tagged w/ Animated Film
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"Little Dinosaurs" is an elegantly simple, award-winning animated short-film. Within a time-frame of 60-seconds, the film addresses important contemporary social issues at both practical and global levels. First, it speaks to the issue of bullying, which is currently a major concern for schools and communities in many countries. Secondly, it invokes thoughts about children working together and achieving a sense of unity. Finally, "Little Dinosaurs’" narrative can be abstracted to a global level, in particular to thoughts about the daunting present-day struggles to confront terrorism and tyranny.
The film's message on the world-wide issue is a declaration that, “If we don’t unite against tyranny, we will all be slaves to fear.”
This composition includes several colorful high-resolution images from the film, as well as the acclaimed, beautifully animated 60-second film, "Little Dinosaurs.""Little Dinosaurs" is an elegantly simple, award-winning animated... more
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Jeff Stearns' short classically animated film "What Are You Anyways?" explores the life experiences of cultural backgrounds that lie outside of the white breadbox. This is a humorous, yet serious film about the struggle of finding love and identity through the trials and tribulations of growing up.
The wonderful animated film is included.Jeff Stearns' short classically animated film "What Are You Anyways?"... more
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“Hot Pants for the Dog Days of Summer.” Yes indeedy, for all of you vultures of haute couture, here are the sexiest, hottest, hot pants that you'll ever find for these dog days of summer in the city!
Even Paris Hilton says they're just too, too "Hot"!!
Includes a number of stunning photographs of the hot, sensual models and a hilarious animated music video.
Take a little look and enjoy yourself!!“Hot Pants for the Dog Days of Summer.” Yes indeedy, for all of you... more
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"The Danish Poet" won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The animated film follows the woeful pilgrimage of a poet as he tries to regain his lost talent for inspired creativity. As the Danish poet's journey unfolds, he has to deal with all manner of calamities: bad weather, an angry dog, a fair damsel, a careless postman, hungry goats, a broken heart and other seemingly unconnected circumstances.
While the film proceeds with an unexpected sense of humor, its bittersweet wit also serves as an allegory for deeper, complex questions about the meaning of life. Is there a way for us to understand the meaning of our lives, or is the course of our lives simply a matter of coincidence?
This article includes colorful images and the delightfully humorous and thoughtful animated film."The Danish Poet" won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.... more
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“Fly By Night” is an unusually delightful and offbeat animated musical short-film that is ultimately a meditation on the wonders of the choreography of fireflies in the night. The animation captures the magic of their miniature aerial ballets in the darkness our summer evenings. A photograph and the delightful animated film are included.
Please have a look at this offbeat, enchanting little film and enjoy yourself!!“Fly By Night” is an unusually delightful and offbeat animated musical... more
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"The Stork" is an animated short-film created by Nina Paley. "The Stork" starts out as a pleasant little children's cartoon, but before long it turns into something very sardonic and sinister, closer to "Apocalypse Now."
It's a decidedly provocative, but at the same time very funny, look at the perils of population explosion. When Paley first began work on this film, she predicted that it would provoke a lot of anger, “be extremely unpopular, and possibly end my animation career.”
Nevertheless, "The Stork" ended up playing at The Sundance Film Festival and numerous other festivals, winning awards all along the way.
Photographs and the spine-chilling animated video are included."The Stork" is an animated short-film created by Nina Paley. "The... more
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"Fridges: The Dark Story of an Abandoned Refrigerator." This is an acclaimed Japanese animation. Critics have described this short film as the darkest-ever film about home refrigeration.
It starts off as a touching little film about a luckless, abandoned refrigerator trying to get by in the world, but it gradually turns into something much more surreal and deeply disturbing.
A photograph and the animated film are included.
"Fridges: The Dark Story of an Abandoned Refrigerator." This is an... more
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At Cannes, Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's animated feature documentary "Waltz with Bashir" explores the traumatic events Israeli soldiers experienced from the 1982 Israeli incursion in Lebanon. The film reveals the dramatic events of the invasion, particularly the Christian Phalangist militia's massacre of Palestinians at refugee camps in Sabra and Shatila in front of Israeli troops.
Folman's autobiographical film inspired from his repressed recollections of his war-time youth pieces together a mosaic of collective memories from his army buddies to shape the film's narrative. Folman says that "animation was the only way to tell this story; I was sure of that." "Waltz with Bashir", like Marjane Satrapi's film adaptation of her illustrated novels about growing up in Tehran and later in Vienna, captures a coming-of-age story on the cusp of pivotal change on the world's stage.
Read more in Joan Dupont's essay on Ari Folman's film screened at Cannes 2008 published in the International Herald Tribune (19 May 2008).
At Cannes, Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's animated feature documentary... more
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"Photo of the Day: Dreaming About My Very Sexy Dreamer." Yes, indeedy!! This is an incredibly sexy photograph of my remarkably luscious sexy dreamer stud (presented for you in stunning high-resolution). An experimental animated video entitled "Dreaming of Sexy Mischief: For All the Wrong Reasons" is also included.
Have a little peek and enjoy yourself!!"Photo of the Day: Dreaming About My Very Sexy Dreamer." Yes, indeedy!!... more
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I recently posted an article about Jeff Scher’s experimental short film Still Loaf with Guitar. Spin Cycle is a companion piece; both are earlier films in the series of works illustrating his long-term creative fascination with the illusion of motion via animation. Exploiting the visually symbolic nature of white bread, Scher created a panorama of color and optical effects in both of the films.
Comprised of 78 paintings on paper, Spin Cycle begins as a single slice of Wonder Bread rotating in limbo. As the film advances, Scher adds layers of paint and collage to the individual frames and then re-photographs them. The resulting film is one that blooms with the successive additions of color and texture until the image evolves into a dense and challenging cinematic experience.
Photographs and the Spin Cycle music video are included.I recently posted an article about Jeff Scher’s experimental short film Still... more
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"Train of Thoughts" is a short experimental animated film, which shows what can happen when an animator rides the rails. The tableau of the landscape racing past a train’s window can be in concert hypnotic, nurturing and energizing. Every display of the scenery alfresco seems to be vigorously animated simply by the train’s speed, contributing to the creation of a ballet of motion perspective. Power lines along the tracks can seem to undulate urgently, while distant buildings glide by with elegant languor. A train that passes by from the opposite direction becomes a soaring and dreamy blur of motion.
The music for the film was composed by Shay Lynch. It serves as an ideal evocation of the film’s trance-like quality, while also leaving you the liminal space to follow your own train of thoughts.
Wonderfully calm photographs and two videos, including the animated music video, are presented for you. Stop by and have a rest!!"Train of Thoughts" is a short experimental animated film, which shows what... more
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"Still Loaf with Guitar" is a playful experiment in color perception. This short animated experimental film begins as a still painting of a loaf of bread with a guitar on it, as in a classical painting. Then it suddenly turns into an animation, painted in rapid sequences that mix color and time. A whole new language emerges, an optical music of colors.
Pictures and a wonderful short animated music video of the film are included."Still Loaf with Guitar" is a playful experiment in color perception. This... more
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