Friday, June 3rd, 2011
“Loom” is a visually awe-inspiring short about “a successful catch” by Polynoid, “the design/storytelling loving collaboration of Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay, Fabian Pross and Tom Weber.
Check out more of their stuff at their Vimeo page.
(via Twitch)
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
“Alma,” by former Pixar employee Rodrigo Blaas, is a wonderfully creepy short from a couple of years back. Gorgeously animated and impeccably told, it wasn’t very surprising to learn that Guillermo del Toro and Dreamworks have optioned “Alma” to develop into a full-length feature, to be co-directed by Blaas and del Toro. While the resulting feature — if it should ever see the light of the silver screen — will almost undoubtedly have a more upbeat ending, I think it could work rather well, provided they keep the creepiness intact in the rest of the tale.
(Thanks to Mathew Hamilton Watts for reminding me about “Alma”!)
Friday, May 20th, 2011
This Oscar-nominated animated short from Josh Raskin takes a half-hour 1969 interview with John Lennon conducted by the 14 year old Jerry Levitan, distills it to 5 minutes, and crazies the heck out of it. The animation illustrators and even expands on Lennon’s words delightfully, making it an absolute joy to watch.
The pen illustrations were by James Braithwaite and the computer illustration by Alex Kurina.
