A Tim Burton-Inspired Short About A Little Girl Who Gets A Pet Piranha

Pets can be an splendid means to teach nipper about responsibility and how to deal sustenance creatures , but not all darling are a great idea for child . And when the small girl in this cheerfully macabre short flick incidentally terminate up with murderous piranha or else of a Carassius auratus , thing get bloody very chop-chop .

Jordan Blum orchestrate Fish Friend , “ inspire by fifties Americana , Tim Burton , and the short of Pixar . ”

In the making - of video recording , the team explain that they originally tried to expend a substantial Pisces the Fishes for the piranha Vincent , but the fish ’s sizing quickly became an effect . Fortunately , they used a combining of blockade - move and digital living that gives Fish Friend such a charmingly bespoke feel , one reminiscent of Burton ’s early work .