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Ever felt like you're trying to communicate with someone who just doesn't understand you, and you get stuck in a loop? That's the situation two young kids find themselves in this beautiful short from Pixar. Loop follows Renee and Marcus as they share a canoe trip at camp.
The thing is that Renee is a non-verbal autistic girl, while Marcus talks quite a bit. I don't have a lot of experience with non-verbal autistic people, but I feel like this short film does a great job of portraying their struggles at communicating. One of the most notable things is how Renee uses a sound app on her phone to transmit her various feelings.
But the most important thing the short does is in how Marcus is always willing to engage with Renee, make her feel comfortable, and even when things get rough, he has the patience to give her space and wait; anything that can be done to break out of that miscommunication loop.
I do think that the short peaks halfway through, but seeing and reading about the making of the short, I really appreciate the efforts that director/writer Erica Milsom and her team went to cast an actual non-verbal autistic girl for the voice of Renee. It gives a true sense of authenticity to the short; one that I wish can teach us, much like Marcus, to be patient so we can break out of those loops.
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LOOP
(2020, Milsom)
(2020, Milsom)
"Sorry. Anyways, I think I'm just gonna hang out and wait... till you tell me what you want."
Ever felt like you're trying to communicate with someone who just doesn't understand you, and you get stuck in a loop? That's the situation two young kids find themselves in this beautiful short from Pixar. Loop follows Renee and Marcus as they share a canoe trip at camp.
The thing is that Renee is a non-verbal autistic girl, while Marcus talks quite a bit. I don't have a lot of experience with non-verbal autistic people, but I feel like this short film does a great job of portraying their struggles at communicating. One of the most notable things is how Renee uses a sound app on her phone to transmit her various feelings.
But the most important thing the short does is in how Marcus is always willing to engage with Renee, make her feel comfortable, and even when things get rough, he has the patience to give her space and wait; anything that can be done to break out of that miscommunication loop.
I do think that the short peaks halfway through, but seeing and reading about the making of the short, I really appreciate the efforts that director/writer Erica Milsom and her team went to cast an actual non-verbal autistic girl for the voice of Renee. It gives a true sense of authenticity to the short; one that I wish can teach us, much like Marcus, to be patient so we can break out of those loops.
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