As the film films start pouring out of the various animation schools, I draw your attention to Kyler Spears’ heroic first-year film from his studies at CalArts. Spears is certainly a young animator to keep your eye on. Here’s Mafuta:
I must admit, I am a huge dork for Flat Eric – I have the plush doll and regularly go back and watch the original music videos and Levi’s commercials that swept the web back in 1999. It doesn’t hurt that love Quentin Dupieux’s music. Dupieux, of course, is the man known as Mr. Oizo, the creator of Flat Eric and the French electronic musician. Here’s a teaser for his next project titled Stade 3, which co-stars William Fichtner:
I’ve been following the Kickstarter fundraiser for A Cautionary Tail, a new CG film from Sam Rippingale. He’s pulled together a cast that includes Academy-Award winning actress Cate Blanchett, and as you’ll see in the clip below, they’re using hand-made miniature sets in the production.
Víctor Paredes directed and animated this Earth Day short using Anime Studio Pro 8, to achieve a paper cut-out look. Mario Quiñones handled art direction and design.
Curious Pictures’ Saul Blinkoff directed the animation in this new PSA titled Book People Unite. Starring familiar characters like Babar, Curious George and Greg from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the spot also features music produced by The Roots.
Sean Soong, a student at Communication University, just uploaded this Star Wars themed short about an old man who is denied a subway seat. Here’s SubWars:
