Minor League Giants
A photo slideshow by Porter Gifford about little league baseball. Lovely.
Watch it (via Shoot the Blog)
Gone in a Flash
Beautiful cinematography. The HD camera & 35mm lens combo predictably create a striking picture. Widescreen cinema loves a subject in the middle and there is plenty of that in this short, especially effective when the subject looks directly in camera. The story is cute, not sure if I would like it if it were shot differently.
The Old Mill
The natural community of animals populating an old abandoned windmill in the country, deals with a violent thunderstorm that nearly destroys their habitat.
The Old Mill is a 1937 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5, 1937. Won the 1937 Academy Award for “Best Short Subjects: Cartoons”.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Anika’s Odyssey: Land of the Taniwha
We rarely post games here, but this one deserves it. Not that it is very innovative, nor challenging. But this little point-and-click is just like an illustrated book for (grown-up) children. You open it, and for ten (twenty, thirty…) minutes you actually are into it.
Play it. (Flash)
Surly Squirrel
The short features a squirrel, his rat sidekick, and their plot to get food and outwit a raccoon. Things get out of hand rather quickly.
Directed by Peter Lepeniotis at Dan Krech Productions.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
via Frederator Blogs
One By One
Kids in a South African village fly kites to Lebo M’s song from “Rhythm of the Pride Lands”.
Directed by Pixote Hunt, the short was produced by Don Hahn and Roy Disney in 2004, and intended to be part of the abandoned Fantasia 2006.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Ticklinks: Let the Music Start!
Are you ready to roll?
- Let’s heat things up with a video mash-up of The Simpsons vs Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit.
- And now, for a real deal, a percussions dueling between singer/songwriter Assaf Seewi on drums trading beats with beatbox champion Donny Rambles.
- Clair de Lune, based on Claude Debussy’s piano piece, a segment realized for Disney’s Fantasia and left out of the first release of the film.
- Your dessert: a Thanksgiving Mad TV sketch where James Brown and Kenny Rogers try to cook a turkey.
That’s it. Stay cool.
PAF the mosquito
One of the funnier bits is the guy dancing in the beginning. The next new dance sensation: a 3D figure imitating human form.
1-2-3 / Apple Tree
An extremely cute video for Herman Dune’s single, first of a series directed by Toben Seymour. Also starring Larry Hankin.
Download. (Quicktime)
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Bonus: La Blogothèque take-away show.
as seen on antville
Billy Joel on Sesame Street
Billy Joel performs an alternate version of Just The Way You Are on Sesame Street for Oscar “The Grouch”, with Marlee Matlin signing.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Yo Gabba Gabba!
There’s a party in my tummy! Yummy yummy!! In my tummy, party party!!!
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Moonbird - 1959 Oscar Winning Animated short
Animating real audio recordings has become quite common. There is, however, a certain freshness of the idea in Moonbird. There is a real sense of discovery in every twist and turn in the ramblings of the little children. Ramblings you can neither write or act out such as this.
Shawn the sheep episodes
From the creators of Wallace and Gromit comes this extremely cute series about a bold little sheep.
Watch Off the Baa & The Kite
Brad Bird’s Family Dog
From the director who brought you The Incredibles and Ratatouille comes Family Dog. A short film that Bird directed early in his career. It is an absolute gem. One of my all time favorite animated shorts. You can find many traces of Ratatouille in this film.
Every element of the animation is expressive, from the rug to the character’s pants, to the nose to the hair. All these elements hide the weak story. It almost feels like a Shrek sequel where we move from one joke to another instead of one plot point to the next.
This short was originally created for Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, an 80’s television show.
(thanks Fiona!)
Johnny Depp & Marimba Ponies
Saw this link over at BoingBoing, I expected an awkward celebrity moment but instead it was more of a celebration of childhood. Now you might say that is a pretty broad statement but if you watch the videos, you will surely agree. A bunch of Japanese kids put on a show on a Japanese show for Johnny Depp who is there to promote Pirates of the Caribbean. The kids besides being talented also overflow with genuine excitement and childlike enthusiasm.
More videos from this children’s group:
- On stage
- Comedian’s Gallop
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