Sand Castle (Quiz 2)

This film wasn't the one that I liked the most out of the last section but it did stand out the most to me. It was the most stunning as far as craft in my opinion. The sand was animated very well in a way that I hadn't even seen until this class.

It had a lot of parallels to the creation story in genesis. The sand “God” created all of these creatures and he gave them all a unique ability, much like every person and every animal. What I especially liked was how at the beginning there was nothing to create the sand man. He just created himself. I thought this was really cool and important in the parallels they were making with the creation story in the Bible.

Another thing that stood out to me about this short was the ending. There is a sand storm and all of the creatures and what they made are destroyed. I liked it mostly because it didn't just go with the cute happy ending that we all expected. It went with a sadder ending that was more real than the happy ending. It shows that everything has there time and that everything will come to an end. We may not like to think about it but its true and I really liked that the film wasn't afraid to end in a way that was more real.

Sand animation is a beautiful medium and this films just shows how powerful it can be.