Seafront, directed by Claire Lamond, stop motion.
It starts with a couple who are musicians, playing in a tavern or something of the same sorts. The man has to leave for World War 1. We hear his letters directed to his love accompanied with visuals of her and their son trying to get through the day, connected with each other through the sea. A recurring object is a seashell, the shells are a symbol for their connection but leaves him upon his return with bad flashbacks for the sound reminds him of the horrors of the trenches. For they are together again they face the shells down in the sand.
Even though the story was quite interesting, I didn't feel like the short altogether was very captivating for the voiceovers were pretty awkward in combination with the animation. The style also seemed a bit rough to me so it wasn't very inviting.
Interview, directed by Mikkel Okholm, 3D animation.
Interview was a really funny and clever piece of animation. The short is set in a boring, pretty empty room except for a few chairs and a table. A guy is there for a job interview without knowing what job he is applying for. (Even though it's the most important job of all time, he only doesn't know it yet!) The man enters with good intentions but is quite confused with the sudden appearing and disappearing of his interviewers, who also seem to ask quite strange questions. Even though failing the interview in the first place he gets the job anyway since he's the only applicant left. Congratulations, you are now Adam.
The short was cleverly constructed and had funny segways and transitions between shots. Cheekily placed references which only make sense after the short has finished, really added up to the short. At the start of the film it seems like a regular job interview with a slightly off side to it, filling all the plotholes when it's finished. The play with environment and locations made it all feel even more weird, for we don't exactly know what's going on. I found this short very funny for it's made in a pleasing style and has my kind of humour. (I must say, my taste can be quite terrible for I like horrible jokes as well, but this one was brilliant)
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