Balloon Birds

"Balloon Birds" is a 2013 Swiss animated short created by Marjolaine Perreten and produced and distributed by Nicolas Burlet of NADASDY FILM. An incredibly simple and short little piece, this was perhaps one of the audience's favourite and it is no surprise why. With its incredibly cute and simplistic art style, there is some unexpected dark humour that just works so well with audiences of all ages, even the length of the short added to its overall humour with it's seemingly abrupt ending.

The sound design is just as simple as the art style but is so cleverly and effectively done that it enhances the overall cuteness, it is also neat that the sounds these birds emit resemble that of squeaky balloons (Which they pretty much are). There are just all sorts of little details added here and there that made this an absolutely funny little short (Such as their brief, derpy expressions).

It just goes to show you that simpler done animations can just as be entertaining as any overly detailed or story heavy animation, maybe more so if you take into the account the short attention spans of most children.