by Amber Maishment
The most heart-melting animation I had the pleasure of viewing last summer. And no, I’m not onto Monsters University just yet. There is an unexpected six-minute short film that plays before the film begins; The Blue Umbrella. Directed by Saschka Unseld, a blue umbrella and a red umbrella meet in a crowded New York street in the middle of a rainstorm. Lucky for them, the weather is terrible and the wind blows them towards each other. Unless you’ve seen it, you probably can’t understand what I found so alluring about this short, but the animation is so mesmerising that it ends with you releasing that you’ve just had your heartstrings vigorously tugged by two animated umbrellas.
The most heart-melting animation I had the pleasure of viewing last summer. And no, I’m not onto Monsters University just yet. There is an unexpected six-minute short film that plays before the film begins; The Blue Umbrella. Directed by Saschka Unseld, a blue umbrella and a red umbrella meet in a crowded New York street in the middle of a rainstorm. Lucky for them, the weather is terrible and the wind blows them towards each other. Unless you’ve seen it, you probably can’t understand what I found so alluring about this short, but the animation is so mesmerising that it ends with you releasing that you’ve just had your heartstrings vigorously tugged by two animated umbrellas.
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