Woodkid - Run Boy Run (Official Video HD) from WOODKID on Vimeo.

Animation subtle simple

Markus-Weldon copied from Deviant Art Very nice

Flame art

Nice video

Three Films - filmed all over the world

Move

Learn

Eat


Very cool edits

Vimeo explorations

It is late July 2011 have had a lot of fun this summer and some frustrating times with stupid office poiltics

http://theblocked.tumblr.com/

 Small compilation of interesting sites ...this is one of the links that appears on Vimeo

The Holy Chicken of Life & Music, Christmas Greetings from NOMINT on Vimeo.
www.theholychicken.com

NOMINT and the Holy Chicken wish you a Merry Christmas and a Merrier New Year!
Watch the short film “Holy Chicken of Life and Music” here: http://vimeo.com/13781357

www.nomint.gr
facebook.com/​nomint

There is also this one:

Inside_Out from Eran Hilleli on Vimeo.
http://eranhilleli.com

I also came across this funny video for skittles, which I think is hilarious and not associated with Skittles:

Skittles - Newlyweds - Dir. Cousins [Not affiliated with Wrigley or Skittles. Contains explicit content not suitable for minors] from Cousins on Vimeo.
The sweetest honeymoon ever.

http://www.sharetherainbows.com
http://stepcousins.com/

contact us: cousins@stepcousins.com


Director: Cousins
Producer: Kali Erin Niemann
Director of Photography: Greg Ephraim
Stylist: Heather Lake
Make-Up: Kristen Browning
Assistant Camera/Gaffer: Raul Gonzo
Copywirter: Jordan Sharon
Editor: Keith Hamm
Telecine: Clark Muller
Sound Designer: Ian Vargo
Audio Mixer: Matt Miller
Voiceover Talent: Austin Horton

Bride: Ashley Martin
Groom: Austin Scott

Germans In the Woods

Germans in the Woods from Rauch Brothers on Vimeo.

Very touching story from a veteran of World War II

Lichtfaktor light writing

Cruising the web through Scene 360 and this particular video was highlighted, more featured on LichtFaktor's Vimeo page

Starwars V Startrek from LICHTFAKTOR on Vimeo.

Wall Animation and Chalk Animation

I had read about this film by BLU and recently stumbled upon it while viewing some films on Vimeo. His work is, in my estimation, amazing! Partly becuase I can imagine the amount of work it took to do - including prep, pre-drawings, procurring a crew, location scouting, working around and with the contstraints of other peoples schedules. The list goes on, non the less a daunting task in terms of production. Beautiful work I must say. I really do not know much about this artist, he has a website called BLUBLU and he post a fair amount of Walls he has done as well as Videos.

I've also posted a video below that that was done on chalkboards. To me very fluid


The short film by Blu produced approximately a year ago.

an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)

blublu.org/
blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

This film was done in a circular space on chalkboards... I believe there is a mention in the comment section on how long it took to film. I like it mainly besause of its fluidity (yea..that's a word). The music is ethereal; just the way I like it.

Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

Persepolis - Animated film

Watched the film based on Marjane Sattrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Tehran, Iran during the cultural and Islamic revolution of the early eighties. She gives you the perspective of what her family life was like during those times.

I've spoken to people from Iraq, Iran, Suadi Arabia and other mid eastern countries on the internet and for the most part they do not hate westerners, they are humans trying to make it in this world. . The people, as in the USA, are much different than the poilitical ideals of the government.

Marjane's perspective on adapting to the constant changes throught the 80s and 90s in a repressive country was very enlightening. A woman with progressive ideas was frowned upon by the government a govenrment that had become very fundamentalist. What happens in the home is very different from what public life is like. She takes us throught the cost of civil life during the Fals of the Shah, the Iran/Iraq war and the growing fundamentalist dogma. Pantheon books has a very good review of the novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood . Much better than I have written here.

I wish to give full credit to Random House and their Pantheon book division for the excerpt below.

ON WRITING PERSEPOLIS

By Marjane Satrapi, as told to Pantheon staff

Chances are that if you are an American you know very little about the 1979 Iranian Revolution. "This revolution was normal, and it had to happen," says Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, a totally unique memoir about growing up in Iran after the Shah left power. "Unfortunately, it happened in a country where people were very traditional, and other countries only saw the religious fanatics who made their response public." In her graphic novel, Satrapi, shows readers that these images do not make up the whole story about Iran. Here, she talks freely about what it was like to tell this story with both words and pictures, and why she is so proud of the result.

Why I Wrote Persepolis

From the time I came to France in 1994, I was always telling stories about life in Iran to my friends. We'd see pieces about Iran on television, but they didn't represent my experience at all. I had to keep saying, "No, it's not like that there." I've been justifying why it isn't negative to be Iranian for almost twenty years. How strange when it isn't something I did or chose to be? After I finished university, there were nine of us, all artists and friends, working in a studio together. That group finally said, "Do something with your stories." They introduced me to graphic novelists. Spiegelman was first. And when I read him, I thought "Jesus Christ, it's possible to tell a story and make a point this way." It was amazing.

Writing a Graphic Novel is Like Making a Movie
People always ask me, "Why didn't you write a book?" But that's what Persepolis is. To me, a book is pages related to something that has a cover. Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate. Images are a way of writing. When you have the talent to be able to write and to draw it seems a shame to choose one. I think it's better to do both. We learn about the world through images all the time. In the cinema we do it, but to make a film you need sponsors and money and 10,000 people to work with you. With a graphic novel, all you need is yourself and your editor. Of course, you have to have a very visual vision of the world. You have to perceive life with images otherwise it doesn't work. Some artists are more into sound; they make music. The point is that you have to know what you want to say, and find the best way of saying it. It's hard to say how Persepolis evolved once I started writing. I had to learn how to write it as a graphic novel by doing.

What I Wanted to Say

I'm a pacifist. I believe there are ways to solve the world's problems. Instead of putting all this money to create arms, I think countries should invest in scholarships for kids to study abroad. Perhaps they could become good and knowledgeable professors in their own countries. You need time for that kind of change though. I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn't know any people from other countries, I'd think everyone was evil based on news stories. But I know a lot of people, and know that there is no such thing as stark good and evil. Isn't it possible there is the same amount of evil everywhere?If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion, but little by little you can solve problems in the basement of a country, not on the surface. That is why I wanted people in other countries to read Persepolis, to see that I grew up just like other children.It's so rewarding to see people at my book signings who never read graphic novels. They say that when they read mine they became more interested. If it opens these people's eyes not to believe what they hear, I feel successful.

You Have to Think Freely to Know What to Write

My parents were very proud when they read Persepolis. If I criticize them once in a while, it's because it's the truth, and they laugh. My father always says, "It is only an idiot who never changes his mind." My parents accept that times change, and they are not right anymore. They've taught me that you can make mistakes. They were extremely open-minded about what I said and they were demanding. I'm also tender with them because they were magnificent parents. They gave me the most important thing -- the freedom of thinking and deciding for myself. The best present anyone can receive is not being formatted because the world or a religion wants you to be.I Have Mistakes, Not Regrets
In the translation that my American editor is working on now, I tell about when I was only seventeen years old and a junkie living on the streets. It's a terrible part of my life, but I don't say it was a mistake. I learned from that that you can change your life anytime. Of course, I'd rather not have lost two years of my life. But I had my hippie friends in the streets. Maybe I would be boring without them. Maybe I would be an engineer marrying another boring engineer, and not a graphic novelist.
When I was featured in a prominent magazine, the publishers didn't want to print how my great-grandfather was a king, but I ended up a junkie. They decided I would not be a role model if I want to make this past public. But there is nothing I regret. If one is intelligent, one can learn and grow from her mistakes. I like myself now and that is what matters.

You've never seen anything like Persepolis--the intimacy of a memoir, the irresistibility of a comic book, and the political depth of a the conflict between fundamentalism and democracy. Marjane Satrapi may have given us a new genre."--Gloria Steinem
Read more about the book and view sample pages here.

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis from Glenn Marshall on Vimeo.

Stumbled upon this beauty....Not sure what software is Processing, but Glenn explains it somewhat on his blog / website Butterfly . He uses Wordpress and has an RSS.

Processing software. Here is a quote from Glenn's website:

“Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain.”

My mantra is still "search for inspiration" and perhaps with this I may find a way to animate some of my ideas.

However, everything at a cost. Spend money, invest in hardware and software. Invest time in my own pursutes and isolate myself from family. Lose touch or struggle for balance. The stuggle for balance is the better way to go - search for inspriation and find balance in life as much as possible. My biggest hindrance to relating to my kids is my lack of interest in sports. Of course that does not hinder my love for them. As usual I ramble on.

I've continued with the drawings of the orange and will post them soon. I am up to eight sketches and will complete my latest self assignment. To draw one each day for three days. Today is day two, the drawings are roughtly 2"X3". As promised I will post them all when completed.

"Khoda"

Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.

February 14, 2009

I have been traveling quite a bit since I started this blog. Still trying to be inspired. Using facebook to keep in touch with the kids. Posting images of my travels. I'll post some of the travel shots here soon.

Came across some pretty cool stuff, the two videos I posted below are one example. The first post today is the something called "Fifty people, One Question: New York". The second post is also a short film called "blue and yellow". I got curious about the guy that filmed it and did the post production work, who is Mike Landry. He produced another short film for a contest sponsored by Adobe's: "See What's Possible" campaign. I really like his submission, "The Experiment" ; very fluid. Done in black and white and a great soundtrack. Unfortunately he only got Honorable Mention, which ain't bad considering the number entries.

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The Experiment .................... Explore ;Grand Prize winner
Animators: Chris Kelly,.......... Animator: 3 Wagons Deep

Mike Landry, Colin Trenter

I think the home page for the campaign is well done. love the quick Flash banner, very creative and colorful, using simple geometric shapes. There are a number of entries to the contest, the home pages leads you to the winners with specific links to each and a gallery of submissions page so you can watch all of them.