Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
Very simple animation by Eleanor Stewart to go with an excellent tune.
Hoedown from the Rodeo ballet by Aaron Copeland (1942)
The Emerson, Lake, and Palmer version is the one I grew up with, however..
The Temple is the final installment in The Mind’s Eye and it’s the part of the tape I would wear out every time. Between the bleeding-edge animation (for 1990) and the (well-synchronized and most excellent) soundtrack, this track marks when I believed that 3D computer animation had finally matured past a nerdly diversion and into a mainstream entertainment medium.
You may recognize the surroundings and birds from the second installment, Civilization Rising, (or 03 per the video itself) as the animation between about the 50 second mark to a minute-twenty looks to be from just before this video.
I’ve collected the links to the videos from Beyond the Mind’s Eye and will begin posting them next week.
Incredible 3D computer animation.
ROSA is an epic sci-fi short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural life has disappeared. From the destruction awakes Rosa, a cyborg deployed from the Kernel project, mankind’s last attempt to restore the earth’s ecosystem. Rosa will soon learn that she is not the only entity that has awakened and must fight for her survival.
I first saw this video some years ago and seem to find interesting little nuances every time I watch it.
In this short stop-motion film by Paul Whittington a robot finds himself in a large labyrinth full of traps. In trying to find it’s way out it must face emotional and psychological challenges.
Love can transcend the most formidable of barriers – and it can show off some impressive computing power for 1990. (note how many things are moving independently)
[Thanks to Craig Reynolds for the link to the original version! Stanley & Stella in Breaking the Ice]
A curious journey in an old factory where machines took advantages on humans.
A film by Laura Sicouri
The fifth installment from The Mind’s Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey
I love crows. They’re brilliant birds and have distinct, and quite distinctive, personalities. For a scarecrow, however, that would be criminal.
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The Ruffled Crow 