Starry Night

This really is a wonderful little short.



While it's a bit depressing in the end, I found the animations and the clever use of textures really marvelous.

Starry Night Short Film

Fun Factory

Here's a charming little short by recent VFS grad, Mauricio Bartok Ruiz, called "Fun Factory."



For more of Mauricio's work, visit his blog.

Mauricio's Blog

In the Rough on iTunes!

Blur Studios' awesome "In the Rough" short is now available on iTunes.



At only $1.99, you really can't go wrong. It's either that or you go buy a hamburger, but who needs to eat stuff when you have awesome animations to watch instead?

Just hit up the iTunes store and type in "In the Rough." Tell em' BP sent you.

FJORG! Winner

Here is the winner of this year's FJORG! contest at Siggraph:



For those of you who aren't sure what FJORG! is, here is the description from the Siggraph site:

SIGGRAPH 2007 officials, along with DreamWorks Animation, HP, and AMD, announced the winners of the world's first international FJORG! Competition - an "iron animator" event in which 16 competing teams from around the world had 32 hours to create the most impressive character-driven animation of at least 15 seconds in length adhering to at least one of two themes and using at least one of 16 sound bites.

Based on storytelling, animation talent, use of resources, creativity, and technical skills, the judges selected Team Mocap from Bowling Green State University for their animation "Switch" as the first place winners. The team consists of Jim Levasseur, Tomas Jech, and W. Jacob Gardner. Picture This, a team from Miami International University of Art & Design came in second place and Impulse, from The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg, won third place.

For a complete list of particpants, and their entries, hit the link below.

The Link Below

The Animator and the Seat

Another fine short animation.



I would have totally started making out with the chair. I mean... I'm not really into the whole "chair thing," but come on... that chair is hot!

As with the previous post, you can hit the link below for high-res versions of the film.

Eric Drobile's Website

Down on the Farm

Really nice little short film.



If I were the frog, I would have totally hung out and ate butt flies off of the cow until I was too fat to walk.

I heart butt flies.

For high-res versions of the film, go check out the official site below.

Down on the Farm Official Site

Red and Boxbot Responds

This is darn spiffy:



"Red and Boxbot Responds" was done by two guys in 48 hours during the 48h 3D jam 2007 in Stuttgart. Everything from boards, design to modelling, animation and shading.

In short: We had nothing when we started, and had everything when we finished.
However being aware of some of the few and minor flaws of the story and a couple of the shots, we got together 2 evenings to make the final polish.

Furthermore we have been gifted with an original score, done by René Brokop.

The most I've ever accomplished in 48 hours was the two days I spent trying to eat a King Size bag of peanut M&Ms. After several attempts, I realized it might be easier to open the bag and eat them individually, but by then it was too late.

Thanks... I'll be here all week.

A Gentlman's Duel

The hits here on Bleeding Pixels have really spiked in the last few days, and it seems to be directly related to Blur's short film "A Gentleman's Duel."



I think the reason for this stems from people searching for the film on Google and hitting my site thinking I have the film posted. Yes I know the film has been leaked to a couple of video sites, and I won't say that I haven't watched. That being said, I'm also not going to provide links here for those types of unauthorized videos any longer.

While I can totally understand the desire to see something like that, I also feel that by not actually purchasing films like this one, it's going to cost studios like Blur money, which will in turn cause them to take less risks and produce a smaller number of films.

Again, I'm not trying to get all preachy here, because I too have watched the film in the format listed above, but I've since found out that it's available in a paid format as well, and so I promptly ordered it.

My hope is that Blur releases it to iTunes very soon, and in the meantime, you can use the link below to purchase the Stash Issue #32 DVD, which has the film on it as well.

Stash Issue #32 DVD, which contains A Gentleman's Duel

Bye Bye

Great little short from Animation Mentor grad, Mario Pochat called, "Bye Bye."



This is my daily phantasy as I try to upload thing to my blog from my mechanical typewriter as the guy behind me uses his fancy computer machine.

Bye Bye Short Film

Drink Coke!

Since this blog has pretty much turned into one large advertisement for Coke today, I figured I should start titling the posts accordingly.

If you've seen Psyop's Coke add, you should still watch the short above. It the same ad, in extended form, with interviews (think "Creature Comforts") with the members who work inside the Coke machine.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and dedicate all of the posts to Tab Cola, just to even things out.

The Brontosaur Theory

It's like "Who's On First?" but with more dinosaurs!

Made me laugh, but then again... that's not saying much.

Pixar Shorts

My post on a possible "Incredibles" sequel was pretty much cut and dry, so I thought I'd follow up with one to let everyone know that Pixar may possibly probably not be releasing all of their short films on DVD.



According to Upcoming Pixar:

Film Ick points out that The Disney Enquirer has discovered that Disney has recently registered the domains, PixarShorts.com and DisneyPixarShorts.com. This seems to indicate that a DVD of Pixar short films is on its way.

The article then goes on to say that this isn't the first time such a DVD has been rumoured, but my hope is that it actually happens this time. Not only have I never seen lifted, but I think it would be great to have all of the shorts together in one convenient place.

Just like my underwear drawer.

Get it?

I'll be here all week.

More info, and far fewer lame jokes, after the jump.

Upcoming Pixar's Info on Pixar's Short Film DVD

Mortimer and Bracket

I'm always blown away when one person can pull off a short of this quality:

Simply outstanding from start to finish!

Andrew Chesworth's Website

Insight

Another fine short film has hit the interwebs in the form of "Insight" by Salvador Simo.



While somewhat predictable, the film is still quite charming and well animated. I will say that the little girl's giant eyes sort of freaked me out, and I think the homeless woman keeps her alley really clean.

Insight Short Film

Salvador Simo's Website

Cycle

A nice, and somewhat creepy, short film called "Cycle."



Created by Guy Bar'Ely, the film is well animated, and has a great overall look and mood. I especially like how Guy (a current New York resident) captured the look and feel of the NY Subway, right down to the orange and yellow seats.

I can almost smell the urine.

Cycle Short Film

Guy Bar'Ely's Website

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A Tale of Rock

Here's a really nice little animation called "A Tale of Rock."

Remember that scene in "Crossroads" where the Karate Kid plays guitar against the Devil? This is sort of like that, only with a dinosaur and ZZ Top looking on in the background.

Good stuff.

FJORG!

Okay, this is an awesome animation demo reel.



It was created for the FJORG Animation contest and here is what the author had to say about it:

Yesterday we finished our submission to SIGGRAPH's "FJORG!" competition; the guidelines indicated each team of 3 was to submit a demo reel less than 2 minutes in length showcasing the animation abilities of the team. We decided the best way to stand out among the submissions would be to create a short film satirizing demo reel conventions.

It works so well because it does exactly what it set out to do, which is to be funny.

And this post works so well because it does exactly what I set out to do, which is bore you with too many words, when all you really want is the link.

FJORG! Animation Demo Reel

Emily is Here!

Imagine if Roman Dirge's "Lenore" were to be animated in 3D and you'd have some sort of an idea of what to expect from "Emily."



Now imagine a man in his underpants, with a Cheeto stuck to his forehead and way too much back hair, sitting on a couch and playing Xbox 360, and you'd have some sort of an idea of what to expect from me on a Saturday afternoon.

Vinyls Attack

One more short film for today, called "Vinyl's Attack."

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I totally dig it right up to the point where the 45 records start to fall and the Herbie Hancock kicks in... after that, it sort of loses me.

Fake Lactaid Commercial

I have to warn you on this one... it's not for the squeemish.

Hey I totally warned you... don't blame me.

The twisted mind behind this animation is Tyson Ibele, and his portfolio can be found below.

Tyson Ibele's Portfolio