Paperman
Walt Disney Animated Studios has a great short that played before the theater-release of Wreck-it-Ralph called Paperman. It’s beaut.
Cardboard Arcade and An Ingenious 9 Year Old
A great story and video about a kid’s LA CardCade.
Sorry Colossal for another repost, but this had to be shared!
This is the story of a nine year old boy named Caine who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his father’s used auto part store. A dollar gets you four plays, and two dollars gets you a five-hundred turn FUN PASS. Business was slow until independent filmmaker Nirvan Mullick spotted the arcade and plotted to change Caine’s life forever. Watch the short film and if you feel as weepy and joyous as I did, head over to his newly established scholarship fund. And can I just say, what an amazing dad to support, encourage, and allow his son to pretty much overtake his storefront for the sake of fun and creativity. (via mefi)
Underwater Ink
New Underwater Ink Photographs by Alberto Seveso
Over the past two years or so there’s been no shortage of photography and short films featuring the sensuous curls of ink plumes dispersing underwater. Yet nobody comes close to the master, Italian photographer Alberto Seveso (previously here and here) who creates impressive underwater landscapes so rich in detail and color it makes me want to swim through my monitor. See more from his new series, a due Colori.
Logorama
Logorama from Marc Altshuler – Human Music + S on Vimeo.
This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.
In this film the opening (Dean Martin “Good Morning Life”) and closing (The Ink Spots “I don’t want to send the world on fire”) songs are licensed pre-existing tracks. All the other music and sound design was handled in-house at human.
