Friday, October 17, 2014

That Wolf Was So Freaky!

I hope I’m not the only one who was freaked out and disturbed by the wolf in Sand or Peter and the Wolf. I mean, I’m not a horror movie fan anyways, but wow, something about that wolf’s sand animation really made it freaky. Just the spastic, ferocious movement of the wolf, its ability to change into anything, and the terrifying soundtrack that accompanied its every move made it convincingly scary. If I was a little kid watching this film, I would probably be scared to death.

            The portrayal of the story itself is fantastic, and it still blows me away how all of that was created from sand. Having myself completed a 10-minute stop motion animation film in 33 hours, I have such a respect for this animator.  Her ability to convey emotion and movement with purely sand is incredible. To be sure, I will not be forgetting that image of the wolf the first time it appears. I think that the bare, savage nature of the sand lends to this terrifying image. It just goes to show that you don’t have to be an artist to be an animator. Art can be created through any medium if you have the right mind for it.

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  1. Yeah! I'm not the only one who thought that! That wolf seriously freaked me out just like the way you described it, just something about it seems to put me on the edge of my seat (even though I was half-asleep)

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