A short travelogue from Santa Barbara featuring surfing by Trevor Gordon. Film and direction by Alex Kopps with special thanks to Sudden Oak for the music.
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The stop-motion story of a bookmark that comes alive – Much Better Now
Narrative: The main character is a bookmark, stuck in a forgotten book. Both are connected by chance, in a life marked by standstill in a deserted room. One day a window is pressed open by a gust of wind, knocking over the book and blowing the bookmark onto the table. As they become separated, the …
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Pixar’s best kept secret – the Cereal Bar
If you happen to own Toy Story 3, one of the bonus features is a short video entitled “Pixar’s Cereal Bar.” In the video you’ll hear Pixar employees like Tia Kratter, Pete Doctor, and Andrew Stanton talking about the importance of cereal during a workday, and showing off an animated representation of how the Pixar …
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Short documentary on Ken Burns – about the craft of storytelling
What makes a great story? For legendary filmmaker Ken Burns, the answer is both complicated and personal. In this short documentary about the craft of storytelling, he explains his lifelong mission to wake the dead. *** Read a Q&A with the filmmakers Sarah Klein and Tom Mason. Like Ken Burns on Facebook.
Vidal Sassoon – early 80’s commercial
He’ll be best remembered for his concept of the wash-and-go approach to hair care: A cut so simple and so good that it required little maintenance. Wrote Adam Bernstein, in Sassoon’s obituary: Clean geometric lines had been Mr. Sassoon’s driving motivation since opening his first salon in London in 1954. At the time, most women …
A broken-down inner city overrun by giant trees
“This is a short story told on a big wall at Village Underground in Shoreditch, London” it’s a harmless-enough depiction of a broken-down inner city overrun by giant trees. The neat part is that Peel decided to make the process of painting the mural a work of art in itself, using time-lapse shots taken over …
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Award winning short film, CatCam, documents the mysterious life a cat outside the house
Mr. Lee, an adopted stray cat, routinely disappeared from his South Carolina home for days on end. Intrigued by Mr. Lee’s whereabouts, his owner Juergen, a German engineer, created a camera designed to fit around the feline’s neck. Engineered to capture continuous photographs, Juergen hoped to discover the mysterious life of his cat. After many …
Pixar Short – For the Birds
I love these original short animated features.