Research - Mary and Max by Adam Elliot

Mary and max is a brilliant film directed and written by Adam Elliot.
This film has had a lot of influence on me during this project in both the aesthetic style and subject matter. Although this film is made in 3d model stop motion and i have always wanted to make my film in 2d hand drawn, it has still influenced me aesthetically by its use of colour and character design. i loved its use of black and white to show New York and a large amount of brown shades to signify Australia, all contrasted by occasional uses of bright and vibrant colour, such as the bobble on Max's hat that Mary gives to him. i wanted to incorporate this use of colour into my film.
The character designs of Mary and Max also interested me, they have quite strange and dramatically structured faces, with strange head shapes, caved in eyes and deep wrinkles. however these are incorporated without making the characters seem inhuman. i wanted the character for the film to have aspects of this such as there depressed eyes and deep wrinkles.
Mary and Max also showed me that you can have very strong and seemingly depressing subjects in animation but still keep it funny and keep the tone of the film happy, without using loads of jokes and puns.