Short Film Transforms Plastic Waste into Sea Life

In 2019, Aquaman—a.k.a. Jason Mamoa—referred to humanity as a “disease” due to the way it’s treating its oceans. Indeed, there is extensive evidence of humanity’s impact: including serious coral reef damage, and, of course, a whole lot of plastic pollution. To highlight the damage of the latter disaster, filmmaker Pascal Schelbli has made a Pixar-like short. One that, in an oddly ironic way, turns plasticware into sea life.The Beauty – Animated Short (2019) from Pascal Schelbli on Vimeo.Colossal picked up on Schelbli’s short film, The Beauty, which he first released in 2019. It’s only recently, however, that the short’s gone viral thanks to the Swiss filmmaker posting it to Vimeo. (Although the short did win the award for best animated film at the prestigious Student Academy Awards in 2020.)The three-minute short features masterful animation, and the clever idea of turning various everyday plastic objects into different species of the sea. The beginning of the short first hints at the concept with a coral made of spoons and straws, then unveils a whole world made of plastic sea creatures. Including a plastic-bottle whale, plastic-bag jellyfish, and an eel made to look like a strip of tire. The last of which may…
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