A discarded cartoon character and some spilt ink combine and interact as if the cartoonist had drawn their actions. Discovering them, the cartoonist then joins in the interaction.
Direction
Greaves blends stop-motion and 2D like they're arguing
Practical Effects
Hand-animated on glass over physical sets—madness
Director
Daniel Greaves
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greaves animated the 2D character directly on glass sheets suspended over physical sets, shooting one painstaking frame at a time.
Won the 1991 Oscar for Best Animated Short—beating Disney—during the peak of Who Framed Roger Rabbit's meta-cartoon craze.
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