After watching Madama Butterfly I was intrigued not only by the message, but on the creation of this video. Since this video appeared to be made out of plastic or clay dolls, I wondered how the director shot this film. I learned in my film class in high school that in some animated films in order to make the doll move it needed to be shot frame by frame for it to look like the doll is in motion. If this were the case for this particular film, there would have been so many hours put into making this ten minute film. The ending of the clip left me slightly confused. It appeared that after her child was taken, she was falling apart. This was literally shown, she took off her skin and all of her body parts detached. To me, this showed that she was so distraught from losing her child she was slowly withering away. The end of the film was what confused me, was when she reappeared with a butterfly in a much brighter setting with vibrant colors. Was this her in heaven? I still am unsure the full message of this animated version of Madama Butterfly, but I did enjoy watching this video because it made me really think about what the video is trying to show.
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