Stunningly simple animation supporting the underdog from Benjamin Renner

Date
2 July 2012

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Benjamin Renner’s A Mouse’s Tale takes Aesop’s fable of The Lion and the Mouse and embellishes it with a machiavelian twist, imagining how the story might have panned out had the mouse possessed a little more cunning and nous. Benjamin’s reductive character design and simple textural backgrounds give the animation just the right amount of pathos, developing the villain/victim relationship between lion and mouse beyond stereotypical traditions. Adding to this is a perfectly paced score from Christophe Héral that finishes the film beautifully. Absolutely worth a four minute break from your daily grind.

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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