Plastic Semiotic playfully taps into everyday life and conflicts, big and small. Aesthetically it’s a childish yet explicit view of different lives globally, although never focusing in on one of them nor giving context. The characters are blank slates waiting for stories to be added to them in their colorful and intricate sets. Here’s why I don’t think that’s a bad thing though. The simplicity and lack of communication here is done tastefully, leaving just the (mostly) still shots and their ambient noise. A quiet life that feels so noisy when you connect your own backgrounds and stories, like you would as a child playing with plastic dolls and action figures.
We are all dolls. Higher beings control us but when they’re not present chaos ensues.
It’s not an original metaphor, but when taken so literally in this 20 minute short, the experience is undeniably unique.
Plastic Semiotic playfully taps into everyday life and conflicts, big and small. Aesthetically it’s a childish yet explicit view of different lives globally, although never focusing in on one of them nor giving context. The characters are blank slates waiting for stories to be added to them in their colorful and intricate sets. Here’s why I don’t think that’s a bad thing though. The simplicity and lack of communication here is done tastefully, leaving just the (mostly) still shots and their ambient noise. A quiet life that feels so noisy when you connect your own backgrounds and stories, like you would as a child playing with plastic dolls and action figures.
We are all dolls. Higher beings control us but when they’re not present chaos ensues.
It’s not an original metaphor, but when taken so literally in this 20 minute short, the experience is undeniably unique.
