Next is a short film that brings the audience simultaneously into the minds and thoughts of both a man and a woman, after they had finished having a one night stand. Before I review this film, let me say, the content is clearly for a mature audience. I recommend caution before watching. Visually, there is no nudity. It’s the audio that is quite detailed.
I love this film and it’s willingness to reveal a very taboo topic. What really does go on in the minds of women and men after sex? This story follows two people and their sexual encounter with each other. Sex is done. Now what? She’s filled with tons of questions. He’s filled with tons of questions. Each set of questions and concerns different from the other.
Filmmaker, Brett Goldstein, keeps no stone unturned in this story, revealing a true conflict of the sexes. We are privy to all these two characters are going through as they awkwardly wrap up the night. The actors beautifully play their characters in an understated manor. The set is so brilliantly dark and difficult to watch as if to demonstrate the lack of connection between the two characters.
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Next is a very intelligent film. I highly recommend it – for an adult audience – and give it a fully intact pumpkin.
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This short film starts in a jungle where a man finds himself and, soon, his girl injured. We never get to know how the two of them got there. But it doesn’t really matter. This is one of those plot lines where mystery plays a powerful roll in the storyline. We find ourselves following the two main characters as they run from some men they think are a threat… later we learn what they are really running from.
It’s a touching film. Beautifully shot. Well acted and directed. the ending is nothing I expected it to be. I loved this film. I think you may enjoy it too.
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A fully intact pumpkin for this well produced short film!
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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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World Builder is written and directed by Bruce Branit. The plot gives a man the power to create a virtual world for his wife or sister or girlfriend. We never get to really know his relationship with the woman who he creates this world for. We just know he loves her and that she is critically ill. As a matter of fact, we get to know very little about the characters in this story which makes the storyline flat, long and boring. The visual graphics are great. The colouring and camera work is very good. Do I recommend this film? Not really. But if you are in the industry or are a movie buff you might enjoy it simple for the visuals in the film.
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For that reason, I only half squash this pumpkin. But don’t complain to me that I didn’t warn you about the thin plot and character study.
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