Bingo/Ryan

The animations by Chris Landreth are really innovative. I don't know very much about animation but it seemed like the style of this kind of animation was totally different than anything I've seen before. The fact that the short Bingo was created to demonstrate the capabilities of a new animation software makes perfect sense because it was an excellent visual display of the variety of animation the software could create. Landreth used a similar animation style for his animated documentary, Ryan, to an even more creative extent. I didn't fully understand the meaning behind some of his animation choices but I did feel like the style he had chosen really accented the documentary and give it more gravity rather than a typical animation which tends to make the world look childish. For example, I couldn't understand why the presumed restraints around the characters were so colorful while the rest of the "world" was in gray tones, although it was nonetheless visually very interesting. I would love to see more of this type of animation in the future, it reminds me of the semi-animated film Waking Life.