I choose The Unicorn in the Garden and Charlie the Unicorn for this assignment.
The Unicorn in the Garden written by James Thurber and directed by William Hurzt is an animation about a man who follows a unicorn into his garden and happily tells his wife about it. She doesn’t believe him and thinks he’s gone crazy, so she calls a doctor to tell him about her husband. When she went to the doctors to tell them in person they thought she was the crazy one and when they asked the husband he said he didn’t know what she was talking about. So they sent her away. The point of the story is to show that what your original intentions are may not be the outcome you hoped for.
Charlie The Unicorn. a short film made by an independent company made by Jason Steele. It is about these two unicorns who convince their “friend” Charlie to go to Candy Mountain with them. He agrees after a lot of begging, once they get to the candy mountain they convince Charlie to go into the mountains with a song that promises great things. Once he goes in he passes out with his kidneys taken out.
I chose these two to compare because they are both unicorns involved but not only that but the stories have a similar theme to each other. They both convey the theme that even if you think you’re doing something that would be harmless and couldn’t affect you actually can.
I believe the animation for both these films did a good job getting the message and idea of the story across to the viewers. I do think that Charlie The Unicorn could have used a different animation style rather than the simplistic style it has, however, I do think that the simplicity of it does add to its charm and silliness.
Works Cited
FilmCow, https://www.filmcow.com/. Accessed 17 October 2024.
“Charlie the Unicorn.” YouTube, 11 January 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGYh8AacgY. Accessed 17 October 2024.
Steele, Jason. “Llamas with Hats.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llamas_with_Hats. Accessed 17 October 2024.
Thurber, James. “The Unicorn in the Garden (film).” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unicorn_in_the_Garden_(film). Accessed 17 October 2024.
“The Unicorn in the Garden.” YouTube, 8 May 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1teJjX-smdE. Accessed 17 October 2024.