Minilogue/hitchhikers choice - short version (Longer on DVD)

just wonderfull.. i am sure your brain would stop working after seeing this atleast for a minute... have a try.

Animator vs. Animation 2

and the animation and animator fight continues.. see the video to find out - who is the winner- annimation or the animator.

Animator vs Animation

just wonderfull. i bet you will see this video atleast twice. just pure creativity.. hats off to the mind wh created this.

Ashok Saraf : As a funny Bus Conductor

a funny video- though most of the wording arein marathi- but its a must watch atleast once.

Father and Daughter

The title of this 8 minute video, Father and Daughter, caught my attention. It's kind of simple, but there're tons and tons of things between a father and a daughter. So I watched it. And I was really touched by the style of animation, the music as well as the script.

The story is about a father and a daughter riding along the countryside. Then he says goodbye to his young daughter, and she couldn't find him for ages. Time passes by and she grows older and older. However, the love and the deep longing for her father are never faded.

What makes me really surprised is the style of this animated film, it's totally done in pencils, charcoal and a software called ANIMO. While many modern animated films tend to be drawn based on 3D and computers, this kind of animation reminds me of the old style animation in the 1920s, which may make the story more touching and memorable. Besides that, I think that's the best way to represent the beauty of Dutch countryside's sightseeing. Moreover, there is a really specific characteristic that is always used in Dutch animation; that's the "non-verbal" or "no-dialogue" effect. Therefore, audiences can only communicate with the movie through the background music, the gesture, and the movement of the characters, etc. Due to these special effects, "Father and Daughter" becomes much more special and embedded in viewers' memory.

"Father and Daughter is a film about longing, the kind of longing which quietly, yet totally, affects our lives” is what Michael Dudok de Wit said about his masterpiece.

Some other related information:

- Running Time: 8 minutes 30 seconds
- Year of Release: 2000
- Production: Cloudrunner Ltd, UK, and CineTe Filmproductie bv, Holland
- Script, Design and Animation: Michael Dudok de Wit
- Other Contributors: Normand Roger (Composer), Claire Jennings and Willem Thijssen (Producers), Arjan Wilschut (Main Co-Animator), Jean-Baptiste Roger (Sound), and Alistair Becket and Nic Gill (Technical Directors)
- Awards include:Independent Film Award, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2000; Grand Prize, Cinanima Animation Festival, 2000; Grand Prix Narrative Films, Holland Animation Film Festival, 2000; and Best International Animated Film, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, 2001

Reference:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279079/
http://www.awn.com/oscars01/animfather.php3

and thanks to Anh Huynh for posting it on her blog - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

WITHOUT YOUR SMILE

the way we communicate these days - orkut!!!

a thought which hardly any one would have few years back , is a reality - in the manner the people have started to communicated in this web 2.0 world. this not only opens the new way to socialise , buts it can be regarded as the milestone in the revolution in the world of human communication.