Sweet Dreams

I recently was very impressed by the stop-motion film Move Mountain and decided to look up some other work from Kirsten Lepore and found this short film online. The plot sees a cupcake living his life in a world of sweets but dreaming of an adventure out on the ocean. One day he builds a boat from sugar cubes (I know, right?) and sets out from the coast to find whatever he finds. When he hits problems he finds himself washed up on a strange shore with only strange new building materials to try and make shelter from.

Based entirely around food, this short film is creative with its characters and animation. It looks cool throughout and the story engaged me even though it is not the strongest. Technically the animation is very impressive; OK I say this as someone with no real insight into this, but to see an ocean being animated on stop motion while a cupcake on a boat of sugar cubes moves across it, then I'll take my hat off to that. The sound design is also good – indeed it is easy to forget that the noises are not being made by the on-screen action, because they fit that well. The actual story is decent although the ending could have been a bit stronger and perhaps a bit less rushed in how quickly it gets to where it goes.

Overall though, this is a clever little short with nice characters and a simple tale. It is really well animated and put together and. Although understandably not as smooth as Move Mountain, it is really worth a look.

One of stop motion animations inspiring flavor of old fairy tales from childhood. A film about self disip, help and dreams ,discover of life meanings, love, friendship , using sweeties and vegetables for a lovely story. Delicate and precise, it is one of Kirsten Lapore little precious gems.