Fire: An Atmospheric Animated Short Capturing the Horror of Wildfire

As you (may) know, at Kuriositas we like to showcase some of the best student-created animated shorts. Many, if not most of them, tell stories that are action-heavy, which helps show off the technical prowess of the students. Fire is something quite difference. While it certainly covers the elements that the students must show in order to complete their degree, this tells and altogether different story. As such it is refreshing to see a group of collaborators take such a distinct and different pathway to the norm. What we get initially is a beautifully rendered series of images of a languid summer’s afternoon, almost as if time has stood still. It's a perfect summer's day. A cat is our protagonist (if it can be called that) as he meanders around the yard and inside the house. Yet even as he does so, there is a steadily increasing sense of unease that something isn’t quite right. Of course, the house has been abandoned due to an encroaching fire. It’s a prescient piece of filmmaking in…