These summer days are recovering in Disney Channel Pixar productions of the 2000s. As Disney acquired Pixar and children are still being born and growing is always a good time to discover Pixar short films. And it is that these mini-films have the aspect of serving as pilots or creativity laboratories that also then package in the long films in the cinema and of course in the versions to visualize at home.
Of the short films I've seen these days I was surprised, because I no longer remembered, Your Friend the Rat. It is a story full of color, action and episodes from other eras presented by Remy, the protagonist of Ratatouille, and his brother Emille. The two make a pedagogical class of how rats have behaved throughout history and although the objective is to persuade us that rodents can live in harmony with humans, the truth is that the work explains the ability to survive and reproduction that these animals have.
John Lasseter is the person behind this short film, which is the longest of Pixar's short films, with more than ten minutes long. In the film you can see how it works in 2D, a style that has almost been lost in any animated film of the 21st century and which especially stands out in this. There is even a scene of a combat in 8-bit mode that I am sure anticipated what could be Ralph Break.
Our fellow Blog Blogs already indicated that short films are an excellent quarry to identify and promote new artists. Those responsible for the studies can see talent, genius, the ability to surprise, teamwork and of course the potential of the director and creatives to make a long full of surprises.
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