The Ruffled Crow

Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things

Dimanche (Sunday) – Patrick Doyan

Leave a comment Posted by on December 3, 2018

This NFBC short was both an Oscar and Annie selection in 2012 and tells the story of a boy’s attempts to fend off boredom. The grandma’s candy dish resonated particularly with me.

 

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Attack of the Potato Clock

Leave a comment Posted by on December 2, 2018

A Frankensteinian hero is made, not born.

Directed by Victoria Lopez and Ji Young Na at Ringling College of Art + Design

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Nuggets

Leave a comment Posted by on November 30, 2018

This was a difficult short for me. It encapsulates the process of addiction, something I know far too much about.

From Andreas Hykade and Angela Steffen at Studio Film Bilder.

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A Magnifying Mess

Leave a comment Posted by on November 27, 2018

When a magnifying glass ‘malfunctions’ it can make for a through-the-looking-glass moment.

 

By Gervasio Rodríguez Traverso and Pablo Alberto Díaz of Trexel Animation Studios (Argentina).

 

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Runaway

Leave a comment Posted by on November 25, 2018

A little dog sets events in motion that put a train on the fast track while a cow goes along for the ride.

Directed by Cordell Barker. Another great film via the National Film Board of Canada, music from Ben Charest (Triplets of Belleville).

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You Gotta Believe

Leave a comment Posted by on November 23, 2018

An excellent video to re-start the Friday night music video tradition! Fun animation and image manipulation set to a snappy, classic, tune. This one’s going into the Shiny Things file.

Animated by Nina Paley and sung by the one and only Pointer Sisters.

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Gas Planet

Leave a comment Posted by on November 22, 2018

 

Somehow this seems an appropriate bit for Thanksgiving.

Directed and animated by Eric Darnell in 1991. On Liquid Television’s 17th episode (s03e01)

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Illegal Move

Leave a comment Posted by on November 19, 2018

 

Not all of Chess is about war.

By Sana Srinivasan and Kyle Lopez, produced at Ringling College of Art and Design.

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Fortress

Leave a comment Posted by on September 17, 2016

Much like The Last Day of War, also by animator Dima Fedotov, automated war machines have been left to carry on their missions with the passing of man.

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On the Same Page

Leave a comment Posted by on September 15, 2016

By Alli Norman and Carla Lutz (Squash and Stretch), from the Ringling College of Art and Design.

A news writer has nothing new to report on until his neighbor from the comics section takes him on an adventure.

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