idea from what I've seen.
Even though Pfffirate did not make me think much, I liked it because it was entertaining, the way many feature films today are brainlessly entertaining. I definitely liked the style in the film. Even though it is probably easier to produce than detailed Pixar or Dreamworks-esk animation, it looks good and still most-likely takes a long time to make.
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