ABSTRACT

The aforementioned films are all examples of how perseverance and commitment can achieve the seemingly impossible. Wendy Zhao was one of the first people who came on to work on the film. Instead, Nina Paley built the film in increments, matching lyrically germane Annette Hanshaw songs to sequences from The Ramayana as before, until she finally had 11 completely animated musical numbers to craft a film around. While this is mainly to serve the long running time and ensure the completion of the project itself, the film remains charming and watchable throughout for several reasons. The character animation for Signe Baumane film is, for the most part, hugely limited, in some instances taking a backseat to the narration and story. A main motivating factor for Signe to take on such a large-scale endeavor can be attributed to many years spent as a protege of Bill Plympton once she moved from Latvia to New York.