{"id":733,"date":"2010-10-07T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T15:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=733"},"modified":"2010-10-07T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T16:04:24","slug":"some-animated-shorts-for-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"Some animated shorts for your soul&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few animated shorts I thought were great:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Margarita<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; This short looks like it came from a full-length feature and the music and art are just fantastic and match each other perfectly.  And there&#8217;s no dialog, which you hardly notice.  The story might seem a bit odd until you understand that the &#8220;star&#8221; is like a achieving a dream&#8230; well, you&#8217;ll have to figure it out for yourself.  I <em>love<\/em> the flight in the boat and the whales in the clouds.  Very awesome and fantastical.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/7348744\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/7348744\">MARGARITA<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1508936\">HAMPA STUDIO<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Third and the Seventh<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; This really isn&#8217;t a story-oriented short, it&#8217;s more of a&#8230; non-story short.  I don&#8217;t know what you would call it.  It&#8217;s more atmospheric I guess.  It&#8217;s all computer rendered (as far as I can tell), but some of the rendering is so awesome that it looks completely real.  (Well, I&#8217;m not sure mapping textures from photos really counts as &#8220;rendering&#8221; if one wants to get technical about it.)  It explores some very welcoming architecture and features music from the wonderful sci-fi film <em>Gattaca<\/em>.  (At least, I think that&#8217;s where the music is from&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/7809605\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/7809605\">The Third &#038; The Seventh<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1337612\">Alex Roman<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alarm<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; A fun short.  Love the Pixar references in the background, and the character and world design are wonderful.  Nice clean animation as well.  And it&#8217;s the first ever time a CGI character brushed his teeth and went to the bathroom at the same time, so it makes animation history!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vN83DfmH9Tw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few animated shorts I thought were great: Margarita &#8211; This short looks like it came from a full-length feature and the music and art are just fantastic and match each other perfectly. And there&#8217;s no dialog, which you hardly notice. 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