Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry is one of my favorite films not only for it's unique storyline and characters but also for his use of stop motion animation within the film. According to Alain Bielik from AWN, Michel Gondry did a lot of the animating himself wanting it to have more of a childish and amateur aesthetic. This was to illustrate the main character, Stephan's childish personality as well as draw some distinction between the dream world and the real world. Although when those lines would get blurred, Michel Gondry would not make the transition very clear and would begin implementing stop motion into live action. Stop motion as well as creating the sets and the characters was something within the plot that linked Stephan the main character to his love interest Stephanie as they discovered their mutual love for creating little objects and bonded over it.
The Animation, although rough as Gondry had intended it to be, has an endearing and charming quality to it. Using Plasticine and cellophane, Gondry created charmingly crooked scene's with rouch and unfinished armatures. The video below is several scene's from the film, and the last video is my favorite scene from the film.
Stephan really falls in love with Stephanie even though originally he showed more of an interest in her friend.
"I am collecting beautiful objects. They are made from wool and felt with apparent stitches. Their delicate unfinished appearance is friendly, they are quiet. Stephanie made them and I will expose them in an exhibition."
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