Edmond was a Donkey - Franck dion

Edmond was a donkey is a beautiful animation, which to me seems to focus on identity and acceptance. It starts with edmond, a guy alot smaller then everyone else, keeps to him self and works hard even after all the ridiculed. until his colleagues play a trick on him by creating donkey ears out of paper and place them on his head. when he sees them in the mirror he finally sees who he feels he is something he identifies with, but of course is seen as insane for identifying with such a thing. I guess i love it so much because it an animation most of us can relate to in some way and the idea of being different. I feel like acceptance is something we all strive for and there is alot of equality in the world so why dont we accept people for being different? when no two people are the same? why is it so hard to accept it? There are many reasons, social norms, religion, our culture but anyway i find it a beautiful animation focusing on the subject and it is quite slow and simple characters but i feel 3D animation here really worked in bringing the story to life.

I have watched this over and over as i love the character design, the textures and simplicity of the colour pallet used, using such neutral pallet. when looking at animations composed using 3D software im amazed at how different you can take advantage of this. Its a very dreamy animation to watch which to an extent really hits home making you think of acceptance and where your part plays within this animation, well in a narrative sense. But also the techniques used have a very dramatic sence with the colours really showing dullness almost in a beautiful way if that makes sence, really makes you interact with the characters although little actual speech comes from the characters as it is narrated through using the visuals to show his side of the story almost.