ThingsAmongMany

No idea how I could possibly have missed this up till now, but it looks amazing:

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman. When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

What can I say, even I get caught by the obivous sometimes. This is an untitled “short film” in the form of an animated gif. I realize she’s a little mainstream, but I love the grainy silence and the behind-the-scenes feel of this one.

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It never ceases to amaze me what people can do these days with a little time and determination - and, of course, a whole lotta know-how. Case in point is the Cannes-recognized short ARK, directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys. Inspired by the old catacombs found in Italy, ARK is the story of a fight for survival:

An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true nature of the disease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set off in search of uninhabited land. So begins the exodus, led by one man…

The short was created by shooting hand-made models and then inserting the characters and coloring on the computer. There’s a slideshow of the models and the shooting process here that’s well worth a look. It’s incredible that much of this story was shot on a standard Nikon D70!

You can watch ARK below, but for the full effect you should really take a few minutes to download the HD version here. Also have a look at the ARK website. Without further ado…

This fun little animation was created entirely from still images, then put together into an animated short. Think twice before you take your next bite of mac ‘n cheese.

Created by Flat33.

Opening sequence for a new movie called Trekant (which means “triangle” or can be interpreted as “threesome”).

Animated short by Andy Huang.

More animation goodness from Three Legged Legs. Samurai is part of the GE Ecomagination campaign by BBDO.

Animated short created, I believe, as a school project by the crew that then became Three Legged Legs.

For Coke, by Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam. Animation by Psyop.