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TAG FOR “Shorts”Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
June 21, 2010 12:05 am
Here’s the first of a series of little shorts about Giants created by designer/animators Yann Benedi and Celine Desrumaux. They say the idea is to “discover the untold truths about Giants and their conflicts with human beings”. You can read more about the Giants to come at their CelineYann blogspot. 3 Comments » posted in Shorts, Céline Desrumaux, Celine & Yann 
June 19, 2010 6:00 am
Our “Saturday Morning Cartoon” this week is an amazing student film mixing CG backgrounds with hand drawn “anime”. The Subway Time was created by Dongzhen.Li, a student at the Beijing Film Academy. Watch the film below, then check out The Making-Of Video. (Thanks, Dekku) 18 Comments » posted in Anime, Shorts, Student
June 17, 2010 4:13 pm
Here’s a funky CG kids’ show pilot from Buenos Aires, Argentina called Glüko & Lennon. Created by Federico Radero and Tomi Dieguez at L’Orange Gutan, the show contains a generous dose of the rainbow-colored vector-oriented design sensibility that can be found in spades at any Pictoplasma conference. They make the look work well, though I can’t imagine any US broadcasters would be hip enough to allow a show like this on the air. For more about the show, visit GlukoAndLennon.blogspot.com. (Thanks, David OReilly) 19 Comments » posted in Shorts, Stop Motion
June 17, 2010 11:45 am
Brooklyn-based animator and bona fide biker chick Lori Samsel made this cute animated piece entirely out of Japanese rice crackers. I think I’m most impressed that she managed to animate the film before eating all of the crackers. Those things are yummy! 3 Comments » posted in Shorts, Stop Motion
June 16, 2010 9:02 am
Something Left, Something Taken is a charming and funny tale about paranoia in the Bay Area. It’s made by the Brooklyn-based husband-and-wife team of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, who are better known as Tiny Inventions. They worked on the film for nearly two-and-a-half years in between commercial jobs like this “Davy Crockett” music video for They Might Be Giants. Max and Ru used nearly every trick in the bag to make this including stop-motion, pixilation, drawn animation on paper, After Effects, Flash and live-action puppets. The film mixes together these elements in a seamless manner to create a whimsical hand-crafted world featuring lots of felt, fabric, rope, and cardboard. My favorite touch is the crocheted eyelids of the characters. A comprehensive “making of” blog post with videos and images is available on their website. CREDITS Sound Design/ Mix: Greg Sextro (East West Audio) Voice: Friends who helped us: 24 Comments » posted in Shorts, Stop Motion, Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata, Tiny Inventions
June 15, 2010 1:11 am
Tonight at 7pm, ASIFA-East and Women in Animation present a screening of the films of Frank and Caroline Mouris. The couple is best known for their Oscar-winning short Frank Film, which still looks fresh and current nearly forty years after it was made. The screening takes place at the School of Visual Arts (209 E. 23rd St. between 2nd/3rd Ave) in room 502 on the 5th floor. It’s FREE so you’ve got no excuse to miss this one. 2 Comments » posted in Events, Shorts
June 14, 2010 7:09 pm
The President of the Universe by Queens, NY-based animator Mike Carlo was one of the shorts that premiered last week at the Midsummer Night Toons event. The humor won’t be everybody’s cup of tea, but there’s some nice cartoony artwork throughout, and animated in Flash no less. CREDITS (Thanks to Celia for the link) 21 Comments » posted in Flash, Shorts
June 14, 2010 4:05 am
This Friday, June 18, NY indie Pat Smith will be presenting a screening of his short films including the world premiere of his latest film Masks. Also on the program: a behind-the-scenes mini-doc directed by Lizz Lyons. Pat, Lizz, and Karl von Kries, the composer of Masks, will be available for a Q&A session after the show. The screening begins at 8pm at the 92Y in Tribeca (200 Hudson St.). Tickets, which are $12, can be purchased ahead of time at the 92Y website. Also be sure to check out Scribble Junkies, the blog that Pat co-authors with Bill Plympton. |
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