I came across this short CGI animated film whilst on YouTube (once again) by the name "Brains Divided". I instantly noticed straight away that the style was very very similar to that of Pixar's and Dreamworks' as the characters looked extremely similar with their flawless skin, shimmering hair and huge glowing eyes.
Although I'm not a massive fan of that style of character design and CGI, I decided to give it a whirl and watch all 5 minutes of it. I actually really enjoyed it as the story was humourous and featured two characters inside the protagonists' brain - Left and Right - of which controlled his every action during a date with a rather pretty young lady.
It showed the difference in his two personalities and how the woman responded to them. The left side was geeky, techy and approached every move with caution and consideration, whereas the right side was laid back, suave and very cool towards her. The two personalities of the protagonist were shown by whether he was wearing his glasses or not and how his hair was styles. This was very easy to pick up on.
I particularly enjoyed the way facial expressions were used - I'm a fan of over exaggerated expressions as I often find it difficult to read human expressions, so animations with this feature make it very clear to me how the characters are feeling.
All in all, The Ringling College of Art and Design (producers of this animation) did a brilliant job and brought a moral to the story right at the end: You don't have to pretend to be something you're not, just be yourself and people will find you attractive.
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