My First Crush by Julia Pott
December 16th, 2008Julia made My First Crush as as her final film project at Kingston University in 2007 (do correct me if I’m wrong). I’m very fond of anthropomorphic animals, and the voices (voice acting? Well, they’re real accounts, so I suppose they’re not acting. Hum.) are superb. Scenes flow so nicely into each other (I know this sounds so mumsy and boring, but they do) and the light music in the background creates the perfect atmosphere.
Poignant, funny, tender, and full of simple and heartfelt appeal, this is one of my favourite animated shorts. It makes me smile whenever I watch it.
Sources: embedded video from Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY4Epc2XSGc. I first read about it in Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog at http://drawn.ca/2007/12/26/my-first-crush/ (posted December 26th, 2007).
