How Does Paperman Show Love
Disney Captures the Magic of Love in 'Paperman'
You know that nervous feeling you get when you're around a new love and the subtle changes your body starts to experience? Like the butterflies that temporarily live in your stomach or the sudden dose of happiness that replaces all other emotions. Well if you took all those emotions and changes and made them into a film, you would get Disney's short film, Paperman.
Paperman, which was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by John Kahrs, won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject in 2013. This short film tells the story of a man who has a brief encounter with a woman at a train station. Ultimately, this encounter leads to the man spending the rest of the day trying to get her attention after finding out she works in the office building across from his.
Featured in black and white, this animation relies heavily on its main characters, who never speak, to develop the story line. Their main interaction starts when a piece of paper gets blown off the top of a pile of papers the man is holding and gets stuck to the woman's face. When he removes the paper, he sees she has left a kiss mark on the sheet. Eventually, this piece of …show more content…
In the beginning, the music is whimsical and hopeful. Then, when the main character tries repeatedly to get the woman to notice him, the music gets louder and more upbeat. The upbeat tone makes the audience optimistic he will finally be able to gain her attention. But when his final paper airplane gets blown away, the music stops and we simultaneously feel defeated with him. It forces us to believe he will never see her again. Just as we have given up hope, the music commences and its bubbly tone reassures us as fate takes control of the situation. By the end of the film, the music has us believing in true
You know that nervous feeling you get when you're around a new love and the subtle changes your body starts to experience? Like the butterflies that temporarily live in your stomach or the sudden dose of happiness that replaces all other emotions. Well if you took all those emotions and changes and made them into a film, you would get Disney's short film, Paperman.
Paperman, which was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by John Kahrs, won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject in 2013. This short film tells the story of a man who has a brief encounter with a woman at a train station. Ultimately, this encounter leads to the man spending the rest of the day trying to get her attention after finding out she works in the office building across from his.
Featured in black and white, this animation relies heavily on its main characters, who never speak, to develop the story line. Their main interaction starts when a piece of paper gets blown off the top of a pile of papers the man is holding and gets stuck to the woman's face. When he removes the paper, he sees she has left a kiss mark on the sheet. Eventually, this piece of …show more content…
In the beginning, the music is whimsical and hopeful. Then, when the main character tries repeatedly to get the woman to notice him, the music gets louder and more upbeat. The upbeat tone makes the audience optimistic he will finally be able to gain her attention. But when his final paper airplane gets blown away, the music stops and we simultaneously feel defeated with him. It forces us to believe he will never see her again. Just as we have given up hope, the music commences and its bubbly tone reassures us as fate takes control of the situation. By the end of the film, the music has us believing in true