Mary and Max

Mary and Max is one of my favourite stop motion animation films, based on a true story. It doesn't just keep to the same principles of animation for children. This animation is about real life situations, relating to depression, suicide and loneliness. It is quite a dark animation and most people don't think it is appropriate for children, but that's just it,  it is not for children it is an animation made for adults. I believe that this works incredibly well as it gets to the audience more with it being cartoon characters going through these problems that we face every day. The colour in the animation is set out to give off the atmosphere of depression, with it being a more washed out colour tone with only hints of bright colours. The story is about two pen pal friends one is a little girl who is lonely and doesn't have any friends, her mother is an alcoholic who doesn't really pay much attention to her. The person on the other end of the letters is a fully grown man who is also dealing with loneliness, obesity and depression. He rarely leaves the house, and doesn't have much money to go anywhere. The two pen pals grow up writing to each other, talking about what they are feeling and what they are going through. The stop motion animation is fluent and beautiful. It is so intricate, you can see all the tiny movements with in the plasticine.

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