Vincent

I get a lot of inspiration from some of my favourite books, artists and animations. Some of them are completely different to one another when it comes to audience, genre and technique, but there is something about them all individually that I love.

"Vincent"

Designed / Created / Directed by Tim Burton.

Produced by Rick Heinrichs

Narrated by Vincent Price

Music by Ken Hilton

This 1982 Stop Motion animation is one that I am obsessed with. Firstly the way this animation came about is pretty awesome. Tim Burton was working for Disney at the time and this idea he had was definitely not "Disney material". However he was provided with $60,000 to produce his adaptation since it still didn't fail to impress! I like it's twisted take on the mind of a child because it represents how children like to play and pretend but this story takes this to a whole new level. Vincent's obsession with tales from Edgar Allan Poe make him so detached from reality that he really believes he is Vincent Price. I love use of stop motion and lack of colour, I don't think it would have the same creepiness about it otherwise. The exaggerated facial and bodily features look amazing, I love the fact that Vincent hasn't been made to look like a typical 7 year old child. There is no dialog between characters, but I think the narration is spot on. I have such a huge interest in creating Stop Motion animation and I love the creepy stuff like this. I could go on for pages about this one, so I all have to draw this to a close others I will never EVER stop.