Review of 'Nursery Crimes' which can be found here on Vimeo.
Length: 03:35
Logline: Little Bo Peep finally snaps and goes on a murderous rampage.
This alternative telling of a familiar tale merges several well known nursery rhymes together and blends them into an altogether darker story. Mimicking the traditional rhythms used in children's rhymes, narration by Andy Turvey is well paced, as is the edit. Turvey's voice over experience comes over in his clear, concise and thoughtful delivery. His reading which is in keeping with kids storytelling juxtaposes well against the disturbing plot and provides another layer of unease to the tone. Of course it's the writing and the concept that really makes this good. While sometimes there's an expectation on which rhyming word is going to be pronounced, inserts of key words such as "gutted", "sickening" and "butchered" all add humorous and surprising moments to the story.
Both set and character design are brilliant with great attention to detail. Character faces are static but are designed well enough so that they convey character essence suitably. Gruesome blood and guts get presented as cute red wool knitting and the variety of textures and surfaces used build an interesting setting. There is a mixture of animation techniques here. 3D model animation and what looks like 2D cut outs are used, possibly as a time saving device, but creates good variation in visuals none the less. Overall, this not only looks good is sounds good thanks the engaging dialogue. It plays out at a good length and has a winning premise.
This alternative telling of a familiar tale merges several well known nursery rhymes together and blends them into an altogether darker story. Mimicking the traditional rhythms used in children's rhymes, narration by Andy Turvey is well paced, as is the edit. Turvey's voice over experience comes over in his clear, concise and thoughtful delivery. His reading which is in keeping with kids storytelling juxtaposes well against the disturbing plot and provides another layer of unease to the tone. Of course it's the writing and the concept that really makes this good. While sometimes there's an expectation on which rhyming word is going to be pronounced, inserts of key words such as "gutted", "sickening" and "butchered" all add humorous and surprising moments to the story.
Both set and character design are brilliant with great attention to detail. Character faces are static but are designed well enough so that they convey character essence suitably. Gruesome blood and guts get presented as cute red wool knitting and the variety of textures and surfaces used build an interesting setting. There is a mixture of animation techniques here. 3D model animation and what looks like 2D cut outs are used, possibly as a time saving device, but creates good variation in visuals none the less. Overall, this not only looks good is sounds good thanks the engaging dialogue. It plays out at a good length and has a winning premise.
Best Bit: Really like the concept.
Worst Bit: Jack might not be dead.
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