Behind the scenes: The Bigger Picture
- 9 years ago
The Bigger Picture is picking up awards left, right and centre, most recently scooping the prestigious Cartoon D’or prize in Toulouse.
From director Daisy Jacobs, the animated short film tells the story of two brothers struggling to look after their elderly mother.
Marrying storytelling with technique its striking stop-motion visuals were made by combining 2D painted figures, on life-size sets interacting with real objects. Let’s take a look behind the scenes.
“It’s quite a surreal fun world but its actually a quite serious subject. its not complete fantasy, so for an example a pot won’t move by itself, but if it’s being poured by a character to suggest Nick’s anger and frustration it will continue to flow and flow mirroring how he feels.” Jacobs says the film asks the audience ‘what should we do when our parents get old and need care?’ The whimsically poetic stop-motion animation takes a darker undertone as Jacobs explores feelings of guilt and mortality.
She found inspiratio
From director Daisy Jacobs, the animated short film tells the story of two brothers struggling to look after their elderly mother.
Marrying storytelling with technique its striking stop-motion visuals were made by combining 2D painted figures, on life-size sets interacting with real objects. Let’s take a look behind the scenes.
“It’s quite a surreal fun world but its actually a quite serious subject. its not complete fantasy, so for an example a pot won’t move by itself, but if it’s being poured by a character to suggest Nick’s anger and frustration it will continue to flow and flow mirroring how he feels.” Jacobs says the film asks the audience ‘what should we do when our parents get old and need care?’ The whimsically poetic stop-motion animation takes a darker undertone as Jacobs explores feelings of guilt and mortality.
She found inspiratio