E-delivery

I’ve always been a fan of the shorts that Pixar tends to put in front of their main feature. They’re short, they’re sweet, and sometimes they’re downright just a creative way of exploring some interesting aspects of life itself. Now, the short film “E-delivery” isn’t a Pixar short. However, it does feel like one and I think that’s something worth talking about along with many other elements that really make it entertaining to watch.

Wait, what is it about? Well… It’s really about machines manipulating genetics and making babies only to deliver them. That’s right. Robots making babies. The process of which we get to witness the machine do this is quite entertaining because it can easily be compared to the process of making coffee in a Keurig machine or something related to that. What’s even more astounding about this short film is the fact it’s all animated. At first glance, it looks really convincing, so there are times when we go through the whole process and question if they used a set at all or if it’s strictly CGI’d and done in post; I’m thinking the latter.

While we are on the subject of the animation, that’s the thing that stood out to me the most. It really is. The fact it had me questioning what exactly I was watching and if it was real or not is incredible. The textures, the movements, and the camera movement alone felt genuine at times – now that could be because I really don’t know my way around animation, but seeing as how convinced I was at points deserves an around of applause to the artists and animators themselves.

Now let’s talk about the story. Babies from machines in the disguise of coffee. This short film is like a modern take on the stork story we have all heard when we ask the question, “Where do you babies come from?” It’s as if the filmmakers asked themselves how they can update that version and make it more applicable, as well as entertaining, for viewers today. Well, what’s one thing a majority of people love? Coffee. I might be way out in the left field comparing it to such, but seeing as how we rely heavily on coffee machines and machinery alone to do a lot of the work because we’re lazy (not all of us obviously…), I think it’s a fair comparison.

By the end of the short film it took a small twist that I didn’t see coming. And I think it’s worth watching for the last shot alone because I think that’s what the filmmakers are really trying to say about our society. Give this film a watch for the animation and for the creativity. It has a very Pixar-like vibe going on throughout the whole piece which I think makes it all the more fun and creatively innocent, despite what the underlying theme might be. This would be a fun short to watch before a movie and I think it’d be even interesting if the movie it showed afterwards echoed a lot of the same similar themes.