VISUAL NARRATIVES

Please view at least 5 Short Films over the next few weeks and take notes using the format below. I highly recommend viewing the Oscar Nominated Shorts that are showing at Zinema. Or you may use the DVDs of short film collections (like Wholphin, Shorts!, ResFest) that are now on reserve for you at the library front desk. Or view others you find on the web (be selective, avoid youtube). If possible, find works that relate somehow to your own creative work, as inspiration for a technique or look you hope to achieve. Try to use films that are longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes (though the definition of a short film may vary).

Take notes while you view, type your reflection and post to the blog once you have viewed 5 shorts. Your blog must note all of this info for each film:

Title:
Year:
Director:
Run time:
Link to the film : (URL of website, dvd, tv or movie theatre)
Story Synopsis:
Location:
Characters:
Visual strengths:
Use of Light / Color:
Digital techniques:
Use of Sound / Music:

See links to Short films.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jrock2/viznar/2009/02/short_films_links.html#more

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Opening Feb 1: 2013 Oscar Nominated Shorts

Zinema 2 / Zeitgeist Building
222 E. Superior Street Duluth, MN
Check for Showtimes:
http://www.zeitgeistarts.com/zinema-2

see trailers: http://theoscarshorts.shorts.tv/thefilms.php

Animated Shorts:
Adam and Dog by Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole by PES
Head over Heels by Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" by David Silverman
Paperman by John Kahrs

Live Action Shorts:
Asad by Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys by Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Curfew by Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) by Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry by Yan England

Zeitgeist Arts validates 3 hours of parking at the Medical Arts ramp, located on First Street and 3rd Ave E (Behind the Sheraton hotel) in Downtown Duluth. Bring your ticket with you! If you arrive at the ramp after 5PM, your parking is FREE.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Monarchy of Roses video using black and white animation

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This was done in Digital Methods in Art Education a few years ago. Whitney wrote and played the song, as well as created the chalk animation in stopmotion.

More links & examples of Chalk Animation on her blog:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/halqu003/myarted/2009/12/robin-roads-and-chalk-annimation.html

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Mound by Allison Schulnik from garaco taco on Vimeo.

Credits:
Film by Allison Schulnik
Cinematography by Helder K. Sun.
"It's Raining Today" written by Noel Scott Engel

4:23 min
Copyright Allison Schulnik 2011
allisonschulnik.com

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I just noticed this:
Making Test Movies at Amazon Studios
Test movies are inexpensive, full-length movies that tell the whole story of the script in a compelling way. They should have good acting and sound, but polished visuals are not required. Even primitive visuals will help people imagine what a script would be like as a finished film. A table read, with people saying lines and describing action, qualifies as a test movie.

http://studios.amazon.com/help/filmmakers/?ref=stu_qp_filmmakers

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Call for entries
Deadline: 1 March 2011
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2729

CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
festival project - simultaneously in physical & virtual space
1 January - 31 December 2011.

CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
is a world wide unique festival project, starting on 1 January 2011 and lasting until 31 December 2011.

Its goal is to show during one year in many venues around the globe the diversity of the creative potential of "art and moving images" transported via the global medium of "video".
The videos can be submitted only online. Selected works will be featured on CologneOFF individually online and will become later in 2011 the 7th edition of CologneOFF - Cologne International Videoart Festival.

More info about CologneOFF 2011
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/cologneOFF2011_eng.pdf

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A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process [In Less Than 60 Seconds] from chel white on Vimeo.

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Nominated for an Oscar and for a BAFTA award, Jasper Morello is a short feature made in a unique style of silhouette animation developed by director Anthony Lucas and inspired by the work of authors Edgar Alan Poe and Jules Verne.

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"Validation" is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer - Kurt Kuenne. Winner - Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int'l Film Festival, Winner - Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Winner - Audience Award, Hawaii Int'l Film Festival, Winner - Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film, Winner - Crystal Heart Award, Best Short Film & Audience Award, Heartland Film Festival, Winner - Christopher & Dana Reeve Audience Award, Williamstown Film Festival, Winner - Best Comedy, Dam Short Film Festival, Winner - Best Short Film, Sedona Int'l Film Festival.

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World Builder from BranitVFX on Vimeo.

A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.


This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of '405'. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City.

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early French silent films by George Melies

"the Merry Frolics of Satan" (1906)

A trip to the moon (1902)

watch a student documentary on The Father of Special Effects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXwGN2uSsn0

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View more short animations by the artist BLU on the website
http://blublu.org/sito/video/video2.htm

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Scion Presents: 'FLUX SUPER 8' from Scion ART on Vimeo.

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ARK from grzegorz jonkajtys on Vimeo.

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LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo.

Luis, is the second short in a series titled Lucia, Luis y el lobo by Chilean artists Niles Atallah, Cristobal Leon, and Joaquin Cociña. Luis was created using dirt, flowers, charcoal, found objects, and cardboard. It's sister video, Lucia, was also shot frame by frame with a digital photo camera.

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Please post your thoughts, inspiration and links for the short film project here. Share an idea for a film you would like to work on and a few links to support your approach to the project.

Here is the trailer for Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry

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A list of short film links on the web

please add your best finds

Continue reading "Short Films > Links" »

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