A Short Love Story in Stop Motion

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.


This is a short-film by Carlos Lascano that found via slashfilms.com. It's one of the most stunning short films I've ever seen. Through his masterful combination of stop motion and digital animation Mr. Lascano evokes the powerful nostalgia of a childhood love. There's something about stop motion that makes me think of childhood. Remember Gumby? Or Wallace and Gromit? Those weird shorts in Sesame Street with talking oranges? Who doesn't watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer at christmas? Carlos' technique is more reminiscent of Tim Burton. The way that the children and characters are formed border on the gothic-esque work that is seen in "A Nightmare Before Christmas." It's Carlos' use of lighting and illustration that keep you from the dark places that Burton takes you . The end result feels more like the classic illustrations of "When We Were Very Young," or "Winnie the Pooh" coming to life before your eyes.


Sigur Ros also helps his cause. Listen to those first three notes. Didn't you play something like that as a child, sitting at a piano bench for the first time, with your infant fingertips gracing the ivory keys one note a time, your feet dangling in the air? More instruments enter and you are carried away to that limitless place that you haven't been to since you were so small.
This film picks you up from your every-day, hour-by-hour life and carries you to a place that you forgot even existed.
Let's all give a hip-hip hooray for Carlos Lascano.