Jo Jo in the Stars

Jo Jo in the Stars (also Jojo in the Stars and JoJo in the Stars ) is a British computer-animated short film by Marc Craste from the year 2003.

Action

In a dark world, it attracts the critters - robot-like characters with bunny ears - the thousands in the arena of Madame Pica, in which they show off monsters and Missgestaltete long time. A creature is regularly among the spectators, but not interested in the monster, but for Jo Jo, a silver- coated trapeze dancer with wings that flies by the arena in her performance. Like the other being the show of Madame Pica is being held captive Jo Jo after the show in a cell. The hero waits after a performance and frees Jo Jo, being noticed by a passenger. You have not yet left the arena building, as they already dreaming together in the night sky. You will eventually surprised by Madame Pica and the other monsters and escape to a window that swings open. Both plunge into the depth, Jo Jo, may take the hero. For a while, they float so beside the arena, but eventually drops the hero Jo Jo's hand and plunges into the depths. Jo Jo is thrown to the arena and remains motionless. A spring of their wings floating to the ground and lands on the lifeless body of the hero. At the moment of contact suggests that lightning. It's raining the next ten years. The beings lose interest in Madame Picas monsters, so is now looking for a new sensation. A new monster is brought into the arena to Madame Pica, who is shocked at the sight of the essence. It is included in the show and taken to a cell. This is in addition to the Jo Jo's, which is now chained. Jo Jo recognizes in the deformed beings - his skin is healed and there is no eye - their heroes of yesteryear. Both are on the bars and Jo Jo carefully caresses the head of the heroes.

Production

Since the 1980s Craste had been working on a thematically similar film, but the project failed for financial reasons. Sources of inspiration for Jo Jo in the Stars were Nick Cave's song Sad Waters, as well as films such as Eraserhead and The Sky over Berlin. Craste himself called his film " a love story with freaks".

The soundtrack consists of the compositions Harlem in Brno ( the dumplings, 1993), More Wings for Wheelers ( Toru Yamanaka, 1998), Texas Yellow ( Urchin, 2001) and Samuel Barber 's Violin Concerto, Op 14 Andante ( 1939).

Awards

Jo Jo in the Stars won the 2004 BAFTA for Best Animated Short. On the 3D Festival in Copenhagen, the film was awarded best short film and was awarded the 2004 Prix du Meilleur film d' animation of the Festival du Court - Métrage de Clermont -Ferrand. In 2005, Jo Jo in the Stars won the Cartoon d' Or of the European Cartoon Forum.