ANIMATED SHORTS
Jan. 31st, 2008 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aimeekittyANIMATED SHORTS
I borrowed dvds of the oscar-nominated short animated films and sat down and watched those, plus some old personal favorite shorts, and whatever interesting ones I could find on youtube.
Peter and the Wolf... (one of the oscar films this year) again visually stunning. I really liked the personalities of the duck and the bird in it... but I really want to see something more exuberant right now.
Madame Tutli Putli (another one of the oscar nominated films this year) was stunning and definitely provoking. But it hurt my heart due to recent events... I actually couldn't watch parts of it. All the same, I drew a quickie of madame while watching it:
There's much beauty and many really fascinating ideas in nominated films... but I don't see many that have really that give me that warm feeling I like. So many of them are so serious or so dark. I'd like to see more films that are uplifting and have more traditional animation. Many uplifting or funny films don't have the style of animation that I like. It's rare to find one that has everything I like... but here's some examples
two of my all-time favorite shorts:
Eric Goldberg's Rhapsody in Blue
and Miyazaki's On Your Mark
Another film I've always adored is Labyrinth (from the "Neo Tokyo" dvd release) This is the kind of exuberant animation I love. It's a darker story, but I never get bored of watching these characters move.
..... if you are aware of more films in this vein, please let me know. It's hard to find really neat short films. I'm tempted to ask a few of my friends for Calarts Producer's show favorites, there's always a couple interesting ones in there. The trouble is going through all the not so great ones to get to the few gems. You come out feeling ragged after watching so many different films.
I'm going to go watch some more films now and do some drawings.
I will leave you with some uplifting films... with the hope that you will send me some.
Wake Up Cat
and Mitten:
I borrowed dvds of the oscar-nominated short animated films and sat down and watched those, plus some old personal favorite shorts, and whatever interesting ones I could find on youtube.
Peter and the Wolf... (one of the oscar films this year) again visually stunning. I really liked the personalities of the duck and the bird in it... but I really want to see something more exuberant right now.
Madame Tutli Putli (another one of the oscar nominated films this year) was stunning and definitely provoking. But it hurt my heart due to recent events... I actually couldn't watch parts of it. All the same, I drew a quickie of madame while watching it:
There's much beauty and many really fascinating ideas in nominated films... but I don't see many that have really that give me that warm feeling I like. So many of them are so serious or so dark. I'd like to see more films that are uplifting and have more traditional animation. Many uplifting or funny films don't have the style of animation that I like. It's rare to find one that has everything I like... but here's some examples
two of my all-time favorite shorts:
Eric Goldberg's Rhapsody in Blue
and Miyazaki's On Your Mark
Another film I've always adored is Labyrinth (from the "Neo Tokyo" dvd release) This is the kind of exuberant animation I love. It's a darker story, but I never get bored of watching these characters move.
..... if you are aware of more films in this vein, please let me know. It's hard to find really neat short films. I'm tempted to ask a few of my friends for Calarts Producer's show favorites, there's always a couple interesting ones in there. The trouble is going through all the not so great ones to get to the few gems. You come out feeling ragged after watching so many different films.
I'm going to go watch some more films now and do some drawings.
I will leave you with some uplifting films... with the hope that you will send me some.
Wake Up Cat
and Mitten:
