One short in particular stood out to me, Facing it, directed by Sam Gainsborough.
This is a mixed media claymation/live-action hybrid where the magic of animation was used to represent the feelings of people and how their perception of the world changes through time with experiences they have. It was interesting to see this literal take on visually representing the thoughts of a character we wouldn't see otherwise in a live action production. In an interview with Directors Notes, Gainsborough talks about the challenges they faced during produciton, 'we shot the film in live action and pixellation and then separately shot the character’s faces in the studio against a green-screen, almost rotoscoping the footage we had already shot. This meant matching the lighting by eye, tracking frame by frame in stop-motion,' he states that given the medium used in the animation it was very trial and error, but doing a small-scale prototype of the technique made them realise it was possible to do.
Raymonde or the Vertical Escape is a stop motion Animation about a lonely old owl who longs for a life of love and of something bigger than her day to day gardening routine. The level of detail put into the set alone had me drooling.
The smooth animated movements of the characters are so realistic and precise it makes it easier to watch and enjoy as the whole aesthetic blends nicely together.
https://film-animation.blogs.la-croix.com/cesars-raymonde-ou-levasion-verticale-un-film-tendre-et-profond-sur-la-solitude/2019/02/07/
These two examples use a mix of stop motion with either live action, or 2D animation. They have a reason for using these contrasting mediums; to show thoughts or feelings from the live action or 3D stop motion characters. They use the more life-like medium to show reality and the other to put a different perspective on the events.
This would be interesting to experiment with, but it reminds me that there must be a purpose to the method of communication we use to tell a story.
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