WOW!!! oh my god... i don't even know how to explain the emotions this film made me feel. the colors and dialogue especially made me soo nostalgic even tho my childhood was different...makes me miss times i didn't have. the small detail of the mom and daughter clinking the coins the same way was sooo good. and just the way everything begins to overlap.. the clouds, the "mama" and the pregnant teacher, the parrots (obvi). idk exactly what it means but we're all connected, share experiences and can find new meaning through other ppl... just gorgeous i loved it so much
the way the parrots kite and kids kite fly together at the end is so beautiful. the kids are not native to LA and are loud but still a part of the community, just like the parrots.
This film is so cute and confortable to watch. The dialogue is so natural that is doesn't even look like a scripted thing, almost like if someone filmed the day of this 2 girls and they are just literally having normal conversations. Its pretty hard to get dialogue to feel natural and is especially harder for kids dialogue. But u nailed it so, so well, better then most high budget movies you see out there. Amazing job!!!!!!!!
The kids are characterised so well and the dialogue are so realistic ahha. As an Australian born Chinese every single scene in this animation brings back so much memories from preschool and middle school!! :,) Thank you for this masterpiece
Hey, Jenny Nie! I really love your short! It's a nice and perfect blend of slice of life, coming of age, and more! I have but some questions to ask you: This film tells the story of 2 girls getting along well and learning more about themselves. Did you conceive this film from your childhood? The genre of your short has slice of life, coming of age, etc. Can you make a television series (or maybe a feature film) based on your short? The animation style is almost reminiscent of French animator Alain Gagnol (best known for his film A Cat in Paris). Do you think that you can collaborate with him?
I love this. Everything feels so natural, real. The daily lives of all these people, their connections, being a kid. I can see all the love that was poured into making this film. It really shines through
omg the nostalgia Im getting from the read aloud and those colorred carpets that we sad on and the silly looking glasses and the cursive letters on the wall and the girl doing that thing with the coins and then at 4:41 that specific like.. beat or whatever I dont know what the other language is being spoken in this video but still its incredibly relatable
So cool to see the backdrops of childhood rendered so beautifully into a film... So charming, so heartfelt..!! As someone who grew up there too, you really did the place justice. LOVE IT!!!
I hope you got some kind of award for this because it’s seriously SO GOOD. The style is so great, the storytelling is fantastic and the coin thing! GAH. I love it so so much.
I’ve been struggling emotionally a lot and somehow this film reminded me of being alive. The colors and character interactions feel so real it puts you back in your own younger memories
this is the best short film i've seen so far this year T-T the memories and nostalgia ambience of it all, I cried, I'm still crying, thank you for sharing I can't, I can't right now, I love this film so much.
This is one of the most beautiful stories of childhood I have ever seen. I am absolutely delighted to see these two kids growing into lively little people :'^)
Achei incrível a naturalidade dos diálogos sobre o universo feminino, e que afetam meninas e mulheres de maneiras diferentes. Na minha infância, eu lembro com muita clareza de ter pensamentos muito parecidos com esses, rs Obrigada também por compartilhar um pouco da sua cultura conosco :) Abraços do Brasil.
this film was so well made!! I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video. The conversations between the girls were natural and the mix of english and cantonese brought a smile to my face with how accurate and perfect it was. The artstyle and composition of many of the scenes were also incredibly well done. Great work :)
This is my favourite CalArts short for the year amongst all years. Jennifer this was so damn good. The character designs were cute, the backgrounds were beautiful, the dialogue perfectly captured, was truly amazing. You did something very few animators in your school do and that's capture and show heart. Truly amazing. No doubt, I'll be seeing your name in the bright lights. Please acknowledge me senpai so I can tell my kids I interacted with you.
This was incredible! The style and story was so beautiful! It felt nostalgic and new all at once! Im gonna watch this so many more times I can feel it.
this is beautiful, i love it thank you so much for your work, the narration fits so good with colors shapes and sounds, it has been nostalgia chills from the first frame, i'll watch everything from this channel (i found you in the related channels list from jonni philips)
WOW!!! oh my god... i don't even know how to explain the emotions this film made me feel. the colors and dialogue especially made me soo nostalgic even tho my childhood was different...makes me miss times i didn't have. the small detail of the mom and daughter clinking the coins the same way was sooo good. and just the way everything begins to overlap.. the clouds, the "mama" and the pregnant teacher, the parrots (obvi). idk exactly what it means but we're all connected, share experiences and can find new meaning through other ppl... just gorgeous i loved it so much
the way the parrots kite and kids kite fly together at the end is so beautiful. the kids are not native to LA and are loud but still a part of the community, just like the parrots.
The kids talking to each other is one of the best parts 😂
This film is so cute and confortable to watch. The dialogue is so natural that is doesn't even look like a scripted thing, almost like if someone filmed the day of this 2 girls and they are just literally having normal conversations.
Its pretty hard to get dialogue to feel natural and is especially harder for kids dialogue. But u nailed it so, so well, better then most high budget movies you see out there. Amazing job!!!!!!!!
the dialogue feels so natural, like i remember talking about bras and being kinda rude like that when i was younger.
The kids are characterised so well and the dialogue are so realistic ahha. As an Australian born Chinese every single scene in this animation brings back so much memories from preschool and middle school!! :,) Thank you for this masterpiece
lol this is literally how me and my cousin used to talk 😭 and we still do
Hey, Jenny Nie! I really love your short! It's a nice and perfect blend of slice of life, coming of age, and more! I have but some questions to ask you:
This film tells the story of 2 girls getting along well and learning more about themselves. Did you conceive this film from your childhood?
The genre of your short has slice of life, coming of age, etc. Can you make a television series (or maybe a feature film) based on your short?
The animation style is almost reminiscent of French animator Alain Gagnol (best known for his film A Cat in Paris). Do you think that you can collaborate with him?
I love this. Everything feels so natural, real. The daily lives of all these people, their connections, being a kid. I can see all the love that was poured into making this film. It really shines through
I feel like you captured my young school years very well. Plus, the dialogue and mannerisms between the characters felt very real. Great job!
omg the nostalgia Im getting from the read aloud and those colorred carpets that we sad on and the silly looking glasses and the cursive letters on the wall
and the girl doing that thing with the coins and then at 4:41 that specific like.. beat or whatever
I dont know what the other language is being spoken in this video but still its incredibly relatable
oh my god as someone who grew up in the area, this short hit me in the heart. thank you
So cool to see the backdrops of childhood rendered so beautifully into a film... So charming, so heartfelt..!! As someone who grew up there too, you really did the place justice. LOVE IT!!!
The ending scene was so pretty!! All of the parrots surrounding the dancing kites... damn...
I hope you got some kind of award for this because it’s seriously SO GOOD. The style is so great, the storytelling is fantastic and the coin thing! GAH. I love it so so much.
I’ve been struggling emotionally a lot and somehow this film reminded me of being alive. The colors and character interactions feel so real it puts you back in your own younger memories
i love how you drew and animated the parrots they look amazing!
Cute little movie. The conversations between these two young girls were so random, it was funny. 😂
This is such a good portrayal of kids, especially the conversations
this is the best short film i've seen so far this year T-T the memories and nostalgia ambience of it all, I cried, I'm still crying, thank you for sharing I can't, I can't right now, I love this film so much.
All the times the parrots showed up so I can show them to by bird obsessed brother:
0:01 4:50 6:05
These characters talk like actual children I love it
This is one of the most beautiful stories of childhood I have ever seen. I am absolutely delighted to see these two kids growing into lively little people :'^)
Achei incrível a naturalidade dos diálogos sobre o universo feminino, e que afetam meninas e mulheres de maneiras diferentes. Na minha infância, eu lembro com muita clareza de ter pensamentos muito parecidos com esses, rs
Obrigada também por compartilhar um pouco da sua cultura conosco :)
Abraços do Brasil.
I can’t really explain why but I burst into tears at the end. I love this. Thanks for making it.
this film was so well made!! I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video. The conversations between the girls were natural and the mix of english and cantonese brought a smile to my face with how accurate and perfect it was. The artstyle and composition of many of the scenes were also incredibly well done. Great work :)
This was so sweet :’) haven’t seen this feeling captured so well in a while
Oh man, this was just so lovely! what a heartwarming piece :')
Soo amazing Love it!
NICE SHORT VIDEO ID'LIKE IT SO MUCH, CONGRATULATION
This is my favourite CalArts short for the year amongst all years. Jennifer this was so damn good. The character designs were cute, the backgrounds were beautiful, the dialogue perfectly captured, was truly amazing. You did something very few animators in your school do and that's capture and show heart. Truly amazing. No doubt, I'll be seeing your name in the bright lights. Please acknowledge me senpai so I can tell my kids I interacted with you.
i am so glad i stumbled upon this ❤
this is beautiful...the kids are so funny
Beautiful!
This was poetic
This was incredible! The style and story was so beautiful! It felt nostalgic and new all at once! Im gonna watch this so many more times I can feel it.
This was soooo beautiful... I'm crying....
I loved this so much and it’s funny cause kids do talk like that
Love seeing them talk. Feels very real and sweet💖💖
What the hell why did this make me cry 😭 you captured the magic of childhood...
「児童画」のような絵のタッチが素晴らしいです！！
「青色」の輪郭線もなかなか効果的ですね！
They both act so sassy although their in kindergarten
this is so amazing
breathtaking
没想到会包括广东话在里面。身为马来西亚人，这让我感觉幸运能听懂整个对话哈哈因为通常这些影片都是包括听不懂的外语，而这影片是华语和广东。然后那个拼音mamamama的部分那些回忆直接冲上来了，还有那个汽车读音的例子，非常有同感
this is beautiful, i love it thank you so much for your work, the narration fits so good with colors shapes and sounds, it has been nostalgia chills from the first frame, i'll watch everything from this channel (i found you in the related channels list from jonni philips)
почему я плачу…. я из россии но это показалось мне таким родным и приятным…. я в восторге от анимации…. вы очень талантливы, у меня нет слов
Parrots time
This is so beautiful and heartfelt and just...art. well done!
Beautiful film. Just a simple day in life
When she had to default to saying "cloud" because she didn't know what it's equivalent was in Cantonese...I felt that in my soul...
I absolutely loved this fillm! The art style, the dialogue, everything. It was really beautifully made
this was WONDERFUL!!!! from toe to tip!! the dialogue, colors, and environments were amazing. and the lovely cute/funny style. with the pencily lines
This makes me want to sob
This was so good. Perfect!
Greatly Nice 🖍️
Jennnie!!! the childhood is very relatable
glad to see you here lol
i loved this so much it was so fun to watch and it brought back a lot of happy memories!!
This was gorgeous, I love the atmosphere you created ❤
No me thinking when they were going past the train tracks a train was gonna hit them 💀
ahhhh this was so cute!!!!
beautiful
so lovely!
This made my brain tickle in a nice way
This is masterpiece I really like it
So relatable and wholesome, and I love the art !
This is wonderful.
i really liked this a LOT!!
how charming
love the way you used actual chinese!
Beautiful!!!
I thought drawing birds with two mouths was just my own problem i had XD
I'm sobbing sm
so pretty
everything
Just. Nice. :)
Cute oarrors
When was Jennifer Nie born?
好喜欢这种风格，很舒服ye
yasss cuminonimbus and pineapplebuns
3:22 im literally learning from a short film 😂
I dead just cried. what is going on
This was lovely.. 😄