The filmmaker has a strange obsession with the concept "something left, something taken," as it is mentioned over and over- even after the film has ended. Probably a bit too wordy for a younger audience, this is a fun animation. It's a tough call on appropriateness because the dead body the two men are transporting is your grandma. I could have done without the trippy dream sequence. I like this one a lot, especially the Rube Goldberg machine that caused the boulder to fall on the hearse. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty from Darragh O'Connell on Vimeo. And unfortunately probably over the heads of elementary students. "Alma" may be the best, but this one is my favorite. The lady and the reaper from Hormoz Zamanpour Siahkal on Vimeo. Somehow the suicide is slightly more unsettling. And that's after the Reaper killed her about 739 times already. The lady in question kills herself at the end. Perhaps it's not a super great choice for lower elementary. This would be my selection for this year, if I can convince myself that the goldfish isn't too scary for 2nd and 3rd graders. This is another fantastic short, and it probably features the scariest goldfish in cinema history. That's amazing! How does that happen? What's even more amazing is that it seems the older you are, the creepier this short is. The best in this list because it's amazingly creepy, but appropriate for any age. It's appropriate for all elementary students. It's a 4 minute story made up by a 5 year old. That is why out of all of the episodes this first one is my favorite. The style works very well and they should have stuck with it. I watched some of the other episodes, but none of the ones I watched used the same combination of animation and live actors like this one uses. I've never heard of WBAK (Written by a Kid) before yesterday, but apparently they're influential enough to grab Joss Whedon and Dave Foley for their pilot episode.
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