Bird Karma is a 2018 American animated short film written and directed by William Salazar and produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was the first short to come from DreamWorks' newly-created shorts program, and the studio's first film to utilize only traditional animation since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas in 2003.
Plot[]
A long-legged bird lands on a foggy lake, and eats fish in time with the music. Eventually, the bird sees a sparkling orange fish jumping out of the water and vainly tries to catch it until it rains. When the sky clears, the bird again spots the fish and gives chase. As the bird pursues its prey, it is dazzled by the fish's rainbow trails when it leaps out of the water. Eventually, the bird successfully catches the fish by feigning friendliness, and proceeds to eat it. However, this meal makes the bird deathly sick, and the other fish in the lake devour its corpse.
Trivia[]
- The fifth DreamWorks Animation's short film to be rated G by the MPAA, after The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, First Flight, Almost Home and Panda Paws.
- This is the first hand-drawn animated film to be produced by DreamWorks Animation since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003).