Becoming
A beautifully conceived dance film with steadicam work that is out of this world.
Blondy
A short stop animated film by Jorge Piquer and Julie Galland AKA La ignorancia.
Watch it. (via 1nspirational)
Boob
TwitchFilm has more. Definitely NSFW.
ZooLogic
A penguin and gorilla team up to lead the other animals in a comedic revolution against a zoo keeper who just will not leave them alone.
Directed by Nicole Mitchell. Winner of a Student Academy Award 2008.
Can We Talk?
Hilarious! (Thanks Nic)
One Shot
Execution is as flawless as it can be.
Watch it – from the director of Gi Ho Lo
9
Action packed animated story about…well…to kill the mean monster. Good enough for me.
Dr. Horrible
Josh Whedon, writer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, directs this videoblog/show starring Neil Patrick Harris. Be a little patient because it picks up from its slow start wonderfully. A clever tale with ample amounts of wit.
Watch it – download it on iTunes.
This is an incredibly successful internet phenomenon (making it to the Time’s Best Inventions of 2008!!). A couple of thoughts:
- Length. People keep saying the shorter is better online. This has been true but the internet is evolving and with it the perception that the internet is some sort of distraction from other forms of media will change. I can’t wait, very promising for storytellers.
- Whedon said it was a small budget with the budget in the low six figure amount. Yes, I am with you when you say “that is a small budget”. But this is clearly an investment. This video series will be a full fledged something. This is just the beginning.
- I hadn’t heard about it till the Time’s article. But Googling the show, there isn’t a doubt in my mind that this is megahit. Whedon is quoted as saying as getting a thousand hits in a second in this USA Today article. What is amazing to me is that I hadn’t seen it earlier. I maintain this blog about online video, I spend (too much) time looking for online video content and yet this thing lives successfully outside of my world, my blogs, the places I visit for almost 5 months. Incredible. Shows you the size of the internet and how small you really are.
- Musicals do great online. I was talking to Rhett & Link about their incredible videoblog (more about them later) and they were saying their most popular videos end up being their music videos.
Eat Dog Cat Mouse
A frantic tale of revenge and relentless eating: before Mouse finds a way to delicious cornfield, it’s eaten by Cat, with dire consequences for the food chain.
A short movie made by Kwok Fung Lam for the 2005 edition of Mesh.
Download it. (MOV)
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
Picture This
Three young men on a mission to save a failing motion picture studio. And their own asses.
A short animation by Juan Pablo Sans, Julio Galan, and Matthew Doble.
“The Machine Girl” Trailer
From the creators of Death Trance and Meatball Machine…
Watch it. (Flash Video)
via Giavasan
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
Desserts
A man (Ewan McGregor) is walking alone on a beach, when he caught sight of an abandoned treat.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Pockok
Mice race. Can a small mouse, Barbie, beat Tiger or Gioggolo, the masters of the game? For three young boys the answer is yes, but not everybody thinks the same.
Short movie written and directed by Péter Fazakas.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Killing Michael Bay
Michael Bay is the classic Hollywood sell-out. Time for some payback:
Two disgruntled independent filmmakers kidnap Hollywood bigshot Michael (Pearl Harbor) Bay and plan to kill him for his crimes against cinema. Bay escapes and the chase is on…!
The cheesy chase is a lot of fun.
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