Time is ticking and we are now progressing into week 5. The task for this weeks blog is to upload 3 internet delivered short films that are under 10 minutes and discuss why we chose them.
I was using my friends laptop today and for some reason his Youtube is in Japanese, confused the hell out of me, so thank god my mac knows what country we're in! Here is what I came up with when searching for some short films..
I Met the Walrus
"In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was in the midst of Lennon's "bed-in" phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries traditional pen sketches by James Braithwaite with digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message."
I am a huge, huge Beatles fan so when I came across this short film I didn't think twice about including it in my blog. The film is directed by Josh Raskin, stars Jerry Levitan and John Lennon and the message that wavers here is timeless. I chose it because its a great short film that captures a really great song writers thoughts and reveals them through more than great thought and drawn animation. Could say its great! "Piss for peace!" "Profound Whatever". This short film even has its own website - http://www.imetthewalrus.com/ and has both won and been nominated for numerous academy awards.
For the Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3IpOFsKcDQ
"One by one, a flock of small birds perches on a telephone wire. Sitting close together has problems enough and then comes a large and dopey bird that tries to join them. The birds of a feather can't help but make fun of him and their clique mentally proves embarrassing in the end."
"One by one, a flock of small birds perches on a telephone wire. Sitting close together has problems enough and then comes a large and dopey bird that tries to join them. The birds of a feather can't help but make fun of him and their clique mentally proves embarrassing in the end."
So this is a Pixar Animation Studios short film that was released in 2000. It is damn funny! I chose this short film because of the work that goes on behind the scenes to create such a clever lead up to a feature film. Pixar are renowned for their creative and technical talent to create short films and television commercials using three-dimensional computer animation and in 2002, 'For the Birds' received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. So you know its good!
Vincent
"Vincent Malloy is seven years old, He’s always polite and does what he’s told. For a boy his age, he’s considerate and nice, But he wants to be just like Vincent Price.He doesn't mind living with his sister, dog and cats, Though he'd rather share a home with spiders and bats.There he could reflect on the horrors he's invented, And wander dark hallways alone and tormented."
This short film is based on a poem that Tim Burton composed himself and is a fine example of his earlier works. I liked it and I chose this film because its weird and sinister, amusing and gruesomely imaginative! It's evident that Burton was going on to great things with this film, he harks back at the horror films he experienced in his childhood and sets his style apart from any other director because of it. So just to clarify it was directed by Tim Burton and then narrated By Vincent Price.
*** Why is internet distribution important for short films and their audiences?
So the Internet has quickly become a significant retail outlet for the distribution of short films. I think this is important in terms of 'easy access' and 'cost'. The internet has made short films readily available to its audiences at the click of a button and so short films are circulated through online users much quicker and accessed far more conveniently than ever before. This then leads to cost. Short films distributed through the internet can lower production costs as budgets do not have to be split to include covering a films 'distribution'. Saves money I guess for both the producer and the consumer.
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