Sentence/Microcosm
The animated short film recommended to you today can also be said to be a very peculiar animated short film.
The short film, The Fox and the Whale, was nominated for the 90th Academy Awards and won the 2018 Canadian Silver Award.
Why is it peculiar?
Because in this short 12 minutes, the short film does not have any dialogue and narration, only the sounds from nature, the sound of the wind blowing, the sound of rain, the sound of cicadas in the summer in the forest, the sound of the rising and falling tides on the seashore, all kinds of sounds mixed together, at this time I actually remembered the music of Banderay, the sounds from nature, and it would really make people feel relaxed after listening to it.
Therefore, this short film is peculiar in that it does not have ups and downs in the plot and profound details of the meaning, but there is a sense of healing that can bring people peace and tranquility, and this healing feeling is that words are like everything.
Although the story does not have any dialogue, the beautiful picture narrates the story very clearly and smoothly, allowing people to understand the story with the picture.
It is said that a little fox heard the sound of whales in the milky way of his dreams, and when he woke up, he embarked on a long journey to find whales.
The little fox set off from the starry sky to the beautiful forest, at the beginning the little fox can only rely on luck to catch fish, if there is a fish accidentally jumped to the shore, then the little fox has today to eat, if there is no fish jumping on the shore, then the little fox will be hungry to continue to move forward.
Later, it saw the rabbit again, but it couldn't chase it, so it could only go to pick up the little white rabbit, and then when it was tired of chasing, it lay down on the grass to rest.
Then it saw crabs playing on the beach with large pincers, and before the little fox left the forest and decided to go to the ocean, it encountered a reindeer with a tall figure.
Finally the little fox finally crossed the forest and came to the ocean.
However, after crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, it finally found only a giant pair of whale bones... Looking at the huge white bones, although I did not see the whale in my dream, I saw a lot of other things that I had not seen during the trip, which was also a harvest, and I no longer wanted to see the whale.
Because the little fox looked at the huge whale skeleton after going through this road, it finally understood that even the most powerful life has an end day, so although the whale looks very large, it will also disappear into a pile of white bones.
It's like life sometimes moves forward towards a goal, we always think that the end will be a happy ending, but maybe the final result is not as good as expected, but what is experienced in the middle is the real thing that happens, the beauty we have experienced.
The short film is interspersed with a combination of reality and virtual pictures, the background has an oriental ink charm or realistic style, and the head of the little fox is designed to be like a triangular arrow, which seems to indicate that the little fox follows the arrow to find its way forward, like a compass.
In short, the short film style is very healing and beautiful, every frame is good to take a screenshot, which may be the legend that every frame is wallpaper. The sound effects are also super good, and the small animals that appear in the film are vivid and vivid, as if they can all travel through the mountains and jungles with the little foxes.
This animation is really suitable for everyone to feel and understand with their hearts, after all, everyone's experience is very different, and this difference will lead to everyone's understanding will be different.