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Fear tends to paralyze us. We refuse to move on, and more often than not, we later regret not doing the things we wanted to do because of fear. Still, there is something refreshing and liberating in having fear and still daring to do something, and then doing it! It makes us confident, lead us to discovery of new things, and it sometimes allows us to see things in a perspective that's totally different of how we were seeing things in the first place; which is kinda the basis of this short.
Piper follows a baby sandpiper as she's learning to find her own food in a seashore. but when a huge rising tide ends up soaking her, the fear to go through it again paralyzes her. It isn't until she dares to go at it again that she ends up not only discovering that she can, but also discovering new friends, and also discovering new ways to see things.
It's amazing how a short film can do so much in less than 6 minutes. First, the animation is amazing and the character design is charming and cute as hell. But most importantly, in a short time, you learn about growing up, overcoming fears, seeing things through a different lens, and also about making new unlikely friends. All things that the little piper found out, just by doing what she feared; things that I'm sure she's grateful in the end.
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PIPER
(2016, Barillaro)
(2016, Barillaro)
"I’ve noticed when I fear something, if I just end up doing it, I’m grateful in the end." --Colleen Hoover
Fear tends to paralyze us. We refuse to move on, and more often than not, we later regret not doing the things we wanted to do because of fear. Still, there is something refreshing and liberating in having fear and still daring to do something, and then doing it! It makes us confident, lead us to discovery of new things, and it sometimes allows us to see things in a perspective that's totally different of how we were seeing things in the first place; which is kinda the basis of this short.
Piper follows a baby sandpiper as she's learning to find her own food in a seashore. but when a huge rising tide ends up soaking her, the fear to go through it again paralyzes her. It isn't until she dares to go at it again that she ends up not only discovering that she can, but also discovering new friends, and also discovering new ways to see things.
It's amazing how a short film can do so much in less than 6 minutes. First, the animation is amazing and the character design is charming and cute as hell. But most importantly, in a short time, you learn about growing up, overcoming fears, seeing things through a different lens, and also about making new unlikely friends. All things that the little piper found out, just by doing what she feared; things that I'm sure she's grateful in the end.
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