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Animation Blog - A Great Archive of Films!
I found this blog today: http://www.animationblog.org/
It's a British blog archiving lots of old and new animated shorts from around the world! This one will definitely be added to the links!
 Enough animation, cookery time now!
This entire show is authored and produced by one person. Roman Kanatnikov has been creating this animated TV show for the past 10 years and it has been airing on different TV networks in Russia from 1997. He has delivered 255 episodes of this culinary show and attracted major advertising partners. Running time for the episode varies from 3 minute if on a daily basis to 10 minutes, if weekly. This is a fun tasty fairy tale where main characters are real fruits and vegetables, and kitchen appliances are supporting them. Fruits and vegetables tell stories about secrets of great chefs, explain culinary delights and they even cook while you watch. Simple but yet original recipes, healthy food tips and fun atmosphere – this is all part of this show. Only in this show vegetables are taking Jacuzzi baths in kitchen pots, read books made from dough, argue with Meat Grinders and Sugar Bowls, save Milk and Juice cartons and make friends with Kitchen Processors. No other animation TV show creates such an appetite for culinary adventures! Bon Apetit  VIDEOGIOCO Fantaisie in Bubblewrap (2007) by Arthus MetcalfThe final minutes of a society of vocal bubblewrap as it faces its apocalypse. 'Bubblewrap' was completed August 2007 and has since made the festival rounds picking up some awards on its way. It is Arthur Metcalf's debut film. http://www.metcalflovesyou.com/  I Met the WalrusThe story goes that in the year 1969 (o yes...the famous 1969..what DIDN"T happen in 1969!), a 14-year-old Beatle fan..ahem..fanatic going by the name of Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronoto and, armed with a reel to reel recorder, convinced him to do an impromptu interview. 38 years later, Levitan collaborated with director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack.
As if the recordingly itself isn't remarkable enough, the animation used in this film is simply breathtaking. Listening to Lennon's straightforward and clear reason reminds us of his timeless message: a call for peace by non-violent - albeit creative - means. To each his own, says Lennon, and frees us to see the world and react to it in whichever way we feel like: as squares, as revolutionaries or as quiet peaceniks. He takes on Levitan's innocent questions with wit and humor, even kindness and compassion, as you can almost hear the curiosity in his voice bounce off the awe in Levitan's who can't quite believe he's actually getting all this gloroius wisdom down on tape. The visuals themselves are a treat of hand drawn pen illustrations that explode into ink blots before resolving into computer aided camera trickery that takes a singular point of view, turns it on its head, zooms out of it, twists it, turns it and eventually guides you on the way to imagining the world and its contents as John himself may have seen them All in all, a delightful film whose message we might all do well to take to heart even today. Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short, you can find out more about it at http://www.imetthewalrus.com/  More Recent Articles |
