Director Jo Roy’s animated video for Meg Myers’ cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ (in which a green-screened Myers was motion-captured into the form of a metamorphosing moth).
The footage was printed off in the form of 3,200+ black and white frames which were then coloured in by 2,100 elementary schoolchildren before being reassembled.
Part one of an episodic CG short – like an elaborate video game cut scene – with impressive character design created on Unreal Engine by animator Han Yang.
Another fascinating science animation from German educational design studio Kurzgesagt. In this case, the electromagnetic radiation that surrounds us and whether it’s as dangerous as some think.
Previously: Is Meat Bad For You?
A whole new track assembled from the soundtrack of ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ (particularly the scene where Miles is singing along to Post Malone and Swae Lee’s ‘Sunflower’) by Jonny ‘Eclectic Method’ Wilson.
Previously: Slick Flick Schtick Mix
A frenetic short by Dutch animation studio keplerfilm. To wit:
When a little bird suddenly drops dead in its cage, all eyes are on the cat. Desperately he tries to make everything right again, but actually makes everything worse in the process.
A deft mix of 2D and 3D animation in Blirp Studio’s frantic videogame style tale of space gasman Ed and his mission to defeat the evil Lord Gasidious.
Philosopher, author and brain box Alain De Botton (his words illustrated by animator Yan Dan Wong) explores how most of us exhibit at least one primary trait of addiction in order to distract from addressing our emotions, hopes and fears.
The pills are kicking in. One last pint after this fag and we’re off to buy a new telly.
Long exposure shenanigans by photographer Darren ‘Darius Twin’ Pearson – an animation composed of 1,012 light painted, long exposure photographs all drawn by hand.
A curious short by Zohar Dvir in which (and for reasons best known to himself):
…a Grizzly bear, Jesus Christ and Elvis Presley find utopias in an unsatisfying life.
An excerpt from the famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech given by the late American cosmologist and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, animated as a tribute by Vishal Varghese. To wit:
Carl Sagan, the astronomer of the people strived to untangle the subtle complexities of modern physics and present them to the everyday audience. He believed that in a world where knowledge was available freely to every person seeking it.
