After reviewing the videos, I have come to the conclusion that... they're really strange! But some are a good kind of strange. Like the "Monty Python - one of the famous cartoons" had some really strange humor, but I did enjoy how the baby stroller was eating grannies or how The Kiss was used as a flute! If anything, it changes what we normally see and transforms it to something else completely. Martha Colburn focuses her animations on important issues, but the way that her animations transform into something else completely is very hands on. Most of the videos just reminded me of "a mistake with the rig on After Effects". But videos like Gain+Loss, it shows how these animations can address important issues (not to say that Martha Colburn didn't) but in a more serious way.
Found images, drawn images, different material all together like puzzle pieces, this type of animation is very open to any flat material.
I was very intrigued by Norman McLaren's "Le Merle" and how he based it off of a verse. But the bird transforms into something else completely. But more so, the bird is made my minimum lines. It's really cool the different forms that this bird can take. It also shows that the animation doesn't need to be super detailed, but it can have simple gestures that can be just as interesting. "Notes on a Triangle" also follows this same pattern, where simple shapes are the main focus in the film.
As for ideas, I'm thinking about having someone build a robot to be their friend? Or maybe something based more on aesthetic animation. Or maybe having something over the top? Maybe on the ridiculous side. Maybe when the person is making the robot, some odd objects are used to help the robot function. Or maybe the robot sees how many attempts were made (maybe a junkyard to see all the broken stuff). I don't know, but it'll go somewhere.
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