Short Film Saturday: The Hidden People
After last week, surely you all need a slight reprieve. This short, is quite so, animate, has a bit of humor to it, but also plays the “cabin in the woods” formula, very well. Enjoy!
Short Film Saturday
Short Film Saturday: The Strange and Eerie Memoirs of Billy Wuthergloom
This is a funny and off-beat horror short that is a perfect light start to 61 Days of Halloween. It feels like it could be the prelude to a series or teaser for a a feature but still works on its own. It features BAM-Award nominee Peter DaCunha and Jake Goodman, probably best known for his role on Life with Boys. Enjoy!
Short Film Saturday: Water (2012)
A subtle and sensitively rendered tale despite having “gay short film” brandished all over it on YouTube.
Short Film Saturday: Papa Don’t Preach
In honor of Madonna’s birthday I am posting one of her videos, which always had a tendency to be cinematic. Here aside from an opening montage there is also Danny Aiello playing the role of her father.
Short Film Saturday: Delfinasia by Asia Argento
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: sometimes companies will commission short films, but that doesn’t be default make them cash grabs. It’s about the finished product watch Asia Argento’s short for a jewelry line and tell me there isn’t artistry to it.
Short Film Saturday: Duet (2014)
If this short is eligible for the Oscars this year it has the potential to blow the field out of the water. Less than four minutes in length and I was moved to tears. This is Glen Keane’s first project for Google/Motorola’s Advanced Technology and Projects Group, Keane has worked as a supervising animator on many Disney films – if you didn’t know that going in it would be evident as you watch the spacial freedom, the journey through time and the metamorphic traditional animation at play.
Short Film Saturday: Howl
There are quite a few reasons to include this short. First, James Franco reads this version of Ginsberg’s “Howl” in this film. As Entertainer of the Year last year things he’s involved with get y attention. However, there’s also the fact that a poem is being artistically rendered as an animated piece in several small sections. The other sections, this is merely part one, and more information on the film can be found here.
Short Film Saturday – Love Film: Love Fencing
This is another short that’s part of a series. This time it’s a series of sports shorts. This title features a structure familiar to fans of Disney, the zaniness of Looney Tunes and a modern sensibility to pop culture references. Enjoy!
LOVE SPORT: LOVE FENCING from STUDIO AKA on Vimeo.
Short Film Saturday: Cyrano de Bergerac (1900)
What is often overlooked when the discussion of the end of the silent era is had, or colorization for that matter, is that experiments with both color and sound occurred quite often before technology progressed such that it became a more practical feat.
Many know that quite a few silents were hand tinted, which is to same the color was applied frame-by-frame as desired. However, sound experiments often occurred also. Usually by implementing a technique called sound-on-cylinder. This film is believed to be the first to implement both as a scene from Cyrano de Bergerac plays out.
Short Film Saturday- Action Movie Kid: Going to School
Quite often you find a lot of shorts if you merely follow the right people on Twitter. Here’s the story behind this short, and the series it’s a part of, per Charles Webb:
Some days, you just want to see a toddler skydiving. Or, at least, fake-skydiving in a video created by his animation pro dad.
“Going to School” has you covered. It’s the latest installment of Action Movie Kid, a series of videos from DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto, who’s decided to use his son as the subject of his rapidly growing VFX reel.
Enjoy!
The Movie Rat 