[动画短片]Smithy(Music by Qiandan)

Brief,

‘Smithy’ is a two-dimensional animation, happening in a rat

world. The style of this animation is hand-painting and the

chalk is the main materials. It tells a story that rat soldiers

blackmail protection fee from citizens on the pretext of

protecting normal rats from abuse by owl and eventually

the owl scares these soldiers away.

This animation has set in an old town where rats live

peacefully. However, the peace is broken by a piece of news

that from now on every rat, who lives in the town, need to

submit protection fee. Army starts to collect money all day

and all night. Citizens feel scared, but they have no money

to submit anymore. Therefore, the residents try their best to

avoid being touched with soldiers. One day the rats in a

smithy fail to distinguish the candle in time and they are

noticed by a soldier, who is angry with them and aims at a

rat. At this moment, the small owl scares off the soldier

and saves the frightened rat.