9

Top add further to my research, I watched a film I was recommended called 9. Produced by Tim Burton and released in 2009, 9 is a film about a character named 9 who wakes in a post apocalyptic world. He soon ventures out and meets others of his kind only to find out that a robotic creature rules the land and is trying to destroy them. Things soon escalate as 9 accidentally awakens a giant machine which was laying dormant. The result of the world is from a war between man and machine as a scientist created a machine that became too dangerous.

The reason the film was good to watch was because of the style of the world. It bears a similar resemblance to Machinarium in the sense that the world is quite desolate. What was most interesting is that these dolls have built objects that have steampunk industrial qualities, which again fed my imagination of what I want the characters to look like. The film had a serious tone considering it's aesthetics, and although mine will have comedic elements and quirky characters I very much want it to have a serious tone as well.

Something else of interest, although unrelated, is that the main character looks very much like sackboy from Little Big Planet. I wonder whether they where influenced by the film.

http://www.thefilmcynics.com/blog/?p=1821

http://www.moo2u.com/2009/01/10/animated-feature-film-%E2%80%989%E2%80%B2-trailer/

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