<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shape+colour]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/author/shapeandcolour/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[daniel nocke + film bilder: no room for&nbsp;gerold.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Something amazing happened about a minute into Daniel Nocke and <a href="http://www.filmbilder.de/en/index.htm"><span style="color:#008000;">Studio Film Bilder</span></a>&#8216;s short film &#8220;<a href="http://www.filmbilder.de/en/r/shorts/gerold.htm"><span style="color:#808000;">No Room For Gerold&#8221;</span></a>. I forgot they were animals. And that&#8217;s saying something. With flawless animation and voice-over performances so realistic, I found myself zoning in and out of being able to comprehend what I was watching.</p>
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<p>The allusions between herbivore and carnivore, male and female, and reptile and mammal all cleverly hint at a variety of real-life situations that would affect any of us: sexuality, cultural differences, even race. Disarmingly effective, the fact that this works so well at a genuine, emotional level is a testament to the quality of the 3D animation, script, and film-making. This easily could have slid into just watching animals act like humans and lost all it&#8217;s realism&#8230; but watching &#8220;No Room For Gerold&#8221; I began to think more of how, when threatened or territorial or unhappy,  it&#8217;s so easy for humans to just start acting like animals.</p>
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