The family takes a happy selfie before the life changing event takes place. The only other instance when color is incorporated is to embolden the American flag, hanging above the school’s doorway, where the daughter’s life was taken away. Vivid colors are only used when showing the robbed pleasant memories or significance of the daughter who passed away, suggesting the life and happiness her presence brought to the family. It also points to the grim effects that gun violence has on society. The lack of color and scratchiness of the illustrations is clearly an artistic choice, as it better portrays the depression and hollowness of the parents as they work their way through the grief. Also, the colors used are minimal, heavily relying on hues of gray, black and earthy tones. Each part of the animation is illustrated in an almost scribbled, roughly sketched way. “If Anything Happens I Love You” falls on the other end of the spectrum, working to emphasize its message on gun violence through the simplicity of its drawings and colors. This is what inspires the bright, striking range of colors that are often used, as well as the “cuteness factor” of many short films’ subjects and protagonists. What makes this film particularly unique to other short films is how it serves as a perfect example to the saying, “less is more.” Animated short films typically check off every tactic possible in trying to win over the approval of their audience within such a short time frame. The short film tells the story of two parents’ grieving process following the loss of their daughter to a school shooting. The way in which the animation progresses in a non-chronological manner effectively forces the audience to be immediately pulled into the mother and father’s depression, sharing their distress as they watch the aftermath unfold. The film shows a timeline of the family’s experiences in a reversed format, beginning the film with a depiction of pain and hardship before revealing its source within the very last minutes of the drama. With a run-time of less than 15 minutes, the animation embodies a heart wrenching process that could take a lifetime. 20, the short film drives home the prominent social issue of gun violence and evokes emotion in its viewers.īeautifully written and directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier, and produced by Gilbert Films and Oh Good Productions, “If Anything Happens I Love You” shows the process of grief that two parents go through after the loss of their young daughter to a school shooting. “If Anything Happens I Love You” achieves what many two-hour-long films strive to do, in just 12 minutes and without a single word being spoken. The past year has in no way fallen short of division in politics or challenges to health and safety, and Netflix reiterates that in its newest animated short film.
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