There is a Slapstick Film Festival and other, related, events every year in Bristol. \u00a0The 2018 Festival<\/a> has just been announced HERE<\/a> for the coming year.<\/p>\n Aardman Animation<\/a> (Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, etc.) is a big sponsor of the festival. \u00a0Slapstick figures heavily in all their feature and short film development.<\/p>\n One of my first assignment for the company was to do an Emotional Toolbox analysis of three of their favorite silent film era characters. Even without words the types of these three characters come shining through.<\/p>\n Charlie Chaplin greatest character traits are his wistfulness and poetic soul. \u00a0He is a Power of Idealism<\/a> character. \u00a0Loss and longing figure prominently in all his stories. He is a sensitive soul who shuffles along with sadness as his constant companion.<\/p>\n