When Tim Burton was asked in 2012 why he was remaking his live-action film from 30 years ago, Frankenweenie, about a boy who resurrects his pet dog, into stop motion animation, the director said, “Because I want a better performance from the dog!” Stop motion or animation is one of the best tools any filmmaker can make use of to covey a particular story using inanimate objects or animals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRM23EizwM Written and conceptualized by Vinnie Ann Bose as her thesis film, from her time at The National Institute of Design, ‘ What Is Your Brown Number’ is a result of the incubation initiative hosted by Indian animation mainstay Studio Eeksaurus. It points to the absurdity and the invalidity of a notion that exists in our society and some of the beliefs that exist in our society. Is fairness always a better thing and how we are conditioned to believe that a lighter complexion is a better fad? ‘What is Your Brown Number’ is such a relevant short film tha