The Magic Flower in the Flowing Mood—Audiovisual Analysis of "the Girl without Hands"

Analysis of experimental film creation course examples

Yonghao Yan, Shuochuan Shi

School of Design Arts, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, 333403, China  

Abstract: The long animated film "The Girl without Hands" directed by french director Sebastian Lauden-bach. The story is simple and clear, and the style is strong, which is similar to the Chinese ink painting. The director interspersed a large number of metaphors and symbols in his work. The whole film uses a new ani-mation method, it is an experimental film. This thesis analyzes the film from the perspectives of theme, script, and style, and summarizes the creative experience to enrich the author's "Experimental Film Creation" course.

Keywords: The Girl without hands; Metaphor; Stylization; Experimental