Saturday Night Live alum Jenny Slate and writer/director Dean Fleischer-Camp created a stop motion animated short film about Marcel, a small, one-eyed anthropomorphic shell. In the film, Marcel responds to off-camera questions about his habits, his family and his life. It premiered at the AFI Fest in 2010 and was awarded Best Animated Short. It was also an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the New York International Children's Film Festival.Slate with painter Amy Lind adapt Marcel into a children's picture book. The illustrations are gorgeous, although the text can be a bit hard to read at times. About half of the lines in the book are taken from the film. Marcel is charming and cute, and there aren't any other picture books that look like this one. A good pairing with the films, available online.
The YouTube video, part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9-sEbqDvU
The YouTube video, part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9K22D0o5Q
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