I find this wonderful animation Directed by Tobias Gundorff Boesen highly inspirational.
[vimeo 9335203]
The story is wonderful, with an awesome twist at the ending, with the lovely song ‘Slow Show’ by The National complimenting it quite nicely. There’s an awesome blog, documenting the process, from doing the models to the shooting, and tests on their blog;
http://theforestfilm.blogspot.com/
http://tobyonekenoby.blogspot.com/2009/02/bachelor-project.html
Seriously, check it out folks!