Alike, The Animated Shortfilm

Alike, the animated shortfilm created by features a father and son duo as the main characters. the opening scene is of the father drinking coffee and packing a backpack with school books. A colorful, joyful child emerges and accepts the backpack, losing his balance due to the weight of the backpack. on their way to school and work, youll notice that all the other citizens are colorless and expressionless, the color of their skin expresses their emotions. the tow separate walking in to large, plain looking buildings simply labeled "School" and "Work". As the short film continues, you begin to see the color and joy literally drained out of the child. As a result the father loses what is left of his color, he once felt happiness when he hugged his child.

I feel that this film used the characters to depict many issues going on in our daily lives. For instance, the fact that the two main characters never did anything creative or fun. The only places they went were to school and work. In today's world many people can relate to this. Secondly when the child was expressing himself through his artwork, the teacher did not give him an acceptable grade. This disappointed his father and you began to see the decline in his happiness. I believe this is a representation of how the younger generation is losing their creative outlet,

The only joy he seemed to have was when he warmly greeted and hugged his son. Other than that he was color less, emotionless and seemed to carelessly move about his work day. I find that many adults can relate. Adults with limited educational backgrounds and limited job opportunists show similar behaviors. If people do not have creative or stress relieving outlets the end result may be depression or sadness. With the cost of living rising and the wages staying the same. Many have to work multiple jobs just to stay afloat. Leaving very little time for rest, family and