Juxtaposer

Juxtaposer

The film that I have viewed for today is called "Juxtaposer". From the title itself we can picture what the film might be. The word Juxtapose is to place side by side or to compare each other. In this short film we see a woman sitting in the park alone, reading the daily newspaper. When out of nowhere a cat comes and jumps on her lap. The cat sniffs her for a bit and then growls at her, then the cat jumps beside her to lie and sleep. After a few moments a group of teenagers pass by doing "pasa mano" and the like. She tries to copy it but gets punched in the nose. Then a pair of stylish best friends pass by her, acting all so lady-like. She also tries to be like them by rolling her jeans up to create fake "pedals" but to no avail. Then a child passes by and seems to be lost. As she was about to try and comfort the child, his mother came and picked him up. Then out of nowhere comes a stranger who speaks of dazzling words and weird rhymes. It seemed that this person was a hopeless romatic who was trying to write a poem, then comes his girl friend and they kiss in front of the lady. After thinking for a bit she decides to be herself and picks up the cat and starts brushing it. She kept on brushing the cat until she was loved by it.

This animation was created by Joanna Davidovich in 2005. Her animation was pretty good despite the fact of average drawings and the lack of realism in her film. She didn't dwell too much on the sketches too much but concerned herself more on the plot of the movie. Overall the animation and story was excellent and would be rated four out of five stars.