Well, what a way to start off our first day at this year's Bradford Animation Festival (Though I had already readied myself for anything after watching last year's Student and Professional shorts...). Directed by Job, Joris and Marieke, "Mute" is a humorously gory piece of 3D animation about an unexpectedly joyful chain reaction that occurs among a population of originally mouthless people when they figure out a way to obtain mouths.
Unexpectedly cheeky and clever, one can simply cover their eyes and sigh in dismay, and perhaps cry a little from it all, or simply give into the fast paced, silly piece of animation and just try to enjoy it to the best of their abilities.
Despite how cringe worthy the various methods used to obtain their new mouths are, we all can't help but burst into fits at laughter at how over the top everything is in this animation short, it does help that these characters don't seem to be experiencing much pain when gouging/slicing an opening for their new mouths, or perhaps they are just that happy to finally break free from years of silence (And I suppose I can't blame them).
I suppose it also helps that these characters look incredibly toy-like in appearance, with a light wooden texture actually given to them... no, we all still can't help but laugh and cringe at the same time when watching that ketchup coloured blood smear their new mouths as their sharp instrument of choice is pulled back...
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