Studio Brief 1- Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds

This is an animation created in Denmark by Animation Workshop. I chose to look at this animation because it really speaks volumes with the character they have designed and used. The person in this animation has severe OCD, where his life must run in and must follow a schedule. I really love this because people never get to see just how much people with mental health issues have to go though on a daily basis. This is an extreme yet it gets across his struggles.

I always love these types of animations as they have a purpose, to portray this characters life as a struggle is this animations job to make the audience to understand. The body language of this is also important. The animators must have really understood what was going on in his head when certain things happen as his rocking body, arms used as barriers to protect him, moving houses to distort the world and banding of the head to keep him in reality and feeling safe. Never before has i seen this animated which is amazing to see.

I think the message overall is telling people to not judge people so easily as you don't know what they are going though, it is also trying to point out that you have to be kind like his neighbour, as someone could need help but not be able to ask for it. This animation really makes the audience think of mental health which is what I'm very interested in creating myself, so my animations could have really meaning and purpose like this one does.