Boy

Last night I watched Taika Waititi's Boy, a film I'd been meaning to see since it came out last year. Interestingly the film also featured short animated segments of hand drawn sequences interspersed between the rest of the film - a poignant aspect which I could consider in my own work. The idea that different mediums of film making could be applied within the same project is an interesting thought indeed. If I end up using stop motion as my form, it is entirely plausible that certain segments could explore other kinds of animation such paper cut out or hand drawn frames. The way that Boy employs such technique is effective in both that the scribbly style of the drawings create a strong relationship with the child's mind as well as allowing the film maker to execute complex scenes far more simply (such as a car crashing). Such technique could prove to be effective stylistically as well as being of practical use in creating sequences which may be difficult in the stop motion medium alone.