This is the coolest animated short film ever. Ok, maybe not, but it's up there: [link]

FAST FILM (2003) by Virgil Widrich is one of those films that reminds me why I love animation in the first place: it's a medium in which you can literally do anything you want. This film blew me away when I saw it at Annecy in '04 so I was excited to find that my friends at the Animation Show have discovered it on YouTube. Usually the things that make an animated film great are the story, characters and animation, but FAST FILM is one of the rare instances where a film is great primarily because of its technique. The visuals were achieved by printing out thousands of film frames (over 65,000 to be exact) and folding them into three-dimensional shapes. The paper-objects were then photographed and composited in After Effects. I can't even imagine the effort it took to mash-up hundreds of live-action films, often times with three to four films in each scene, and make it all work in a narrative context. It's an incredible creative achievement.

Wow.

I don't even want to think of the amount of work that went into making this. It's amazing. And very clever.

Yay for profits Jilli!

I'm going to finish the ep, ita, but I'm ignoring the clowns.

I'm working the graveyard shift and watching Buckaroo Banzai on my widescreen flat panel monitor while waiting to do the work I'm paid to. Quite fun.

Good luck with that, Lee.

Okay, I'm going to do a drive by of the bar where the party is. If there's a cover, I'll be right back and curled up with Aunty Entity in no time.

Done with the SPN episode. Jensen Ackles needs to call me.

Wah. I was coming here to post the link that tommyrot already posted a link to. But the movie is very shiny indeed.

watching Buckaroo Banzai

Ooooh. Second-funniest commentary track evah!

I spent way too much money today. But Tower's closing and so I got some super-early Xmas shopping done. And, um, I got me some presents, too. And then I tried to work on the Jericho recap. I managed to get to the credits before my head exploded. So now I'm procrastinating, which means tomorrow's gonna suck hard.

I think I'm gonna finish my beer and fall asleep watching V for Vendetta. Which should lead to interesting dreams.

Ooooh. Second-funniest commentary track evah!

Hey, I'm here till 6 AM, maybe I'll watch it again with the commentary track.

The commentary track turned me off the whole film. I found it tiresome.

So, hey! Not at bar. Got a migraine on the drive there (it's a gift) and then there was only valet parking, and suddenly it was All Too Much.

On the upside, I put out the garbage, filled the tank with cheap gas, and brought in the mail.

For that, I put on heels and lipstick?

Lee, I'm not sure I'm ready to let Jensen near the phone. FWIW.

Just got a spam message entitled kamchatka tantalus. What a cool title, I think I'll steal it for something.

Got a migraine on the drive there (it's a gift) and then there was only valet parking, and suddenly it was All Too Much.

Oh ita. I'm sorry. I wish there was anything I could do to make your migraines go away.

I just blew a shocking amount of money on makeup, a jacket, a hat I've been coveting for a year, and I sent mail to a seller on Ruby Lane about a purse. But this is why I have clothing sales, right? So I can buy shiny new things.