Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

“This is Me” in American Animated Features

By W. R. Miller on January 12, 2014

Have animated films seemed a little stale lately? Is there something about them that’s … repetitive? Animator Jacob Kafka noticed a lot have something in common: the use of first-person narrative, in which the main character addresses the movie audience, telling the story from his or her perspective. He made a video to prove his […]

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