When it comes to romantic relationships, what’s the one undesirable characteristic you simply can’t overlook? A disinterest in cats or dogs? Unappealing eating habits? Not finding fart jokes funny? In this playful visual experiment, students on a postgraduate course in Character Animation at Central Saint Martins art school in London each animate a classmate, naming a trait or two they couldn’t tolerate in a potential partner. Jumping between segments and animation styles, what was designed as a lip-synchronisation exercise doubles as an entertaining, informal survey of unforgivable turn-offs for people in their 20s. Through this, the viewer is also given small glimpse into the students’ talents, worldviews and perhaps even how they view their peers.
Art students divulge (and animate) the dating pet peeves they find unforgivable
Producer: Inês Delicioso
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