Category Archives: Animation

wishlist

Andrew Griffin and animator Scott Garrett ask the following question of singular individuals:

So, if you could have any one thing, just the one wish fulfilled, anything at all, what would you choose?

shortoftheweek

rcbattle

LA filmmakers Zach King and Aaron B assemble battle groups of toy soldiers, mini-explosives, remote control tanks and aircraft to create the epic miniature confict you dreamed of as a kid.

Or, in our case, yesterday afternoon.

Behind the scenes video here and sound design feature here.

laughingsquid

ocean

A Ted-Ed animation wherein Scott Gass explains the immensity of the ‘one big ocean’ of planet Earth.

For the sake of perspective, as the US Geological Survey showed with a memorable graphic last year, every last drop of fresh water, sea water, ground water, water vapor and water in biological matter would form a sphere just 1,384km in diameter.

water1water2

biotv/vvv

papercity papercity2

By Maciek Janicki who sez:

The streets are paved with paper. This delicate animation follows the charming rise and fold of a fragile metropolis. Captured by an unseen helicopter, the narrative unfolds through winding roads, erupting forests and emerging mountains. Paper City grows in one fluid take, with skyscrapers rising from the page – only to crumble, wrinkle and gently crease back into the ground.

thekidsshouldseethis

 

armstrong

A PBS Blank On Black animation of an interview with the legendary Satchmo by Michael Aisner and James R. Stein in 1964.

Previously: The Beastie Boys On ‘Being Stupid’

worldsbestever