In Between

In Between is a 2D animation by a group of french animation students which i love. Its about a woman who faces problems talking to people and doing important things in the form of a blue crocodile who always gets in her way. She eventually befriends the crocodile and learns to work with it in order to have a chat to her neighbour. This animation speaks to me because the blue crocodile is a visual representation of anxiety, making it extremely easy to inform other people of how difficult and how frustratingly trivial it feels to be a sufferer of anxiety, furthermore the fact she doesn't just get rid of her crocodile, instead learns to work with it, suggesting shes working with her anxieties, shows an enormous amount of research as learning to cope with anxiety rather than outright condemning it is a key part of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), which is used to help sufferers of panic disorders.

  The animation itself has a lighthearted feeling (despite being a potentially difficult subject depending on how deeply you read into it), which i believe is from the light pastel colours and how smooth the movement of the characters feel. The crocodile itself is animated enough to feel like a nuisance, whereas the people move more meaningfully with the occasional mannerism thrown in. This is clear in the first scene in the psychiatrists office where the only movement is the lips of the character and his hand tapping a pen.

  Overall i find the animation to be well executed if a little same-y since it has a feeling of traditional 2D disney animation, however i feel the subject of the animation is well addressed and put under a creative light in order to keep it lighthearted. This will be an animation that will stick with me into my adult life.