Love at first sight

Presenting a short film “TYGER” by Guilherme Marcondes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LsMoUtBlDk

Guilherme Marcondes, a brazilian filmmaker and animator who specializes in short films.

‘Tyger’ is inspired by William Blake’s poem ‘The tyger’. I love it because of his unique interpretation, mood & visual composition. The shadows he uses and the general aesthetic of the film are great. He chose a lot of symbolism and I like the association he suggests between city-jungle-people-animals. It fascinates me because of the ambiguity the tiger creates by representing as much dangerous as it is marvelous!

The Tyger
by William Blake
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare sieze the fire? And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? & what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? UNDERSTANDING THE POEM.... http://www.pathguy.com/tyger.htm