Tag: animation

Bendito Machine III

Post author By prawn1
Post date April 3, 2009

Peruvian-born Jossie Malis is an award-winning illustrator and animator who surely thinks out of the box.

His latest animated project, Bendito Machine III features an ancient civilization and their interactions with modern technology. A village elder discovers a television and the tribe is fascinated with the new object, becoming overly-obsessed, and eventually hailing it as a god. One villager sees its evil nature and must find a way to destroy it.

With its minimalist colors and quirky sounds, Bendito Machine III is full of symbolism and certainly one of the best flash animations I’ve seen.

Edit: It seems one can only watch Bendito Machine IIIon Vimeo, so head there or watch the YouTube version below:

Bendito Machine I and II are after the jump.

Tags animation, Bendito Machine, flash animation, illustrator, Jossie Malis, Zumbakamera

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Oktapodi

Post author By prawn1
Post date December 28, 2008

A cute animated short about two octopi deep in love; they get separated and it’s a desperate chase to keep their love alive.

Tags animal love, animation, chase sequences

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Al Dente

Post author By prawn1
Post date December 22, 2008

Al Dente is an animated short movie produced by Supinfocom, France and is about a little peasant girl who discovers the magic and the dangers of an ogre’s kitchen.

Click Play or go to the official site – via Haha.nu.

Tags animation, food preparation, ogres, suspense, vegetables

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Blu-ray Review: Surf’s Up

Post author By prawn1
Post date December 21, 2008

Penguins. I don’t like them (childhood nightmare, don’t ask) but lots of people do. They’re cute, they dress in black and white outfits, and they walk funny. Trust Hollywood to cash in on this. Now, after March of the Penguins, Madagascar, and Happy Feet, comes the animated flick Surf’s Up.

Surf’s Up is a mockumentary that tells the story of fatherless Cody Maverick (Maverick Senior had an unfortunate confrontation with the business end of a whale). Cody (voiced by Shia LeBeouf) is an up-and-coming surfer living in Shiverpool, Antarctica. When surf talent scout Mikey Abromowitz (voiced by Mario Cantone) visits the area, Cody gets recruited to compete in the Annual Big Z Memorial Surf-Off, an homage to Z, a deceased surfing legend whom Cody has idolized since childhood.

Will Cody get some bad sets at the Surf-Off? Find out after the jump.

Tags animation, surfing