The Erkling

Critque by William Yuan

“Joe Morrison’s “The Erlking Dreamspace” is an experimental animated short film. Visually, the film is very innovative, involving both 3D and 2D assets. The film starts with the protagonist waking up in a room and then walking out into a very long hallway containing many other rooms, which all exist in a realistic and trippy 3-dimensional world. And when the protagonist enters the rooms in the hallway, the visuals switch to 2-dimensional. There are layers of 2D collages that lead the viewers into a fantastical fairy-tale dimension.”