This short film is really good, it's about a young boy (Records) who asks for a robot friend for Christmas. The beginning of the film shows us some home video footage of Alex and Blinky playing and having a good time. I haven't seen 'Where The Wild Things Are' so I haven't seen any of Records' previous acting pieces, but he was really good in this. As the footage goes on we see Alex become more and more bored with Blinky. He witnesses his parents fighting quite often and he begins to take his frustration out on Blinky. When Alex starts blaming Blinky for everything that happens around him, and starts shouting aggressive orders at him when he sees his parents fighting again, Blinky crashes. This proves to have a shocking consequence.
For a film that is only twelve minutes long, it does a really good job at telling the story, it touches on family problems and the effect parents fighting can have on the child. The visual effects are really good, especially for a short film (it's even more impressive when the director had to pay for the special effects out of his own pocket). Apparently the visual effects were completed over a period of nine months. The main challenges were making the rain drops on the character look real. The director also modelled Blinky in 3D and played both his voice and the body motion capture performance. That's dedication.
The link for 'Blinky' is below:
http://vimeo.com/21216091
With a good cast, an interesting story, amazing visual effects and a cracking ending, I am going to give 'Blinky' a 10/10, easily the best short film I've seen.
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