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The Idol
August 19, 2008 1:42 PM   RSS feed for this thread Subscribe

Captivating animated short which recycles 60's era illustrations.Simple but mesmerizing animated short. 8 mins.
posted by butterstick (8 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn



Previously.
posted by MrMoonPie at 1:56 PM on August 19, 2008


Can't imagine why you didn't see the first post. :P
posted by marxchivist at 1:57 PM on August 19, 2008


I've seen this around for a while. It's a weird one, I like it.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:58 PM on August 19, 2008


An enjoyably disturbing animation.

About the film, which is named Rabbit:
Written and Directed by Run Wrake
Original Illustrations by Geoffrey Higham
Produced by a commission funded through Finetake for Arts Council England and Channel 4
Music by Howie b and Craig Richards

based on drawings by Enid Blyton

RABBIT (2005)
Technique: 2D and Computer Animation
Country: England
Running Time: 8:30

Run Wrake's site is full of other gems too, both animated and illustrations.

Interview with the writer/director.

Thanks for the post butterstick. The film is worth seeing again. :)
posted by nickyskye at 2:16 PM on August 19, 2008


Too many fonts. Totally ruined it for me.
posted by hal9k at 2:17 PM on August 19, 2008 [1 favorite]


Man, the greatest hurdle facing the animator today has to be voice. We can do facial expressions, complicated animated movement, incredible title sequences, anything you can fathom, but talking characters is practically solely the domain of big budget animation studios. Sound effects, not that big a deal. But animating a talking mouth is a big damn deal, and the expense required to record voice well with a minimum of outside ambient noise seems to be the last major obstacle for the independent (or even low budget professional) animator. It's gotten to the point now where I just don't want to see even one more pantomime animated performance.
posted by shmegegge at 2:39 PM on August 19, 2008 [1 favorite]


shmegegge, you took the words out of my mouth (for the Emily thread).
posted by nickyskye at 3:21 PM on August 19, 2008


It just goes to show! If you cut a rabbit in half and find an idol, don't feed it jam and then attract a lot of bugs for it to turn into gems.
posted by aubilenon at 5:47 PM on August 19, 2008


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