Children

"Children"

By Takuya Okada

I found this one when I was just researching for random animations and I thought it was terrifying yet  amazing. This 3D CG animation by Takuya Okada is probably one of the most intriguing things I have ever watched. There is no dialog but I have an idea of what this story could be about. I think it is representing the fact that children are encouraged to keep silent and keep in formation. Even the teacher is the same, so I think it relates to the way we are all encouraged to be clones of one another. There is no differentiation between the children, making them look like robots in society. The colour scheme and music all add to the dreariness of the story, but I think it works really well! I love the fact that in the end, the children break out of their stereotypes which is represented through the breaking of their zipped up mouths. The ending could be seen as pretty sick, or disturbing but I think it is a great representation of showing children reaching out and making changes for themselves and not always following rules, which was shown clearly when after seeing a dog get hit by a train everyday, the child decides to run out of his usual route and save the animal. Its sort of brutal, but I think its a very powerful, unique and well crafted piece of work.