I watched a few films, such as Marianne's Theatre (http://www.nfb.ca/film/mariannes_theatre/), Citizen Harold(http://www.nfb.ca/film/citizen_harold/) and Cactus Swing(http://www.nfb.ca/film/cactus_swing) and all three of them were really good. my favorite one was definatly Marianne's Theatre.



My favorite is was Marianne's Theatre because even though there was no voices, you could still understand and see the feeling and depth to the whole movie. It was amazing the way they used what looked or seemed like construction paper to make some of the characters. The acrobats were amazing and the way they showed the personality of all of them really made the whole movie come to life. It was beautiful and amazing. To some maybe it seemed really boring or stupid because the concept of the movie wasn't maybe shown as much as it should have but i thought they made this movie amazingly. The was the Ring Leader would get upset but still be happy or proud of his acrobats was perfect because of the way they demostrated love into a preformance.



Citizen Harold wasn't the second best short film i watched. I didn't particulary like it because it was kind of boring and the actual animation of the film was, to me, terrible. Alot of the film didn't make too much sence or it was too overwhelming. Example when he went to the bar it was hard to understand everything that everyone was saying. Most of the things the men were saying sounded more like mumbles than actual words. I think it showed how most people don't do anything when they face a problem. Most people don't even bother with something when it's bothering them, or they give up after trying once.

Cactus Swing was a comical and amusing short film for me. Although it didn't have much depth to it, it added a fun twist on the serious films i had watched previously. I thought the way they united all the animals of the desert was interesting because even though i don't think there was much of a meaning to this movie, it could be a metaphor for people coming together just for a little while in harmony.