Jan Svankmajer uses a variety of mediums to animate including clay, puppet theatre and live action sequences. His work is recognisable through his use of inanimate objects and exaggerated sound. In "The Garden" he skillfully dissects the communist regime in simple imagery, society and communication are key themes in his work. In "Dimensions of Dialogue" there is a progression in each set of interaction where the outcome is negative. Svankmajer's use of everyday objects is very captivating and clever in the way it translates easily into real life situations. The style in which the clay is used is eerily close to real life with distorted expressions.
The Quay Brothers are two brothers who collaborate on their stop motion animations. Typically they use puppets and distinctively dark or creepy looking models as their characters. They don't use dialogue to tell the story as the focus is on atmospheric noises and music. "Street of Crocodiles" focuses on the decay and dark atmosphere of a heavily commercialised area. The puppets are deliberately repulsive and together with the gloomy colours and well-matched music the viewer is left a little unnerved and on-edge. The viewer sympathizes with the protagonist as he is trapped in this world and coerced into various situations by creepy, eyeless, doll-headed figures.
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