When you go into The Bigger Picture, watching it for the first (fourth or sixtieth) time, there are a few things you need to be aware of. For a start, those paintings are life sized. Each character is painstakingly crafted by director, writer and producer Daisy Jacobs. The animation is stop motion so each millisecond that counts and is passionately and delicately hewed in a definitive skill. And finally, I want you to note that Jacobs has just scooped the Best Under 25 Film Maker Award at last week’s UnderWire Film Festival. That’s right. This, quite frankly, superb short has all been wonderfully accomplished before Jacobs hit 25. And here I am writing about it…
For technological skill, Jacobs stunningly gives attentive life to her characters. Awash with amazing dedication, the nuances in the painted character that is teamed with the puppetry that lifts from the wall, literally and has this phenomenal effect. Wholly original, this bustling and vibrant stop-motion film showcases Jacob’s impeccable talent that absorbs you into the story with these great colourful characters, dashed across the walls two metre’s high. The Bigger Picture is, indeed, a triumph in imagination that is executed excellently.
Cultivating her talent, that must have taken excruciating months to complete, Daisy Jacobs is a talented filmmaker to keep an eye out for. Because if she is creating amazing films such as The Bigger Picture before she’s 25, imagine what her career is going to entail.
The Bigger Picture Trailer from daisy jacobs on Vimeo.