Thank you so much on the suggestions!
Would you happen to have any notes on "the maker"? or just give me some of your thoughts on it
Glad you asked! There is a great behind the scenes video from the creators about the film which I have attached below. It shows you all the production and work that went into the animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KavpG2t6qD8For some potential notes and resources to consider, I found these which can give you some different ideas about the text and how it relates to the greater notion of the human experience.
https://laughingsquid.com/the-maker-a-touching-animated-short-film-about-enjoying-life-love/https://neoskosmos.com/en/20619/the-maker-takes-out-top-short/https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2012/08/20/the-maker/http://www.skwigly.co.uk/an-interview-with-christopher-kezelos/As for some thoughts I have on the film, I would definitely say it's such a clever way of representing humanity and, more specifically, the circle of life. It explores
our desperation to have purpose and to fulfil said purpose in order to achieve a sense of completion in our lives. With the film ending, my initial reaction was "oh, how futile is this", but after watching it a few more times, I realised that it's much like how humans are almost programmed, as a part of their condition,
to want to create and make meaning, even if it means we spend all of our time doing just that. We can choose to interpret it as a cruel commentary on fate but
we admire the free will of the characters for choosing to still battle against time, hence the hourglass, and make the most of its limit. There is a hope that is generated within the audience from watching the first maker at work in that he will successfully bring his creation to life. Likewise, at the end, we hope that the new maker will be able to continue and follow in the same fashion.
Linking it to science might be harder than it appears but I would perhaps consider how
there is something biological to wanting to have purpose, to have company (collective experiences), to leave a mark and be meaningful. In this instance, it is done through literally creating another character.
What interests me most as a musician myself is how it is the music that brings the character to life. The music is the
only source of sound in the film and really assists in building the haste and necessity of the maker to finish what he has set out to do. You could look at how the music acts as an aural representation of the fleetingness of time and aids in the storytelling accordingly. It stops only when the character disappears and also recommences once the hour glass is started once again, indicating repetition and
the continuation of the cycle. I hope this helps!
It's one of the texts where the more you watch and immerse in it, the more you will discover in it
Good luck with your assessment and feel free to fire any questions here!
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