Tag: animation

  • The Man Who Had Never Been to the Cinema by BEELD.

    I’m trying out a new type of posting.

    I found this commercial for Rede Telecine [1], a 2min. short done by Rio de Janeiro-based animation studio BEELD.motion for the campaign Vá ao Cinema (Go to the Cinema).

    Titled O Homem que Nunca Tinha Ido ao Cinema (The Man Who Had Never Been to the Cinema), the short tells the story of a bitter man who dreads movie theaters because he doesn’t understand them… until he does.

    You can check out BEELD’s concepts and storyboards here.


  • Stylishly Dirty MV for Alain Bashung’s Variations sur Marilou

    I tried sharing this on YinYueTai, where it goes through an approval process. Finally, it didn’t make it… because it didn’t adhere to YinYueTai content policies, which can only means that the music video it’s too dirty. LOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7P8JWd5fc

    The Vimeo version has subtitles.


  • Ryan Woodward – Thought of You

    I don’t know how I missed this back in December~

    oh well~

    This is pretty cool animation.

    You can also learn more about the process over at ConteAnimated.com


  • (notes on) biology

    Who remembers those days when you were in class not paying attention, doodling on your notebook?


  • The Silence Beneath the Bark

    Also known by its French original title, Le Silence sous l’écorce. The animated short directed by Joanna Lurie follows two… little beings (?) who wake up as it begins snowing.

    The short was one of the few shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Oscar nominations, but it missed out on it just like Sensology.

    This style is challenging my eye to figured 3d, 2d and mixed media.

    There’s also a short making-of the short.


  • The Thomas Beale Cipher by Andrew S Allen

    A mystery colorful version of a Film Noir that meets Pythagora Switch (1).

    To be honest, this short could easily have gotten an Oscar nod… dunno if it was eligible this year, though. Maybe next time? It’s definitely stylish, and if it holds clues… worth repeat viewings xD

    The film contains 16 hidden messages that hold clues to the characters’ secrets. Eight are fairly easy requiring only a close eye. Six are moderately difficult using various encryption methods. Two are extremely difficult requiring a genius mind to decrypt.


  • It’s pointless to discuss religion with someone who blindly believes it

    This is a rant. xD

    I’ve never been religious… I was as catholic as a 5-year-old could get when their aunts are catholic/christian. Every time we would cross a local church, I would do the cross sign, and I had at least once done the local church tour for Easter week.

    I have the utmost respect for people and their selected religion.

    However, it really irks me when religious people go on and put down other religion’s beliefs, which is the worse kind of religion and the preferred type churches want their followers to have.

    It’s such a pity, because religion can be such a fulfilling experience to some. It makes your life lighter, and sometimes it can get you going.

    Guys, you can be logical and have faith. It’s like that bit on Peter Pan. I do believe in fairies, I do! I do! It’s a wonderful thing to have, and to feel.

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  • Southeastern Film Critics Winners

    Okay, all the critics loved The Social Network. But the SEFC also show some love to The King’s Speech~

    And YAY for Madeo (Mother)! xD

    I’m unsure where exactly is “Southeast” in America xD

    TOP TEN FILMS

    1. The Social Network
    2. The King’s Speech
    3. Winter’s Bone
    4. Black Swan
    5. Inception
    6. True Grit
    7. Toy Story 3
    8. 127 Hours
    9. The Fighter
    10. The Kids Are All Right

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  • Los Angeles Film Critics Winners

    First, let me spazz as the LA Critics surprise by choosing Korean Actress — awesomest ahjumma for the award season — Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress with her work on Bong Joon-ho’s Madeo (Mother). The pick kind of baffles me since I consider Madeo a 2009 Film, and Kim Hye-ja was even nominated in my first Experiments Awards.

    Still… *goes crazy*

    Then, the LA Critics also surprise with a tie for Director choosing Olivier Assayas for Carlos, as well as David Fincher for The Social Network. While adding a personal sting by picking Olivia Williams for Best Supporting Actress runner-up — RUNNER-UP!!!! — for her work on The Ghost Writer… beaten by Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom. LOL

    • Best Picture – The Social Network
      1st. Carlos
    • Director – Olivier Assayas – Carlos
      tie. David Fincher – The Social Network
    • Actor – Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
      1st. Edgar Ramirez – Carlos
    • Actres – Kim Hye-ja – Madeo (Mother)
      1st. Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
    • Supporting Actor – Niels Arestrup – Un Prophete (A Prophet)
      1st. Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
    • Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
      1st. Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer
    • Screenplay – The Social Network
      1st. The King’s Speech
    • Cinematography – Black Swan
      1st. True Grit
    • Documentary – Last Train Home
      1st. Exit Through the Gift Shop
    • Foreign – Carlos
      1st. Madeo (Mother)
    • Animated Film – Toy Story 3
      1st. l’Illusionniste (The Illusionist)
    • Score – The Ghost Writer
      1st. The Social Network
    • Production Design – Inception
      1st. The King’s Speech

    via Living in Cinema


  • Australian Film Institute Noms, Yokohama Film Festival Awards, Plus Oscar Animated Shorts and VFX

    That’s the longest title I’ve ever written. I think. Not sure, but pretty~

    First, let’s start with Oscar talk. There are 10 animated shorts line-up for 3/5 spots at the Academy.

    • Coyote Falls
    • Day & Night
    • Let’s Pollute
    • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, A Journey Diary)
    • Sensology
    • The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger
    • The Gruffalo
    • The Lost Thing
    • Le Silence Sous l’Ecorce (The Silence Beneath the Bark)
    • Urs

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