He is a filmmaker who is artistically known for his surreal animations. He gained his reputation from using stop motion technique and the ability from himself to be able to make surreal and yet somehow funny pictures. His trademarks generally included very exaggerated sounds. He also tends to use the technique 'fast-motion', as people are walking. He often tends to use inanimate objects with the illusion of being brought to life. Among part of his best known work are the feature films of, Alice (1988), Little Otik (2000) and Lunacy (2005).
Another stop motion technique in which Jan uses is clay animation. Svankmajer influenced other filmmakers such as Tim Burton as well as The Brothers Quay. Personally, I do feel that what Jan Svankmajer does is very creative and the way he does what he does with his food animation is clever as well as at the same time disgusting. The video's below are examples of Svankmajer's stop motion animation as well as clay animation:
No comments:
Post a Comment