The 2017 SCAD Savannah Film Festival screened this year’s first showing of animated shorts on Monday, Oct. 30 at 9 a.m. at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts. Among eight total films, three stood out – “Lion Dance,” “Poles Apart” and “Post No Bills” – for using the storytelling power of animation to take their audience on a truly emotional journey.
Timothy John Pattinson
“Lion Dance”
A Chinese lion dancer and a tourist cross paths during a parade and it is love at first sight. Though the show must go on. The film, written by Zheng Kong and Timothy John Pattinson, uses no spoken dialogue, but is a well rendered 3D animation with has a warm color scheme that may even warm your heart. It was thrilling to watch the lion dancer search the crowds to find his love again.
Ser En Low
“Poles Apart”
Nanuk, a polar bear, and Aklak, a grizzly, must do what it takes to survive in the cold artic. This stop-motion animation reveals the progression of this unlikely relationship as the two discover how close their journey has brought them. Aklak comes packing with comedic humor and a backpack full of human necessities, but will he be able to become Nanuk’s first friend in this polar abyss?
Find the “Poles Apart” trailer on Vimeo.
Robin Hays
“Post No Bills”
This animation keeps you on the edge of your seat with its action filled story. Noodle Boy must take a chance to preserve Miss Fortune, the love of his advertisement life, while being pursued by a paint roller covering up the other advertisements on the cluttered city wall.
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will be showing these animations, along with five others, again on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at Lucas Theatre for the Arts.
Written by Hunter Scully.
To read staffer Sydnee Brashears’ review of other animated shorts, follow this link.
