thekidshouldseethis:

Shooting stop-motion straight down on the ground is such a great way to animate. Aardman Studio’s recently released Gulp, a sponsored short that was filmed on “the world’s largest stop-motion animation set.”

Sorry I’m Late, by Tomas Mankovsky in 2009 (above), is another fun (and more home-grown/tangible) endeavor. Shot in an auditorium in London — with a lot of tests, and trial and error — you can see just how they put it all together here: sorry-im-late.com.

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makingofmovies:

The poster for the new Pixar short, ‘La Luna’ 

Simple and beautiful imagery as always. I love Pixar short films. (Actually I’m more excited about this short than about Cars 2, as Cars is the only Pixar movie I didn’t really like.)

Also—have you noticed the white of the boy’s eyes forming two little moons? [fyi: la luna (spanish): the moon]

The 1989 short film “I Just Want to Kiss You”, directed by Jamie Thraves and starring Stephen Fry, is a British homage to the French New Wave and a touching story of friendship and love.

The surrealist animated short comedy film “REJECTED”, by the brillant Don Hertzfeldt.

It got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2000, received 27 awards from film festivals around the world, and garnered a large cult following.
Nonsensical, hilarious, philosophical, dark, twisted, genius. Just as much as his other animated short films:

The Animation Show | Everything will be OK | Lily and Jim | Billy’s Balloon | Wisdom Teeth | Ah, L’Amour | Genre

Great dark+twisted short film ‘Blinky™’, directed by Ruairi Robinson, starring Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are). Perfect CGI and perfectly disturbing.

stayforthecredits:

Maggie: What was your favorite movie in your entire life?

Pauline: In my entire life? Well, there’s a French movie that probably you’ve never heard of that I like best…

Maggie: And what was the French movie?

Pauline: ”Menilmontant,” a silent movie made in 1924 by Dmitri Kirsanov starring his beautiful Russian-born wife, Nadia Sibirskaya.

—From “Afterglow: A Last Conversation With Pauline Kael” by Francis Davis

Wow. This silent film is a punch in the face when it comes to editing (I read that it’s part of the Soviet Montage film movement afterwards, so I didn’t expect that—but even compared to other films from that movement it’s amazing). And Nadia Sibirskaia’s performance is astounding.

(Source: blogs.suntimes.com)

mutations:

swampandreviews:

Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports is a Finnish horror/comedy about Santa Claus, and it looks FUCKING AWESOME. The trailer just blew my mind so I highly recommend you see it here.

oh my fucking god.

Fuck yeah, originality in movies (yes, I’m sad this is not a standard in today’s movie industry anymore)! I love the tagline, and the trailer looks awesome, as well as the two short films that initiated this movie (like in District 9, where there was also a short film made before it was developed into a feature), and that you should watch right now (they’re under 10 mins) — The first, and main, short film: Rare Exports, Inc. (2003); and the second short film: Rare Exports: Official Safety Instructions (2005).
Don’t miss checking this out.

Theatre Of The New Ear: Hope Leaves The Theatre (1/6)

In 2005, the Coen brothers and Charlie Kaufman made a sound-only production called ‘Theatre of the New Ear’, scored by Carter Burwell, consisting of two segments.

This segment is ‘Hope Leaves The Theatre’, written&directed by Kaufman, starring Hope Davis, Meryl Streep &Peter Dinklage. It is classic Kaufman. Oddly funny, but also quite depressing, and very self-referential.

And there’s ‘Sawbones’, written&directed by the Coens, starring Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Philip Seymour Hoffman &more. This one’s got two stories in one, actually. Listen to it HERE.

Both are friggin amazing, and I don’t know how I ever could’ve missed this. I highly recommend listening to them.

‘CAROUSEL’ (short film) (dir. Adam Berg)
[Winner of Cannes-Lions 2009 Film GRAND PRIX]

An epic frozen moment cops and robbers shootout sequence that includes clowns, explosions, a decimated hospital, and plenty of broken glass and bullet casings, as well as a twist ending, while still working as an endless loop.
It is astounding.

The Making Of
http://www.cinema.philips.com/

“Rabbit Punch” (directed by Kristian Andrews, 2008)

A dark short film with stunning visuals. I just love the animation style.