Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Sharing Animation - Screen Play (Barry Purves, 1992)

Today I was with some freaky excitement about stop motion animation, I was even looking for prices to buy one to try some myself (I added the link of the stop motion site where I found the puppets in the awesome animation link list down below), and so, I figured I should share with you a stop motion puppet animation!

And for that I'll refer to one of the bests (if not the best), one great artist that I've shown here before with the animation short "Next". Barry Purves with another genious animation, Screen Play.

As I sad in the last post it's quite curious how he represent his animations in actual stages, and this one is even more evidently a play, since it has a narrator (voice: Michael Maloney) and a beautiful movable stage. This was another highly awarded animation, and surely a deserving one. You may notice that until the animation reaches more than nine minutes, I doesn't have a single 'cut', it's the same shot for almost the whole short, really like we're in a theater, and astonishing work by the animator.


I guess all I can say is for you to watch! Enjoy it very much! I would love to have a puppet like that to play around!

Screen Play by Barry Purves:




Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!


See you next week with another exciting animation!

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Sharing Animation - Donald in Mathmagic Land (Luske, Reitherman, Meador and Clarks - Walt Disney Studios, 1959)

Hello there again!

As promised I bring for the sharing a more cheerful animation! A nostalgic one again! I just love this one! It's incredible and funny and... well you got the idea.

Directed by masters like Les Clarks, Joshua Meador, Wolfgang Reitherman and Hamilton Luske (the most animation addicted know where it comes from by now), here it is, Donald in Mathmagic Land, for the magic people at Disney.

Well, about the animation there's not much to say, you all know their work right?
I just love it, so I hope you'll enjoy it!

Supervised by Luske, directed by Les Clarks, Meador and Reitherman, here is Donald in Mathmagic land.



Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!


See you next week with another amazing animation!


No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Animation is so freaking funny!

Oh big laugh, how are you welcome!

I'll be Laughing Out Loud for a while with this!


Saturday, May 19, 2012

My Animations - Ruínas - A 48h Animation Marathon

As I've posted a few days ago, I participated in a marathon in which I had to create an animation in 48 hours straight along with my other three classmates.

We thought about finishing it (we were given a deadline until 22 of May to finish it if we wanted/could), but we were all very busy with university and other works, that we couldn't manage to complete it.

Also, as I sad in the earlier post, we actually finished all the animation for this very short film, but we had serious unfortunate technical issues with the final editing, but we still had two render that we made out for testing, one with sound and the other a low quality render with the short almost complete but with no sound and still some errors.

So since we're probably not finishing it, I wanted to add this here, because it was a good concept animation and with a good visual. We had a lot of work thinking and creating this animation, and the two hours I got to sleep that weekend certainly paid off (at least in my perspective).

Here it is, created with Leonor Pacheco, Diogo Simões and António Silva, the unfinished 'Ruínas'.


A little bit about the animation:
Our theme was to show how the individual effort can't get the results expected, but only when the whole decides to cooperate and work together, that everything is doable, perceptible and meaningful.
Yes, yes, it's rather a cliché idea, that's why we worked mostly in How to show it in a different manner. We called it an "Avatar" look to it, since the movie Avatar is mostly amazing for it's unique way to tell the same story told so many times before.
In the end it's a minimalist, mosaic designed, way to show how even the human being in its foundations can't work if each part decided to work by itself. If each muscle goes his own way we couldn't even manage to read each other's feelings. It was made based in the today's difficult times of crisis all over the world and those who think that they're fine, while helping only themselves.
Anyway, at the end, the face would give a huge laugh expressing a real feeling that was contained for so long, showing how when it all work together, an expression can be seen and felt and recognized. (the part that so unfortunately gave us trouble when editing.)


The first sound test we rendered:



And the low quality render with the animation almost completed.




It was actually very unfortunate, really, that we couldn't finish it, but still, knowing how much effort, thought and mostly the deep meaning that we were able to put down in this project, I'm very proud of our team.

Sharing Animation - Stairs (Stefan Schabenbeck, 1968)

Hi!
For this week sharing animation I'll be posting a rather unusual animation. The animation itself is very simple actually, simple movements and some changes in the posture; the scenery a little more complex and well designed; but what makes this animation brilliant is it's concept and deep philosophical and existencial issues treated in it.

I think life can't be all good mood flowers and feelings, and sometimes it's good for us to think a little bit about ourselves. That's why I loved this animation and am bringing here to share.

The animation is called Stairs ('Schody' in Polish) by Stefan Schabenbenck.

I don't think there's much I can talk about it, you really have to watch,  but be aware for it is really powerful.

Sit back and enjoy this 'not for kids' piece.




Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!


See you next week for a more cheerful animation, I promise! =)

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Sharing Animation - História Trágica Com Final Feliz (Regina Pessoa, 2005)

Aos portugueses: Estejam presentes AQUI.

For this week's animation sharing, I bring to you a portuguese animation, as today portuguese people are going to the street manifest against the cut of 100% of the government  funding to portuguese films. It's important to know that most of the films made in Portugal can only survive with the already little funding they get.

As to show everyone how portuguese animations are worth it, here is a highly awarded (the most awarded portuguese animation of all times) and beautifully made, by Regina Pessoa, Tragic Story With Happy Ending.

It's quite interesting to talk about a portuguese animation, I mean, Regina studied in the tween university I'm studing right now, and my animation professor probably knows her (if the animation industry worldwide is small, in Portugal is like an old neighbourhood, everyone knows everyone).

To make this animation, just like all other animations, a lot of hard work had to be done. But if you think that every frame is a printmaking, you may guess how much work this one took. And it's great!

HERE you have some more info about the animations and it's awards (Prémios = awards).

I guess all I can say is, if you're portuguese, be proud of what we have and don't let it die, and if you're not, enjoy another great animation, this one from Portugal!

HERE is the english version, with better quality.




Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!


See you soon with another Portuguese animation!

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Animarun - 48h animation marathon!


This weekend I participated in a marathon in which me and my lovely group of three other animation students had to create an animation film in 48 hours straight!

It was a great experience although unfortunately our group couldn't manage to deliver it on time, maybe because we tried to make an animation with too much quality for the time we had, among other technical issues and complications.

But it was certainly almost completed, actually only editing and sound editing and render was lacking, all the animation was done, or so we thought. Because for some freak saving problems, we ended up with the final part of our animation, that took like 6 massive hours to make, completely messed up.

Anyway, the thing is that me and my group have the intention to finish it in the next 2 weeks, so it will screen in animation festivals and be presented by the school that hosted the contest. So with some work, very soon I'll be posting it in the blog!

For the two hours that I slept in the ground, I think I'll be very proud to show it.

Another animation experience! Many more to come!
weeeehooooyeyhey! =)