"The Danish Poet"

At first I was rather skeptical about this animation.  When the scene opened, it included a narration and different drawings meshing into each other to explain the background of the story.  However, once the story began, I found myself immediately captivated by the story.  The contour lines gave the look such a simplicity that made the message even more complex.  Many things captured my attention in the video such as the animator's use of different perspectives.  For example, the audience looked through the main character's perspective as he walked into the psychiatrist's office.  Also, there were many exaggerated elements in the video such as the book from the library being 3 times the size of the character and the woman's hair being 10 feet long.  In response to Disney's "The Old Mill," the rain in this video are lines across the screen rather than individual droplets.  The thing i found most interesting is the act of repetition and the constant routine cycle.  Throughout the story, he would go to the psychiatrist, get on the boat with the drunken crowd, and get off at his stop.  It is so amazing to me how there can be such repetition but the story can still be captivating and exciting.  However, like the Disney video, they were different each time in the fact that one was joyous while the other scene is depressing.  I also enjoyed this film because although it was not realistic, in fact rather drastic, the video was still very moving and heartfelt.