An emotionally beautiful, award winning Animation short by Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet and Stéphane Paccolat, about a house that goes on a journey from its suburban town.
The setting for the animations looks post-apocalyptic, no human remains in the homes or in the settings, it also looks wildly overgrown. Now the houses have a life without us.
Each scene is beautifully crafted and thought about, each time you pause it, you are fixated on a piece of digitally rendered artwork in itself.
I also love the character development between the houses and the anthropomorphic features of the houses, you ask yourself, how can a house ever be perceived as vaguely human in characteristics?
The blue house sets off on his journey first, with the clever feature of his light turning on to show he is awake, the foundations of the house become his feet, and the sound effects fit perfectly to mimic the sound of his old, creaky exterior.
Then we are introduced to another house, from his obvious old discolouration and bushy overgrown weeds on his roof resembling facial hair, we see this house as an old man. What I also found a beautiful touch, was how the old house walks with a piece of his balcony as a walking stick, yet again enhancing this anthropomorphic character image of an old man. Together they go on a journey with their pet dog. (A dog kennel... I love the clever and imaginative touches, they give it that extra sparkle).
There is a heavy focus on the weather within this short, emphasising everything our house endures whilst we lie comfy inside, I feel the animation really explores this attachment to our homes. The weather also acts as a pathetic fallacy in the emotional scene when the sun rises, and it becomes evident that the old house has passed on. The rise of a new day, yet the house will never rise from its slumber. Then we have the beautiful dramatic shot of the fiery sun central with the house.
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