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Pirates are generally reviled but you’d be hard-pressed not to love the Robot Pirates. Created by lawlolawlstudios in collaboration with Songstowearpantsto.com, this humourous little piece is about a bunch of mechanical menaces sailing the high seas of an an 8-bit world. Yo ho ho and a Bottle of RAM.
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In his “Let the Game Continue” design, threadless user Eduardo San Gil shows how Tetris blocks are created. It might look a little gruesome but at least it involves recycling. Another theory has just been revealed, this time from Russia. It is entitled “Тетрис против контры” or “Tetris against the odds” according to Google Translate. Check it out below and let us know what you think about the ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpbB1lHaQs
Epic sound effects right there! See more videos of this type on LAGGER131313‘s YouTube channel.
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This slick animated short was made by London Studio I Love Dust was for Nike Japan’s “Sister One” launch in the Southeast Asian market. Inspired by popular elements in anime (neon lights, upskirts, Godzilla-sized monsters, etc.), the video tells the story of a dancing-girl-turned-superhero trying to save a metropolis from rampaging robots.
What you see below is the director’s cut of Nike Chase. Enjoy.
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I’m a master procrastinator (I had a great teacher in Lucy furr). In fact, I had meant to post about this yesterday ;-)
London-based illustrator, Johnny Kelly created a quirky video for his graduation project at the Royal College of Art all about procrastination. It’s worth a watch if you have other pressing work things to get to but don’t quite feel like it.
[via Neatorama]
When I think about titans clashing, I am imagining Mr T and Chuck Norris in a loving embrace. This most awesome stop-motion animation completely tops that. The king of pop is in a dance-off with the prince of physical comedy. Who will triumph? Find out after the jump.
VIDEOGIOCO is unusual and violently so. Conceived by Donato Sansone, VIDEOGIOCO combines doodling with stop-motion filming to create something quite unique, and so very odd. It has a killer ending, which also happens to be its beginning. Have a look below.
VIDEOGIOCO means videogame in Italian.
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In one of the most striking music visualizations I’ve seen, the video for the single “Soy Tu Aire” by Spanish band Labuat lets you use the mouse to control the movement of an inked line as it moves across the canvas. The site records your effort and at the end of the song, you can re-play it.
It’s beautiful stuff. Check out Soy Tu Aire and let us know what you think.
This brings back memories of my ill-fated attempts to charm the ladies. Created by Clément Soulmagnon and Gary Levesque under the moniker Flying V, this short film tells the story of shy guy Virgile as he tries to impress the girl that he has the hots for. As he gets more desperate, the bigger his antics become. It’s quite sweet.
Check it out below or watch it in HD at Vimeo.
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We’re on a bit of an arty vibe today and in his short film, Hemlock, self-taught animator Tyson Ibele from New Zealand tells the story of an ancient myth using a Steampunk aesthetic. This what Ibele has to say about how the story and title came about.
The story came from an idea I had a few years ago about a twist on the “King Midas” myth, where instead of a king touching something and turning it into gold, he touches it and it turns into clockwork. Then, I adapted that idea into the “Fountain of Youth” story, because I felt I could work a better over-arching narrative into it.
The film is named after a plant called hemlock that was used in poisons throughout history. It’s a fairly innocuous-looking member of the parsley family, in plant terms, but it is quite deadly. So, it’s a reference to the way the water from the well in the film seems desirable….but drinking it has terrible consequences.
Terrible consequences indeed. It’s a creepy tale and animated well. See it below or watch it in HD at Vimeo.
[via Haha.nu]
Organized by the Festival de Cannes and in its fifth year, the Short Film Corner is a 10-day forum for short filmmakers from around the world to showcase their short films to potential buyers and festival programmers.
Reach is one such short film, and is one of 10 finalists in the National Film Board of Canada’s online competition at this year’s Short Film Corner. Created by Australian animator Luke Randall, Reach tells the story of a tiny robot who wants to experience the outside world but a limitation is holding it back. I don’t think I need to tell you about the symbolism here.
It’s wonderfully animated, check it out.
The films from all 10 finalists are on YouTube. Internet votes will decide the best film, so vote for your favourite. The winner will be announced May 21st, 2009.
[via Laughing Squid]
