This is a fantastic short film animated by Cordell Barker. He doesn’t miss one opportunity to maximize the laughs and the pace and soundtrack are spot on. Very funny and so well done. Enjoy.
(Awards details here)
“Made in 1975 by genius Russian animation director Yuri Norstein.Multilayer technology used to create a fog,it is an actual smoke blown in between class frames.”
This is a stunning film! I’m not really sure what to make of it to be honest. There’s something dark and primeval about it that makes me feel uncomfortable watching it (particularly the ‘someone’ in the water scene who actually saves the hedgehog).
I always enjoy hearing and see how other people came up with their concepts and how the approach their work. Canadian animator Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back) talks briefly about his latest production ‘Runaway’. Check out his site to find out more here: http://www.nfb.ca/runaway
If you’ve studied animation at all it’s likely you came across Richard Williams name at some point. The Little Island is far from the classical animation Williams later produced. That’s not a criticism and it does not take away from this timeless production. I love the character design and the simplicity of the animation.
“The BAFTA winning animated film by animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit’s animation director). This was his first film and is a wordless engima of philosophical musings. Reminiscent of the 1950s modern animation of UPA. Video source provided by Orange Cow Productions.”
The Little Island
This is the first 9 minutes, you can watch the entire movie at Google Videos (for some reason WordPress won’t accept the Google video embed code…)