One notices with the filmography of that produced by the Blender Studio is that they have a large emphasis on visual impact instead of focusing on story. This is perfectly natural due to the nature of the open movie project where the intention is to production test open source 3D software Blender and due to these priorities such an effect in understandable. Yet this does mean that when under scrutiny of film criticism they don't promise much. This is evident in such films like Tears of Steel, Agent 327 and Spring. Yet Sprite Fright is one such exception, giving its priorities to humor instead. Its quite evident that co-director Mathew Luhn, who previously has worked on Pixar films as a story artist is really enjoying the liberative nature of not having to have much concern for a target audience which would evidently be a restriction in the big pictures. The result of this is a wonderfully twisted film that feels very satirical of its medium. Nerveless it does suffer to some extent of the restriction of a short film. Whilst the film does a good job in making the audience empathise with Ellie other characters feel neglected in terms of characterisation, especially Phil. This isn't too jarring though. My main criticism instead come from instead one scene where Ellie is talking about her suspicions about the Sprites which felt a bit overindulgent and the audience would have already picked that up through the scene earlier. Overall the film is a good laugh but it still does mach the masterpiece that is Cosmos Laundromat. Definitely 2nd best though.
Review of Sprite Fright
