Stunning animation, cinematography, sound design, lighting, modelling, texturing, etc etc… Very much like a 19th century fairy tale, Alma is as haunting as it is beautiful.
Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years on some of the biggest box office animations for Pixar and Blue Sky. His debut short brings some of the best artists in their field… French animator Bolhem Bouchiba, character designer Carlos Grangel and Sergio Pablos, Art Director Alfonso Blaas, music composer Mastretta and sound designer Tom Myers. Alma has bagged tonnes of awards on the festival circuit already and is available online for a limited time over Christmas.
This is the most heartbreaking short film I have ever seen… If you’re a dog owner or lover this will probably leave you broken.
It’s the tale of Jason Wood’s last few moments with his dog ODEN… It’s the sharing of a moment so powerful and honest you can feel their sorrow deep within your soul.
Director of Photography: Luke Korver, Matt Taylor
Song: Big Red Machine / Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Bill Meléndez, Charles M. Schulz
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the materialism that surrounds the Christmas season… Join Charlie Brown on his struggle to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ first aired on December 9, 1965. It was made on a shoestring budget, which is evident in the choppy style animation and more so in the audio production. Meléndez is said to be embarrassed that it continues to be aired every year in it’s original condition but any efforts to remaster it were vetoed by Schulz. Regardless of technical issues, this remains a true favourite and is an astonishingly beautiful story.
Dimensions of Dialogue (Možnosti dialogu) - Jan Svankmajer, 1982
Dimensions of Dialogue is one of the better known of Jan Svankmajer’s films and is an example of the finest animation I have ever seen. Svankmajer’s ability to animate is akin to Rembrandt van Rijn’s ability to paint. It consists of three parts: “Eternal Dialog”, “Passionate Dialog”, and “Exhausting Dialog”. As with most of Svankmajer’s work it is surreal, dark, humorous, and rich with meaning.
Geometry Of Circles - Sesame Street and Philip Glass - 1979
Sesame Street has just celebrated 40 years of broadcast so it’s a good time to feature a video from a show that has educated and inspired many generations. This is collection of 4 separate animation pieces that appeared on the show in 1979. Relatively unknown at the time, a chap named Philip Glass composed the music specifically for the animations around the same time as his Einstein on the Beach opera.
An oldy but a goody… All the way from 2002! I can remember being very envious of such an amazing concept when I first watched this. It’s another one of those amazing student films from Supinfocom.
I pretty much love everything David O’Reilly has ever done. I first saw his work at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2005… The amazing music video for Venetian Snares ‘Szamar Madar’. Since this he has produced some awesome stuff, including a music video for U2, onstage visuals for MIA and a handful of amazing, mind bending shorts… Seriously… Mind bending… You have to watch them.
His work is kind of a mix between Sega 3D graphics, Chris Ware, Windows Paint and bad dreams.
I can’t wait to see his latest project Serial Entoptics… It looks very subtle compared to this… still very beautiful… although with Venetian Snares appearing on the trailer it could become explosive.
I know this isn’t a short film but it touches my heart every time I see it. It features Asimo, Honda’s amazingly anthropomorphic humanoid robot and was produced by Wieden + Kennedy in 2006. The beautiful music is by Goldmund.
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