Cool Internet Stuff: Vol. 30
Frames Animation is hard. Attempting multi-discipline animation is kinda nuts. Of course beautiful things come out of crazy experiments and that is exactly what was the outcome with Frames, a mixed media animation by Martin Thoburn and Matti Adoma. The styles mesh together pretty well and this film is quite a masterclass in varying styles of animation. Like all the best animation, the net result is a thing of wonder. All We Ever Wanted Was... Read More
Cool Internet Stuff: Vol. 27
Been a while since we’ve done one of these. The truth (and the excuse) has been that we were busy. That said… Beet Cake I want to do unspeakable things to this video. That’s how good it looks. But I realize you cannot actually do anything to a video, except play it again and again. So I have. Several times. The shooting, the grading, the sound design, all of it! Pitch-perfect. This is how to make a video recipe. You can keep your... Read More
So is Rio any good?
Remember any of those movies where two characters were chained (or handcuffed) together and had to learn to work together to make it out? Yes? No? It doesn’t matter, because Rio, the latest animated offering from Blue Sky–the studio that gave us Ice Age and Robots–is a movie that uses that device in an animated film. To great effect. Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) is a domesticated macaw who ended up all the way in Minnesota after he was... Read More
Hitch
It has been a while since I posted an entry under this heading, thankfully! But today’s short film is so beautifully rendered, and so darned clever, I had to decide whether I would define it as a Stellar Short or place it in this rarer category that features works I wish I had thought of, or was totally blown away by for being on a level beyond my comprehension. This short falls under the former description, though I have to acknowledge that... Read More
Robots of Brixton
According to his Vimeo profile Kibwe Tavares is “trained in engineering and architecture. Training myself in animation.” Wow! If this is what a person still training himself in animation can turn out, there is no telling what he will be able to do when he feels like he actually has all the necessary skills. This is a stately-paced piece where we are allowed the time to appreciate the design of each robot and the level of attention given... Read More
Cool Internet Stuff: Vol. 20
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? We’ve got three interesting videos for you in this edition of Cool Internet Stuff – a street documentary, an animated short and a fan film. Hey You! What Song are you Listening to? A surprisingly engrossing video. It’s just so cool to see how the people’s musical choices can either match or differ from the picture they present as they walk down the street. Absolutely fascinating. Road’s... Read More
So is Kung Fu Panda 2 any good?
Kung Fu Panda. I’m sure the first movie was greenlit with the hope that the studio could have a big franchise that it could exploit for years. What right-minded studio wouldn’t? And since that first movie was so much fun and made so much money, of course a sequel was on the cards. Which brings us to Kung Fu Panda 2. I understand that animated movies are a huge industry—not the business—the movies themselves. Toys, lunch boxes, school gear,... Read More
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