Dustin Bennett: "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky was a cute story about a vacuum that helps tidy up for Christmas. More important than the story, even though I did like that quite a lot, was the animation. At the 1:32 mark, for example, it shows dust and other air particles, and they're even shown moving in a particular direction around the 1:42 mark! How this was accomplished I still haven't figured out, but I think it's quite impressive.
The other example of excellent craftsmanship in this short happens a few times, notably at 6 seconds into the film and again at 0:42. These snippets show the camera racking focus and doing it so smoothly that I forgot I was watching stop-motion animation. The thought of taking an image in focus, and then more with progressively less focus until it racks so smoothly would never have occurred to me and I think these two segments really demonstrate how stop-motion animation doesn't limit the director as much as one would think.
Alex Cherry: Winter Tale, a stop-motion animation, cleverly takes the idea of bringing an inanimate object to life to its full potential. The film utilizes music as a key aspect, as the music helps the audience to connect with the main character (the dyson) and feel emotions as it does. When the dyson is doing what it loves, cleaning and organizing the house, the music is upbeat and catchy, conveying the joy of the machine in doing its work. However, when the dyson loses its fingers, the music very clearly undergoes a stark change and grows sad and somber. Then, when the dyson gets the new hand, the music is light, inspirational, and happy. Because we can’t visibly see the dyson’s emotions through, say, facial expressions, the filmmaker has to help us feel them by using music to further the emotional depth of the film. The stop-motion was nearly flawless and moved extremely smoothly, however, there were a few instances when you could note lighting changes or drastic movements of objects that were only supposed to move a little bit. Overall, the film expertly helps the audience connect with a character they might not otherwise consider, and brings that character fully to life, utilizing music to help express what that character is feeling.
Winter Tale is a short stop-motion film created by Sergey Yazvinski. It follows a vacuum cleaner as it discovers a flexible tripod that allows it to independently clean and prepare the house for Christmas day as a sort of appendage. This short film does a very good job of using angles, depth of field, and other techniques that give the short film a fine polish. The cinematography and direction of the film helps give a clear beginning, middle, and end with a understandable narrative and character arc. The film also is able to express the vacuum’s emotion and characteristics effectively even with being limited to using stop-motion. Yazvinski shows the viewer a wide array of emotions such as curiosity, joy, sadness, and even arousal. He accomplishes this through his use of pacing in the edit as well as music that compliments both the story of the vacuum and the festive theme of the film. As the vacuum’s story shifts so does the music as well as the up beat temp of cuts so the viewer is not left to wander how the vacuum is feeling.
Alex Smith: Sergey Yazvinski's Winter tale is a small, stop-motion film about a small vacuum cleaner as he starts setting up the house for a Christmas party. We are shown, in succession, the process the vacuum cleaner goes through to set up the house. Each shot is framed very well, showing off the vacuum as he finishes his chores before Christmas. The music chosen gives a very deep sense of progression as the vacuum both gets down to work, and becomes downtrodden when his little hands get broken by being closed in a door by an older vacuum. The motion is very fluid despite being in stop motion. All in all, I appreciated the way the film played out.
Molly Hochwalt: Sergey Yazvinsky’s short film, Winter Tale, was an uplifting and well done narrative. Through the use of stop motion, Yazvinsky is able to bring an inanimate object to life. The use of stop motion in this piece was very well executed. All of the motions held continuity and felt believable. I found myself easily forgetting that a vacuum doesn’t normally move on its own. Other aspects of the film were strong as well. I felt that the music for this piece, since photographs lack sound, was incredibly strong. The music suited the situations occurring in the piece, and also added to the overall feeling. The changes in music helped clarify when the vacuum was “feeling” happy or sad, and anywhere in between. I enjoyed watching this piece and found it to be a well executed and intriguing short film.
Zach Andry: The stop motion movie Winter tale is about a vacuum cleaner that helps set up the house for christmas. The story is cute with the vacuum doing house hold chores such as making the bed (which I though was one of the cooler ones) to setting up the tree.
On the production side of thing the music was light hearted and fun set the mood well. The smoothness and well made stop motion was unreal several times i was questioning if parts of it were video on not. Overall a very well made fun christmas video i will probably watch again.
Cameron Panhans: "Winter Tale" is a stop motion production directed by Sergey Yazvinsky that tells the charming story of a Dyson vacuum cleaner at Christmas time. The sound at the beginning of the work is particular powerful. Sound effects are incredibly important to the overall presentation of any stop motion film and the vacuum sounds and the ticking of the clock at the beginning of the film are good examples of this. One film technique that I noticed was utilized multiple times was rack focus. During the 30 second span from the 1 minute 20 second mark to the 1 minute 50 second mark of the film there are 4 examples of this technique being used. Shifting the focus in the frame in this manner allows the director to guide his viewers' attention to where he wants it to be. The final seconds of the film feature multiple dips to black. A dip to black as a transition typically signifies a passing of time, however, in this instance the director uses the dips more for an emotional effect on the audience rather than to indicate that time has gone by. Yazvinsky does a great job throughout the film of applying cinematic techniques to his stop motion film to tell the story of this festive vacuum cleaner.
Jesse Tollison: Winter Tale follows the tale of a vacuum preparing for Christmas. I found it particularly interesting that the main subject of the film was a vacuum, because most of what is required for the holidays is cleaning and preparing to host guests at least semi-regularly, so a vacuum fits that role perfectly. On top of that, the film goes from amusingly hilarious to melo-dramatically hilarious as the climax turns around the loss of the vacuum's hand mechanism. This shift is found in the musical transition. Starting with a classic Christmas theme, Sergey Yazvinsky puts us in an amusing mood then turns that around to reflect the vacuum's deep sense of loss.
Phillip Spain: "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky is a fun stop-motion short film that fully utilizes the possibilities of stop-motion and manages to not only bring to life an inanimate object, but to give that inanimate object a personality and character. The music and sound in the short film add to this characterization as well, combining with the shots to fully bring this vacuum cleaner to life, and helps us connect with it as it goes about its Christmas preparations. Through the power of stop-motion, this short film even makes you feel empathy for this vacuum cleaner, as seeing it lose its hand-like device and seeing how seemingly heartbroken it is about it manages to make it feel real despite knowing it's a vacuum cleaner. This follows through to the end, when the vacuum cleaner gets its new hand, and ends on a happy note.
"Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky is a very charming short enhanced by the playfulness of the music and the lighting choices. The Christmas jingle helps give the story a very holiday mood, while the lighting specifically while the vacuum is decorating the Christmas tree makes the scene much more charming and homey. It's obvious how much planning went into every picture that was taking evident my the vacuum's hand movements. With an extension such as that one, it could very easily look like the hand was especially juttery or out of place with the slightest bent too much. Towards the end when the vacuum is cleaning up the confetti, you can notice the film is handmade for some of the confetti disappears randomly. This adds to the novelty and charm of the film though and is appreciated for it being so well done.
Jon Benton: "Winter Tale," a stop-motion short film by Sergey Yazvinsky, is a humorous take on classic Christmas stories. In the short, a vacuum cleaner prepares the house for Christmas, all while a delightful Christmas jingle plays in the background. One particular scene that I felt was shot well was the scene in which the Dyson tidied up the dining table, including the small nudge of the wine glass at the end of the scene. Another moment well done was the first inkling that something was wrong. As the vacuum discovered that the light bulb was burnt out, the music changed in the background, giving us the idea that something was wrong. The sound effects and music are well done in "Winter Tale," creating a fun and whimsical three-minute ride.
The stop motion animation film "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky might be the coolest idea for a project I've scene. From plugging in a vacuum that becomes a maid and helps around the house to doing simply fixes, it just comes full circle. I really do enjoy watching stop motion as it brings life to the vacuum and makes it feel like real life. The different camera angles being used provide that simplistic approach to the scene sets and the use of focus racking is also unique. I felt like I was involved in a enchanted scene through watching this and truly enjoyed it.
Victoria Walker: “Winter Tale” is a stop-motion amination created by Sergey Yazvinsky. The film follows the journey of an eager vacuum as it finds a “hand” and uses that to tidy up the house for Christmas. The film was brilliantly constructed partially because of framing. Many of the shots were detailed and angled in unique positions. As viewers, we take a look in the vacuum’s world so to speak rather than interact with it. So naturally that would be motivation for how shots are framed. Yazvinsky does a good job of framing up shots so that we, as viewers, get the full extent of the vacuums actions and “emotions”. He frames up the hand at the 1:37 mark so that the viewers might notice the hand in the door way. Also, he might have done this to signify that it could be a vital detail for the rest of the film. Moreover, depth of focus is used to show how the creator established location with the shots of a tea kettle, the dining room, living room, and bedroom. What I was most impressed by was the way the film shifted from more of a comic relief to gloomy tone. The creator does this by changing the music from Christmas music to softer, slower music. Thus, the viewers knew the mood shifted at the 1:53 mark because the frames durations become a sec or so longer. In addition, all the cut away shots of the clock became a repetitive shot throughout the rest of the film. All in all, this was a cute stop-motion film that experimented with framing and depth of focus to tell a story.
"Winter Tale" is a high quality stop motion animation about a vacuum cleaner. I thought that the actual story behind a vacuum cleaner that goes around the house and actually has a personality and thoughts was very clever. The shot compositions were well thought out and visually appealing. The use of rack focus is hard to do in stop motion, but it is used properly in this film; for example, when the vacuum finds the hand, the focus goes from the vacuum to the hand. Giving the illusion that the vacuum is looking at it, and also putting the attention on the hand. The lighting and focus make it clear to the viewer exactly what is going on in every shot. The vacuum looks like it is actually almost moving, which means the producers did a very good job in ensuring the right amount of shots be taken and properly placed. This seemed like a complex stop motion animation to make, and I think they did a great job portraying this story.
Mario Cirinese: Sergey Yazvinsky directed the animated stop motion short film “Winter Tale.” The story depicts a small vacuum cleaner going through its daily life during the holidays. Winter Tale expresses emotion through the audience by implementing the use of music. While Dyson the vacuum cleaner goes about its duties the director plays joyous music to portray that it enjoys working and cleaning all day. Framing played a key factor in this short film by adding depth and realism into the story. Throughout the film the editing and cuts were smooth and almost flawless letting the story fully progress as intended by the director. At the end of the film it came to a complete conclusion that did not leave the audience with any unanswered questions fulfilling its obligation to the audience.
Maddie Kennedy: The short but charming stop motion film "Winter Tale" was directed by Sergey Yazvinsky. The stop motion itself was very fluid and clean, melding with the live action shots very well. The director clearly put a lot of thought into lighting and framing, giving the short film a very polished and professional feel. The vacuum cleaner was so well personified that when it lost its fingers, I felt a rush of emotion for it. The directer did a very good job endowing an inanimate object with a sense of life and purpose. Although sad, the loss of the fingers gave the film more of a narrative arc and allowed the ending to feel very gratifying. Despite the shortness of the film, I became emotionally invested in the vacuum cleaner's "life" which made the film overall very sweet and enjoyable. This, compounded with the technical competence exhibited, made it a very effective and enjoyable short film.
Ssergey Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" is a stop motion short film that depicts a dyson vacuum as it prepairs the house for Christmas. One of the most unique things about stop animation is its charm. The quirkiness of it is part of the experience of viewing it. One of my favorite shots came at 42 seconds where we have the perspective from inside of the cabinet. I think framing the shot that way was a nice touch by the director.
McKenzie Miller: Sergey Yazvinsky’s “Winter Tale” was a cute stop motion animation film that brought a vacuum cleaner to life. The vacuum is getting the house ready for the Christmas season. There is fun upbeat Christmas music playing in the background, which really sets the mood. He is having fun setting up the Christmas tree, but then the mood changes with the music whenever he loses his hand. It ends perfectly when he receives a new hand as his own Christmas present. This was a perfect example of stop motion animation, because as a viewer, I forgot that it was stop motion because of how smoothly the transitions were edited together. So much planning had to go into this piece and some of the shots I was amazed and wondered how they made it work. I really enjoyed watching this film and thought it was done very well.
Hannah Bynum: I thought "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky was a cute, festive short put together through the use of stop motion. I think stop motion is a great tool to use and always adds an artistic element to films by giving them this cartoon-type feeling even when they are shot with live actors in a live setting. The story of this film was cute and very different. The director made a story about a vacuum coming to life, which seems very unsettling, into an appealing, heartwarming short film and I really enjoyed that.
Savannah Stanley: Sergei Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" did an excellent job in making an inanimate household cleaner into an adorable, loveable character. Clearly, this short film wouldn't have been possible without stop motion, but the which Yazvinsky decided to use the animation technique as well as the different methods he used to achieve the final product were really interesting to see. The music added tremendously to the mood of the piece, as did the sound effects that created the realistic feeling to the film. Also, the mixture of regular motion (when the human hand was involved and the "party" is occurring) with the stop motion added a layer of reality to the very fantastical short. The overall effect was tremendously sweet and the story told was improved by the medium through which Yazvinsky told it.
Jack Beuckman: "Winter Tale" by Sergei Yazvinsky is a short stop motion video. One of the things that Sergei does well is bring life to the vacuum. He makes it easy to see the emotion of the vacuum. Every thing was very smooth. It was well planned story had good direction and began and ended well. Music was very good. It fitted in with the video the whole time and made the emotions flow well. 12 seconds into the video I liked how he had the plug move into focus then out of focus. He used focusing to his benefit. Some shots he had the vacuum moving around in the background and made the video more interesting. I really liked the video. The idea was amazing and was executed very well.
"Winter Tale" by Sergei Yazvinsky is a stop motion animation film that features the life of a vacuum cleaner. Without stop motion, this feature would have only been accomplishable by animation. The idea of an inanimate object coming to life to fulfill lifelike duties was astonishing! I thoroughly enjoyed this film and it gave me a better understanding of stop motion animation.
Taylor Hendrix: Sergei Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" brought an inanimate object to life through the process of stop motion. The short contains a story about a vacuum cleaner tidying up the house for Christmas, shows the vacuum’s desire to have fingers, and in the end, the vacuum gets a hand! One of the coolest aspects of the piece was when powder went everywhere. Imagining that shot by shot blows my mind. On the other hand, the film maker did a great job at matching the music with the mood of the scene. For example, when the vacuum was getting the house ready for Christmas, Christmas music was playing. When the vacuum lost its “hand,” very sad music was playing. Overall, this was not my favorite short, but it was still good!
Caroline Builta: "Winter Tale" by Sergei Yazvinsky was actually one of the first short films we've been assigned that I did not enjoy. I found that the stop motion wasn't as smooth as the other films that we watched in class, and that really took me out of the film. I also maybe just didn't connect with the story very much and had a hard time engaging with it. I did find the way that the dust particles were floating around extremely interesting. I also thought that the ending was great. Overall, I just didn't enjoy this film as much as the other short films we've viewed thus far, or the other stop motion films we've seen.
Katy Hale: "Winter Tale" was a short animated film that contained the process of stop motion. Sergei Yazvinisky made concrete objects come to life. Each concrete object played a role in the film that contained a meaning. Just like in non-animated films, actors serve a purpose and play a specific role. In this film, the objects did the same. It told a story, as well as having a beginning, middle and an end. There were multiple different shots in the film. There were wide shots, medium shots, medium close ups, and close ups. The close ups showed the importance each object served and what story it told. The objects told a story, just like actors would in a non-animated film. Yazvinsky did an amazing job of making his film come to life. This gave me lots of inspiration and ideas for our next project.
Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" is about a vacuum cleaner coming to life and helping clean up for Christmas. The music helps the story because it is very upbeat and has a fun vibe. I thought it was a very well don stop motion. It was a smooth edit and I personally did not see any errors. All in all it was a good example to get more insight on how to create stop motions.
Dustin Bennett: "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky was a cute story about a vacuum that helps tidy up for Christmas. More important than the story, even though I did like that quite a lot, was the animation. At the 1:32 mark, for example, it shows dust and other air particles, and they're even shown moving in a particular direction around the 1:42 mark! How this was accomplished I still haven't figured out, but I think it's quite impressive.
ReplyDeleteThe other example of excellent craftsmanship in this short happens a few times, notably at 6 seconds into the film and again at 0:42. These snippets show the camera racking focus and doing it so smoothly that I forgot I was watching stop-motion animation. The thought of taking an image in focus, and then more with progressively less focus until it racks so smoothly would never have occurred to me and I think these two segments really demonstrate how stop-motion animation doesn't limit the director as much as one would think.
Alex Cherry: Winter Tale, a stop-motion animation, cleverly takes the idea of bringing an inanimate object to life to its full potential. The film utilizes music as a key aspect, as the music helps the audience to connect with the main character (the dyson) and feel emotions as it does. When the dyson is doing what it loves, cleaning and organizing the house, the music is upbeat and catchy, conveying the joy of the machine in doing its work. However, when the dyson loses its fingers, the music very clearly undergoes a stark change and grows sad and somber. Then, when the dyson gets the new hand, the music is light, inspirational, and happy. Because we can’t visibly see the dyson’s emotions through, say, facial expressions, the filmmaker has to help us feel them by using music to further the emotional depth of the film. The stop-motion was nearly flawless and moved extremely smoothly, however, there were a few instances when you could note lighting changes or drastic movements of objects that were only supposed to move a little bit. Overall, the film expertly helps the audience connect with a character they might not otherwise consider, and brings that character fully to life, utilizing music to help express what that character is feeling.
ReplyDeleteLouis Lartigue:
ReplyDeleteWinter Tale is a short stop-motion film created by Sergey Yazvinski. It follows a vacuum cleaner as it discovers a flexible tripod that allows it to independently clean and prepare the house for Christmas day as a sort of appendage. This short film does a very good job of using angles, depth of field, and other techniques that give the short film a fine polish. The cinematography and direction of the film helps give a clear beginning, middle, and end with a understandable narrative and character arc. The film also is able to express the vacuum’s emotion and characteristics effectively even with being limited to using stop-motion. Yazvinski shows the viewer a wide array of emotions such as curiosity, joy, sadness, and even arousal. He accomplishes this through his use of pacing in the edit as well as music that compliments both the story of the vacuum and the festive theme of the film. As the vacuum’s story shifts so does the music as well as the up beat temp of cuts so the viewer is not left to wander how the vacuum is feeling.
Alex Smith: Sergey Yazvinski's Winter tale is a small, stop-motion film about a small vacuum cleaner as he starts setting up the house for a Christmas party. We are shown, in succession, the process the vacuum cleaner goes through to set up the house. Each shot is framed very well, showing off the vacuum as he finishes his chores before Christmas. The music chosen gives a very deep sense of progression as the vacuum both gets down to work, and becomes downtrodden when his little hands get broken by being closed in a door by an older vacuum. The motion is very fluid despite being in stop motion. All in all, I appreciated the way the film played out.
ReplyDeleteMolly Hochwalt: Sergey Yazvinsky’s short film, Winter Tale, was an uplifting and well done narrative. Through the use of stop motion, Yazvinsky is able to bring an inanimate object to life. The use of stop motion in this piece was very well executed. All of the motions held continuity and felt believable. I found myself easily forgetting that a vacuum doesn’t normally move on its own. Other aspects of the film were strong as well. I felt that the music for this piece, since photographs lack sound, was incredibly strong. The music suited the situations occurring in the piece, and also added to the overall feeling. The changes in music helped clarify when the vacuum was “feeling” happy or sad, and anywhere in between. I enjoyed watching this piece and found it to be a well executed and intriguing short film.
ReplyDeleteZach Andry: The stop motion movie Winter tale is about a vacuum cleaner that helps set up the house for christmas. The story is cute with the vacuum doing house hold chores such as making the bed (which I though was one of the cooler ones) to setting up the tree.
ReplyDeleteOn the production side of thing the music was light hearted and fun set the mood well. The smoothness and well made stop motion was unreal several times i was questioning if parts of it were video on not. Overall a very well made fun christmas video i will probably watch again.
Cameron Panhans: "Winter Tale" is a stop motion production directed by Sergey Yazvinsky that tells the charming story of a Dyson vacuum cleaner at Christmas time. The sound at the beginning of the work is particular powerful. Sound effects are incredibly important to the overall presentation of any stop motion film and the vacuum sounds and the ticking of the clock at the beginning of the film are good examples of this. One film technique that I noticed was utilized multiple times was rack focus. During the 30 second span from the 1 minute 20 second mark to the 1 minute 50 second mark of the film there are 4 examples of this technique being used. Shifting the focus in the frame in this manner allows the director to guide his viewers' attention to where he wants it to be. The final seconds of the film feature multiple dips to black. A dip to black as a transition typically signifies a passing of time, however, in this instance the director uses the dips more for an emotional effect on the audience rather than to indicate that time has gone by. Yazvinsky does a great job throughout the film of applying cinematic techniques to his stop motion film to tell the story of this festive vacuum cleaner.
ReplyDeleteJesse Tollison: Winter Tale follows the tale of a vacuum preparing for Christmas. I found it particularly interesting that the main subject of the film was a vacuum, because most of what is required for the holidays is cleaning and preparing to host guests at least semi-regularly, so a vacuum fits that role perfectly. On top of that, the film goes from amusingly hilarious to melo-dramatically hilarious as the climax turns around the loss of the vacuum's hand mechanism. This shift is found in the musical transition. Starting with a classic Christmas theme, Sergey Yazvinsky puts us in an amusing mood then turns that around to reflect the vacuum's deep sense of loss.
ReplyDeletePhillip Spain: "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky is a fun stop-motion short film that fully utilizes the possibilities of stop-motion and manages to not only bring to life an inanimate object, but to give that inanimate object a personality and character. The music and sound in the short film add to this characterization as well, combining with the shots to fully bring this vacuum cleaner to life, and helps us connect with it as it goes about its Christmas preparations. Through the power of stop-motion, this short film even makes you feel empathy for this vacuum cleaner, as seeing it lose its hand-like device and seeing how seemingly heartbroken it is about it manages to make it feel real despite knowing it's a vacuum cleaner. This follows through to the end, when the vacuum cleaner gets its new hand, and ends on a happy note.
ReplyDelete"Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky is a very charming short enhanced by the playfulness of the music and the lighting choices. The Christmas jingle helps give the story a very holiday mood, while the lighting specifically while the vacuum is decorating the Christmas tree makes the scene much more charming and homey. It's obvious how much planning went into every picture that was taking evident my the vacuum's hand movements. With an extension such as that one, it could very easily look like the hand was especially juttery or out of place with the slightest bent too much. Towards the end when the vacuum is cleaning up the confetti, you can notice the film is handmade for some of the confetti disappears randomly. This adds to the novelty and charm of the film though and is appreciated for it being so well done.
ReplyDeleteJon Benton: "Winter Tale," a stop-motion short film by Sergey Yazvinsky, is a humorous take on classic Christmas stories. In the short, a vacuum cleaner prepares the house for Christmas, all while a delightful Christmas jingle plays in the background. One particular scene that I felt was shot well was the scene in which the Dyson tidied up the dining table, including the small nudge of the wine glass at the end of the scene. Another moment well done was the first inkling that something was wrong. As the vacuum discovered that the light bulb was burnt out, the music changed in the background, giving us the idea that something was wrong. The sound effects and music are well done in "Winter Tale," creating a fun and whimsical three-minute ride.
ReplyDeleteThe stop motion animation film "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky might be the coolest idea for a project I've scene. From plugging in a vacuum that becomes a maid and helps around the house to doing simply fixes, it just comes full circle. I really do enjoy watching stop motion as it brings life to the vacuum and makes it feel like real life. The different camera angles being used provide that simplistic approach to the scene sets and the use of focus racking is also unique. I felt like I was involved in a enchanted scene through watching this and truly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteVictoria Walker: “Winter Tale” is a stop-motion amination created by Sergey Yazvinsky. The film follows the journey of an eager vacuum as it finds a “hand” and uses that to tidy up the house for Christmas. The film was brilliantly constructed partially because of framing. Many of the shots were detailed and angled in unique positions. As viewers, we take a look in the vacuum’s world so to speak rather than interact with it. So naturally that would be motivation for how shots are framed. Yazvinsky does a good job of framing up shots so that we, as viewers, get the full extent of the vacuums actions and “emotions”. He frames up the hand at the 1:37 mark so that the viewers might notice the hand in the door way. Also, he might have done this to signify that it could be a vital detail for the rest of the film. Moreover, depth of focus is used to show how the creator established location with the shots of a tea kettle, the dining room, living room, and bedroom. What I was most impressed by was the way the film shifted from more of a comic relief to gloomy tone. The creator does this by changing the music from Christmas music to softer, slower music. Thus, the viewers knew the mood shifted at the 1:53 mark because the frames durations become a sec or so longer. In addition, all the cut away shots of the clock became a repetitive shot throughout the rest of the film. All in all, this was a cute stop-motion film that experimented with framing and depth of focus to tell a story.
ReplyDelete"Winter Tale" is a high quality stop motion animation about a vacuum cleaner. I thought that the actual story behind a vacuum cleaner that goes around the house and actually has a personality and thoughts was very clever. The shot compositions were well thought out and visually appealing. The use of rack focus is hard to do in stop motion, but it is used properly in this film; for example, when the vacuum finds the hand, the focus goes from the vacuum to the hand. Giving the illusion that the vacuum is looking at it, and also putting the attention on the hand. The lighting and focus make it clear to the viewer exactly what is going on in every shot. The vacuum looks like it is actually almost moving, which means the producers did a very good job in ensuring the right amount of shots be taken and properly placed. This seemed like a complex stop motion animation to make, and I think they did a great job portraying this story.
ReplyDeleteMario Cirinese: Sergey Yazvinsky directed the animated stop motion short film “Winter Tale.” The story depicts a small vacuum cleaner going through its daily life during the holidays. Winter Tale expresses emotion through the audience by implementing the use of music. While Dyson the vacuum cleaner goes about its duties the director plays joyous music to portray that it enjoys working and cleaning all day. Framing played a key factor in this short film by adding depth and realism into the story. Throughout the film the editing and cuts were smooth and almost flawless letting the story fully progress as intended by the director. At the end of the film it came to a complete conclusion that did not leave the audience with any unanswered questions fulfilling its obligation to the audience.
ReplyDeleteMaddie Kennedy: The short but charming stop motion film "Winter Tale" was directed by Sergey Yazvinsky. The stop motion itself was very fluid and clean, melding with the live action shots very well. The director clearly put a lot of thought into lighting and framing, giving the short film a very polished and professional feel. The vacuum cleaner was so well personified that when it lost its fingers, I felt a rush of emotion for it. The directer did a very good job endowing an inanimate object with a sense of life and purpose. Although sad, the loss of the fingers gave the film more of a narrative arc and allowed the ending to feel very gratifying. Despite the shortness of the film, I became emotionally invested in the vacuum cleaner's "life" which made the film overall very sweet and enjoyable. This, compounded with the technical competence exhibited, made it a very effective and enjoyable short film.
ReplyDeleteSsergey Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" is a stop motion short film that depicts a dyson vacuum as it prepairs the house for Christmas. One of the most unique things about stop animation is its charm. The quirkiness of it is part of the experience of viewing it. One of my favorite shots came at 42 seconds where we have the perspective from inside of the cabinet. I think framing the shot that way was a nice touch by the director.
ReplyDeleteMcKenzie Miller: Sergey Yazvinsky’s “Winter Tale” was a cute stop motion animation film that brought a vacuum cleaner to life. The vacuum is getting the house ready for the Christmas season. There is fun upbeat Christmas music playing in the background, which really sets the mood. He is having fun setting up the Christmas tree, but then the mood changes with the music whenever he loses his hand. It ends perfectly when he receives a new hand as his own Christmas present. This was a perfect example of stop motion animation, because as a viewer, I forgot that it was stop motion because of how smoothly the transitions were edited together. So much planning had to go into this piece and some of the shots I was amazed and wondered how they made it work. I really enjoyed watching this film and thought it was done very well.
ReplyDeleteHannah Bynum: I thought "Winter Tale" by Sergey Yazvinsky was a cute, festive short put together through the use of stop motion. I think stop motion is a great tool to use and always adds an artistic element to films by giving them this cartoon-type feeling even when they are shot with live actors in a live setting. The story of this film was cute and very different. The director made a story about a vacuum coming to life, which seems very unsettling, into an appealing, heartwarming short film and I really enjoyed that.
ReplyDeleteSavannah Stanley: Sergei Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" did an excellent job in making an inanimate household cleaner into an adorable, loveable character. Clearly, this short film wouldn't have been possible without stop motion, but the which Yazvinsky decided to use the animation technique as well as the different methods he used to achieve the final product were really interesting to see. The music added tremendously to the mood of the piece, as did the sound effects that created the realistic feeling to the film. Also, the mixture of regular motion (when the human hand was involved and the "party" is occurring) with the stop motion added a layer of reality to the very fantastical short. The overall effect was tremendously sweet and the story told was improved by the medium through which Yazvinsky told it.
ReplyDeleteJack Beuckman: "Winter Tale" by Sergei Yazvinsky is a short stop motion video. One of the things that Sergei does well is bring life to the vacuum. He makes it easy to see the emotion of the vacuum. Every thing was very smooth. It was well planned story had good direction and began and ended well. Music was very good. It fitted in with the video the whole time and made the emotions flow well. 12 seconds into the video I liked how he had the plug move into focus then out of focus. He used focusing to his benefit. Some shots he had the vacuum moving around in the background and made the video more interesting. I really liked the video. The idea was amazing and was executed very well.
ReplyDelete"Winter Tale" by Sergei Yazvinsky is a stop motion animation film that features the life of a vacuum cleaner. Without stop motion, this feature would have only been accomplishable by animation. The idea of an inanimate object coming to life to fulfill lifelike duties was astonishing! I thoroughly enjoyed this film and it gave me a better understanding of stop motion animation.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Hendrix: Sergei Yazvinsky's "Winter Tale" brought an inanimate object to life through the process of stop motion. The short contains a story about a vacuum cleaner tidying up the house for Christmas, shows the vacuum’s desire to have fingers, and in the end, the vacuum gets a hand! One of the coolest aspects of the piece was when powder went everywhere. Imagining that shot by shot blows my mind. On the other hand, the film maker did a great job at matching the music with the mood of the scene. For example, when the vacuum was getting the house ready for Christmas, Christmas music was playing. When the vacuum lost its “hand,” very sad music was playing. Overall, this was not my favorite short, but it was still good!
ReplyDeleteCaroline Builta: "Winter Tale" by Sergei Yazvinsky was actually one of the first short films we've been assigned that I did not enjoy. I found that the stop motion wasn't as smooth as the other films that we watched in class, and that really took me out of the film. I also maybe just didn't connect with the story very much and had a hard time engaging with it. I did find the way that the dust particles were floating around extremely interesting. I also thought that the ending was great. Overall, I just didn't enjoy this film as much as the other short films we've viewed thus far, or the other stop motion films we've seen.
ReplyDeleteKaty Hale: "Winter Tale" was a short animated film that contained the process of stop motion. Sergei Yazvinisky made concrete objects come to life. Each concrete object played a role in the film that contained a meaning. Just like in non-animated films, actors serve a purpose and play a specific role. In this film, the objects did the same. It told a story, as well as having a beginning, middle and an end. There were multiple different shots in the film. There were wide shots, medium shots, medium close ups, and close ups. The close ups showed the importance each object served and what story it told. The objects told a story, just like actors would in a non-animated film. Yazvinsky did an amazing job of making his film come to life. This gave me lots of inspiration and ideas for our next project.
ReplyDeleteYazvinsky's "Winter Tale" is about a vacuum cleaner coming to life and helping clean up for Christmas. The music helps the story because it is very upbeat and has a fun vibe. I thought it was a very well don stop motion. It was a smooth edit and I personally did not see any errors. All in all it was a good example to get more insight on how to create stop motions.
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