This short is a brilliant little piece of animation from Russian filmmakers Anna Budanova, Mikhail Dvoryankin, and Anna Krizkaia. The theme shows how a small, childhood Wound, if left unchecked, can continue to grow. Awards: Special Jury Award International Animation Film Festival Annecy 2013 France The prize for the best animation Suzdal 2013 Best animation…
“Love Japan” is a four-minute, visual love story about Japan. Visually stunning and exceptionally edited, it takes you through Japan’s urban, natural, and human life, with a distinctly personal touch. You’ll see snippets from Tokyo, Hiroshima, and bathing snow monkeys, as well as intimate moments from a traveler’s life. Part street video, part travelogue, and…
At their basest elements, animation should evoke an emotional response of some sort before they can claim to be successful. Here are a couple of animation pieces that elicit strong, if different, emotional responses. The first is “Geist,” from Giant Animation Studios. In it, a shipwrecked fisherman is led to a dark secret. The second…
Here is a sweet fairy tale (for adults) about two clocks for whom time is always relative. It is called “Between Times” and is produced by the wife and husband team Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter (tinyinventions.com). A second, behind-the-scenes film on the animation duo follows. Enjoy. Behind the Scenes: the story of Tiny Inventions…
Here’s a nice video showing the process by which animators put together the Simpsons Couch Gag in the style of famed artist Sylvain Chomet. For completeness, the final product is below.
First, a sweet, colorful video entitled I’m a Bat, produced as a 4th-year project at California Institute of the Arts by Lauren Adassovsky. The message here is “Know who you are.” The second video, while also an old-school “drawn” animation (as opposed to stop-action or CGI) is a film titled The Chase in the Ghost…
“You are constantly trying to get the audience into the state of feeling, how things feel, rather than how things are.” — Brad Bird This excellently animated (illustrated?) five-minute films features Brad Bird, writer and director of animated films The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ratatouille, providing insights into his process and why many people…
Denise follows the story of a young obese woman roaming the hills of Easter Island. While trying to figure how she can possibly accomplish her journey, she also has the chance to find her true self and accept who she really is.
My wife and I both like animation, perhaps more than we like live-action films. As such, we thought that perhaps we’d start sharing some animated films we’ve stumbled across. Here’s the first. Note the strong animation and atmosphere of the piece. The blurb is below. In order to avenge the death of his wife, a…
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE, had been silent for most of his career. Actor, writer, director, composer, businessman, he was a one-man machine, wielding his power with grace and aplomb. His first feature-length film, The Kid (1921), was followed with a series of successful movies through the 1920s. In the 30s, when film went to…
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