Blog 2 - Yankee Gal

I chose Yankee Gal by Superinfocom

http://vimeo.com/3173246

I found this short film fascinating. It tells a story, not by the words the "actors" are saying but by the movement and motion happening between the scenes. The color and lighting are excellent. They provide two distinct atmospheres between the plane and the lounge. With subtle hints in the story you realize that the pilot is dreaming. The interaction between the plain crashing and the lounge scene is well done. As the plain is flying apart the lounge reacts in the same way.

For a five minute film, the characters are well developed. I believe that this film is important to learn from in a number of different ways. The development of the characters show us we do not need a feature length production or 30 minute television show, to create empathy with the viewer about the characters. The body motion is what really drives this short.

Secondly, through the lighting we have establishment of different moods. The grey sullenness of the plane scene portrays loss of hope and destruction. However, the red emanating from his head ties us in with the lounge scene. The red of the lounge emanates the seductive mood of the scene.

Also, the highly stylized caricatures of the two people makes the film light hearted but also a bit more real. If this film was done the exact same way but with real people the film would not be as affective in tying the viewer into the story. Real people would distract the viewer because the situation would never happen. So the 3D stylized characters brings the viewer in to the setting because the viewer is not focused on the unrealness of the real.