Animated Shorts

[shariqq]

Some of Pixar's best movies are their shorts. yes, they are even better than some of the feature lengths. But apart from Pixar, CGI Animation is a whole world out there for aspiring artists and film-makers who not only find the short-animated medium as an outlet for their animation, but also for story-telling.

I'm gonna post here some animated shorts that I find worth watching. Many Pixar's will feature here too. But mostly from others.

[shariqq]

My favorite is probably 2003's Rockfish by Blur studios. Not just the animation and the story of the short itself, the world created in this little movie 9-minute movie is immediately identifiable as part of a rich universe of ideas.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpO13RuLg3k&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpO13RuLg3k&rel=1</a>

There was word that Vin Diesel wanted to produce a feature-length out of this...

[shariqq]

Meet Oktopodi, or a male Octopus and a female Octopus. When they're separated for one to be cooked, the other chooses to risk all... for Love.

2:30 min French short that's as cute as they come.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/badHUNl2HXU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/badHUNl2HXU&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

Last for today: Distraxion. A poor office worker who just can't get his mind around the obnoxious music that distracts him!

This 1:50min short was made by one of the animators of DreamWorks.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/uxezt4Ks5XA&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/uxezt4Ks5XA&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

Of the shorts I've seen yet, this is humor at its bleakest black.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/F7HMz1WKkso&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/F7HMz1WKkso&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

Trust Pixar to come up with a POV turned around. The Truth is really out there.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HQkb146To3A&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/HQkb146To3A&rel=1</a>

[sandeep]

excellent stuff shariq, esp the octopus one... since my agency is called octopus, i sent the you tube link to everyone!

[kaytee]

Loved Fallen Art and Lifted...Infact Fallen Art was much better.

[shariqq]

3:10 min short that was made by an animation student for his Master's Thesis. Logically, it's stretched out. But the idea is very nice.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

The nominees for Best Animated Shorts of 2009 for the Oscars:
*Edit: Removed the ones that Youtube has blocked/deleted.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/cIDv1jJhoxY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/cIDv1jJhoxY&rel=1</a>


A direct link to the 80mb flash video for The Lady and the Reaper: <<right-click and Save>>


...and a trailer for the 5th nom: Wallace & Gromit's A Matter of Loaf & Death:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/YwQGXKOx_Yo&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/YwQGXKOx_Yo&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

Looney Tunes has, over 2010, released three animated shorts of Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner.

Coyote Falls was shown with Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Fur of Flying was shown with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Rabid Rider was shown with Yogi Bear

I've seen the second one when I had gone for the mo, and it is hilarious.

Here are two, for your viewing pleasure, and a teaser of the third:

*Edit - Removed the videos that Youtube has blocked/deleted.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/b8Q-OrFcV1s&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/b8Q-OrFcV1s&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

Hilarious little clip.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/If3wzG43PD8&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/If3wzG43PD8&rel=1</a>

[shariqq]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3wey4jnzU74&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3wey4jnzU74&rel=1</a>

[ozzylogic]

These were amazing Shreq, thanks! The UFO one is pretty funny too.