Not long into the initial planning phase I went to manchester animation festival. What I always feel is the most useful thing at the animation festival is watching the large numbers of shorts available. In a discussion before with a few people it was apparent there was not enough comedic animation getting recognised by festivals so this was something I wanted to aspire to. The comedic animations were also ones people could unanimously agree on enjoying.
The main thing I learnt from the best comedic shorts at MAF was the importance and possible utilisation of visual comedy in animation. Most of my favourite animations had no dialog, all the jokes were told through character action, juxtaposition and timing. This is something I really want to apply to my animation and really build on my film making skills.
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