Benekli is a well mannered cow with limited artistic talent, although she does not think so. Consequently, she makes up her mind to enter the local song contest to submit her impeccable vocal show.
Starting with a single image from the illustration portfolio of his friend Daniel Bueno, director Guilherme Marcondes worked every morning before work for two months to finish his curious little film.
Hernando is a campy musical romp based on old sixties MGM movies. Animated entirely in 3D, the story follows the tale of party-pirate Captain Hernando and the bad guy conquistadors who want his buried treasure.
Rodriguez started sketching ideas for this film three years ago as an exercise to hone his character animation skills and build his reel. He says the project has since taken on a life of It's own and now demands sequels.
The film, built around the theme that perfection is individual and cannot be obtained through someone else, is a smooth and moody mix of live-action shot against greenscreen, traditional rotoscoping, 3D and 2D.
Lecomte says the short "tries to capture the worst possible personality for meeting other civilizations. The excessive reactions of the hero and the mishaps which follow are meant to comically reflect on our own intolerances."
This student film set out to find the way [to] put live-action classic films and CG graphics together, so they interact well without being realistically integrated.
A pretzel takes aim on a piece of matzah bread as a serving of fish and chips is bombed by bratwurst. This recap of American military dealings uses carefully selected food items to represent the warring parties.
For this episode of their project called "Tri-p," Vernhet and Rogeon explore the concept of reincarnation and the idea "that life should be lived as it is and not in expectation of something better that could fall from the sky."
Pierre Ducos and Bertrand Bey spent a total of nine months on True Color - an allegory about urban conformity - with the first 16 weeks spent on developing the narrative, style frames, storyboards and animatics.
The exceptionally paced and intricate film, 458nm - the title denotes the frequency of blue light snails perceive as a signal for food - has won numerous awards including a special jury prize at SIGGRAPH 2006.
Who doesn't enjoy a good zombie game? Resident Evil 4 is perfect for the Nintendo Wii. Now players have the ability to aim more accurately with the Wii-mote.