85 Seconds
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This is Water
The message is everything. (via Daring Fireball)
Choros
This superimposed layered video has been done before. What makes this brilliant are the choices that go with the style. What to highlight, what should be hidden and when do these happent. The dance is lovely. The “story” is simple but open to so many possibilities. Put it up in fullscreen and just sit back and enjoy.
To This Day Project – Shane Koyczan
The spoken word is brilliant. The animation is equally brilliant. It improvises, moves, thinks like it were alive. No specific style but a series of connections. This should be played in every classroom.
THE EAGLEMAN STAG
This short is wonderfully ambitious with its storytelling. The underlying intent: “The larger our past gets the smaller our present feels” is given a world to live in. The animation invites you in with layers of textures and ideas.
Speed Dating
Here is the sad truth behind those crappy relationships.
the Scared is scared
Cute. I love the way kid explore stories, not just tell them. Similar to Kid History.
Black Book – Favorite Place
For those who love embroidery.
Paperman
A lovely short by Disney Animation. The style is a mix of modern and old. The story, especially the resolution, is classic Disney. That’s where it kinda disappoints. We like magic on screen, it works but the resolution I wished came from the non-magical. Still, I loved it.
Richard
Interesting character with a unique perspective. I wish it was less stylized, it feels like there was an invisible wall between the subject and the viewer.
Neighborhood
I love split screen and this absolutely nails that aesthetic. Lovely idea, executed beautifully.
Stanley Pickle
Full of lovely little ideas.
Cheetahs on the Edge
The first long shot is mesmerizing.
HINODE
The music was too repetitive but the visuals are just stunning. Worth the price of admission.
NYC Dark
The power cut off in New York City after Hurricane Sandy. The video is an inside look at what it felt and looked liked.