Watch: An Eerie Animated Horror Quick – ‘One thing within the Backyard’
by Alex Billington
February 3, 2023
Supply: YouTube

What in the event you discover one thing creepy crawling within the backyard within the yard? What do you do? In case you’re within the temper for one thing bizarre and creepy, this incredible animated quick movie is value a watch. One thing within the Backyard is made by a Chilean animation filmmaker named Marcos Sánchez. He animated all of this on his personal and I actually dig the look of his animation type. It performed at quite a few movie festivals over the previous couple of years, together with at Sitges in 2021 and SXSW in 2022, additionally successful Greatest Animated Quick on the 2022 Los Angeles Latino Worldwide Movie Competition (LALIFF). Here is the intro: It is nighttime within the suburbs and the stillness is interrupted by a wierd presence, a creeping being that lurks at the hours of darkness. The stellar animation is ready on a black background, which provides the characters a definite dynamic within the “darkness” of the body. There’s one thing very eerie about this and the way easy & unsettling it’s following this creepy factor round.
Because of Wanting the Week for the tip on this one. Transient intro by way of YouTube: “It is nighttime and the stillness of suburbia is interrupted by a wierd presence. A creeping being lurks at the hours of darkness and a curious younger man decides to confront it…” One thing within the Backyard, also called Algo en el Jardín in Spanish, is each written and directed by Chilean animation filmmaker Marcos Sánchez – you may see extra of his work on his Vimeo or go to his official web site. With music by John Dieterich, and sound design by Gonzalo Pérez. “The tactic of composing the scenes relied on conserving the area actually darkish, permitting shadows to turn into sturdy components within the story,” Marco explains. “That outlined quite a lot of the movie, which has to do with exploring and trying to step into the invisible or unknown.” This performed on the 2022 SXSW Movie Competition the place it received a Particular Jury Prize. For more information, go to SOTW or Marco’s web site. For extra shorts, click on right here. Ideas?