A while back I was recommended to watch The Little Prince or Le Petit Prince by a friend who is a languages student, and I wish I had jumped at the chance to watch it earlier than I did because I was missing out on the beautiful aesthetic of this animation. It is based on the 1943 book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and follows a young boy's travels but the 3D animation was directed by Mark Osborne and released in 2013.
The film uses computer animation for the girl's world and stop-motion animation for the world of The Little Prince, the combined techniques create stunning visuals and add meaning to the foundation of the scenes. For example I think it is wonderful that the animators decided to animate with paper in order to translate passages of the book. As they said, stop motion resonates with childhood and therefore triggers in your brain that what is shown before you could be an existing fantasy world. I gather from my research that the intention was to maintain the charm of the narrative originating from a children's book, which is why they also worked to maintain the naivety of the illustrations when converting them to models.
I can't imagine how any audience would not fall in love with this piece, it is visually and conceptually gorgeous.
Behind the scenes of the animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5cJ4MWt3ZQ
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