Timber, directed by Nils Hedinger, was probably one of my favourite shorts I've seen all week. It's a snowy and cold night, and different kind of logs and branches gather together. Shivering from the cold they decide to light a fire from their own spare twigs and leafs. But one of them is a bit of a buzzkill and doesn't want to give up his leaf to add to the fire. A struggle erupts, the logs are fighting, trying to break twigs and pieces of bark of the other and it goes out of hand; the old log falls into the fire and can't get up. Enraged of the loss the fight continues and only the big log (grumpy guy) and the tiny twig remain. The big one is a bit evil while the smaller grieves the loss of the others. He takes revenge, hits the big guy and he ends up in the fire. In the morning the small twig is left and wakes up tot he sounds of electric saws.
I thought the short was funny and clever. Change the logs' looks to human, make the characteristics fit and you have your basic "survival in a time of need" film. The style was cute and managed to make different personalities noticeable, without going overboard with their designs. There was a tiny build up to the drama of the short, right from the start it was pretty noticeable though how this was going to end up, so it was kind of predictable. All in all, I really enjoyed this film because it was such recognisable scenario from films, but coloured in differently which turned out in a great twist in plot.
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