Pop!Tech Mashup is a series inspired by audio recordings from the POP!TECH conference. As of this blog post, it’s a short series with only 3 episodes right now. I hope more are to come. I enjoyed all three episodes thoroughly! Each subject matter was vastly different from the other. The animated visuals that went with each of the audio recordings were wonderfully engaging. It reminds me a bit of TED Talks. Only these episodes are much more visually entertaining than simply watching speaker stand on a stage giving their speech.
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You will not find any other show like this one. It’s intelligent and stimulating. It IS a must see!
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This film has been on the internet for a few years now. But I can’t resist sharing one of the most amazing pieces of animated story telling I’ve ever seen. Fallen Art is a Polish animated short film that depicts the insanity of… war? Listen, I have to confess, I’m not totally sure what this film is trying to tell us. I have several interpretations. Every time I watch it, I interpret it differently and I’ve watched it many times over. The literal storyline has an officer commanding obedient solders to walk off a plank to their imminent death. The reason why is morbidly insane. It’s for a motion picture that another animated character is creating which depicts solders dancing. But they aren’t dancing. They are dead.
It’s crazy. It’s brilliant. The animation is outstanding. The storyline is layered with hidden messages. You will want to watch this more than once. I promise you that.
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A fully intact pumpkin for this brilliant piece of work! If you are a fan of animation or simply a fan of great movies, you have to check this award winning film out.
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The Creep is an animated short film designed as an old 1950′s ‘who dun-it’ TV show. The animation is superb. The intermittent ‘commercial’ is hilarious. The filmmakers clearly did their research on the feel and textures of 1950s style shows. Everything gives that true feel of an old TV show. Even the voice over sound exactly like you may remember from watching such a program.
There’s one catch. The plot. Listen, if the story isn’t that good then all that wonderful work on image, picture, sound goes for naught! The story is about ‘the creep’ yet we never get to know who the creep is, how they caught him or what this whole dang thing is all about anyway. We don’t even really know what is so creepy about him other than a creepy shadow of him in a woman’s house as he enters uninvited. Maybe I’m missing something. I want so badly to enjoy this film. I watched it a second time and still shook my head at the fragmented plot.
I say good work to the production; poor work to the storyline.
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I’m going to be generous though and give this only a half squash. It’s worth a quick look for the animation work at least.
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