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Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


Somebody linked me this recently and while it's not some high level I enjoyed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX44CAz-JhU

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Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Thanks for sharing that one - slick animation is always awesome. :)

While I continue to wait on SNAFU, here is a nice throwback from 1980. Paul Driessen's :nws: short, On The Land, At Sea And In The Air.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zMYgmxn90g

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

Palpek posted:

Somebody linked me this recently and while it's not some high level I enjoyed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX44CAz-JhU

Speaking of music videos...
(nsfw) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTN6cGmH2yM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGqeyQhBPMI

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Those were some pretty sweet music videos - thanks for posting them! While this is not a music video, I did stumble upon a neat one from 1984. Max Andersson's One Hundred Years, featuring music by The Cure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdTG5qsJ0zE

To update: at long last, my Blu-ray copy of Private Snafu has finally arrived. Looking forward to watching this one! :dance:

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

If you can post clips from Snafu, that would be awesome. I've only ever read about it...

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Let me see what I can do. Our drive has decided to start acting up. :argh:

...in the meantime, here is one that I found on YouTube. Since this is World War II era animation meant only for the eyes of military personnel, you'll find much of it :nws: or problematic in content. The wiki does a nice job of explaining why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltO0Xcdm1s

Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Snafu

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

"Spies" is my favorite one, even if it's not as raunchy as others. Plus, it was one of the shorts Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel wrote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSHKIyQey4

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
They're pretty funny. This one is from the disc, and is titled 'No Buddy Atoll' - please let me know if the link gives you any issues.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5tdylh

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

Artsygrrl posted:

Those were some pretty sweet music videos - thanks for posting them! While this is not a music video, I did stumble upon a neat one from 1984. Max Andersson's One Hundred Years, featuring music by The Cure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdTG5qsJ0zE

To update: at long last, my Blu-ray copy of Private Snafu has finally arrived. Looking forward to watching this one! :dance:

That was good, thanks.

You've seen this, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeeTfsm8bk Some of the linked vids might be cool too.

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
That is such a good short!

Sorry to post on a sad note, but I figured this thread was a very appropriate place to do so. A legend in the world of animation and an incredibly prolific voice actress, June Foray, has passed. In tribute to her massive body of work, I'm going to share some examples of her early stuff. Most of it is mainstream, but if you dig around IMDB and her Wiki, you'll find out just how busy she was. You could hear her throughout most of the animated shorts and TV shows of the last century.

Some of her earliest listed work was for radio(!) - here she plays Midnight the Cat and Old Grandie on The Buster Brown Show. I think her first appearance is around the five minute mark? This also gives one an idea what kid shows were like during the radio era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJQmhy6n3QQ


Wikipedia lists this short as her first animated appearance, Egg Cracker Suite (1943), as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Walter Lantz Productions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-L-q3gNKwQ


June also popped up as the talking car signal and Fashion Car announcer in Tex Avery's Car of Tomorrow (1951). Please note that the humor tends to get a bit problematic in places, but otherwise this is a very silly short.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4i75qe


On a devious note, June was also the voice of an evil doll in an episode of The Twilight Zone. I could sit here and post examples all day. :allears:

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Getting back into the weird part of animation, I stumbled onto this collection of super early computer animation called 'Visualing Poetry With 1960s Computer Graphics - AT&T Archives'. From the video description:

quote:

From 1964 through around 1969, artist Stan VanDerBeek worked with computer scientist Ken Knowlton on a series of films:
  • PoemField No. 1 (1965)
  • PoemField No. 2 (1966) (this one, with a free jazz soundtrack by Paul Motian)
  • PoemField No. 3 (1967)
  • PoemField No. 4 (no date)
  • PoemField No. 5 (1967)
  • PoemField No. 6 (no date)
  • PoemField No. 7 (1971)
  • PoemField No. 8 (no date)
  • Collido-Oscope (1966) (VanDerBeek, Knowlton and Bosche)
  • Man and His World, 1967 (shown at Expo '67)
Each film was constructed using Knowlton's BEFLIX computer language, which was based on FORTRAN. The films were programmed on a IBM 7094 computer. The films were created in black and white, with color added later by Brown and Olvey. This particular version is taken from a film with some color decay.

VanDerBeek passed away in 1984. He is also part of the film Incredible Machine, made in 1968. VanDerBeek was part of a unique program at Bell Labs that allowed artists to work with computer scientists in order to explore and advance the technology in the fields of computer graphics and music. The program was given tacit approval by department head John Robinson Pierce, yet was not a formal arrangement within the Labs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4agEv3Nkcs

It's part of a playlist, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzB31mD4NmA

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


For some reason I just remembered this one. Another classic Polish animation. It actually won an Oscar in 1982:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JPZm1vM3gU

It's pretty neat, it's required to be watched with sound.

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Oh, that was a fun one! The many layers of activity reminded me of this one screensaver under the After Dark line - a cafe scene that featured many characters.

RatEarth
Aug 7, 2017

I didn't say that.
but it'd be funny if I did
It's interesting to look back on Danny Antonucci's work before he worked on Ed, Edd, n Eddy (or The Brothers Grunt, if you remember whatever the hell that was). :nws: for language and violence.

https://youtu.be/BVIB9JnGfiM

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Lupo the Butcher! I still remember the MTV bumpers with him (and yes, The Brothers Grunt). Fun stuff!

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Artsygrrl posted:

Getting back into the weird part of animation, I stumbled onto this collection of super early computer animation called 'Visualing Poetry With 1960s Computer Graphics - AT&T Archives'. From the video description:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4agEv3Nkcs

It's part of a playlist, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzB31mD4NmA

This stuff is rad

RatEarth
Aug 7, 2017

I didn't say that.
but it'd be funny if I did
Here's a weird little short from the USSR, released in 1989.

https://youtu.be/qbar3nsf0_U

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Nice! This one came up in the related videos list, and what better place to post it than here. Ivan Maximov's 2015 piece 'Benches'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR3YcECBezE

Animator wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Maximov

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Science Friction (1959, Stan Vanderbeek)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z5F-t-bCck

Storytime (1968, Terry Gilliam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXW9b9O9S6A

PostsYouCanDanceTo
Sep 23, 2005

This one is dark.... but oh so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkDrIacHJM

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Very good stuff, everyone! Terry Gilliam is an inspiration, so seeing his inspiration is awesome. The Backwater Gospel short was really well done, and the sound on it provided just the right level of darkness.

I stumbled upon this one, from the Fantastic Animation Festival of 1977. It's an animation based on the song Moonshadow by Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens), and the characters can be found on the Teaser and the Firecat album cover. :catdrugs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0awe6OJB0o

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
Happy Saturday, everyone!

Here is a really quick one from Bhim Sain called The Climb (1970).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Nema9XTcs


This one comes from Zlatko Grgic via the National Film Board of Canada, and is about fire safety - I give you Hot Stuff (1971).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6lRb8y_AQ

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747
This played last night before Ingrid Goes West, dunno if it was just this theater's thing

https://youtu.be/gVcZ9t_bnWE


Found this last week, good song and I havent seen sketches animated like this
https://youtu.be/8kkiJKjo2SA

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I forgot to share this when I saw it a few months ago but this is a cool short about social pressure and bulimia . It's definitely NWS

https://vimeo.com/210735368

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Artsygrrl posted:

This one comes from Zlatko Grgic via the National Film Board of Canada, and is about fire safety - I give you Hot Stuff (1971).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6lRb8y_AQ

NFB Canada shorts are awesome and often hilarious.

This is another great one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo80yS8_42Q

Main voice actor is Marshall Efron, who voiced Synonamess Botch in Twice Upon a Time.

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
These are great! And the music video was just lovely. The combination of 2D and stop motion animation reminds me of the short Nougat, although the only version I can seem to find is on YouTube (and of low quality).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLxFhxaZyTg

Going back to the Canadian stuff, I really enjoy the subtle humor that pops up. It did help me locate another good one, and I feel every ounce of pain that the protagonist feels. This one is called The Wrong Type, and I am pretty sure it has yet to be posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYBKfcr2-jw

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
I saw this on TV once while flipping channels as a kid, and then never saw it again - until my husband found it. This is Quest (1985).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGz_7mYnj4

From the closing credits:

quote:

"The music for this film was generated on Apollo workstations.

The images for this film were generated on a network of 108 Apollo workstations over a seven-week period using about 52,000 hours of CPU time."

18 Character Limit
Apr 6, 2007

Screw you, Abed;
I can fix this!
Nap Ghost

Artsygrrl posted:

I saw this on TV once while flipping channels as a kid, and then never saw it again - until my husband found it. This is Quest (1985).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGz_7mYnj4

From the closing credits:

This looks like every single thing in the Mind's Eye series (Beyond the Mind's Eye, Gate to the Mind's Eye, etc.) which I think were all computer graphics demonstrators.

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


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Grimey Drawer
This is certainly crisp in terms of graphics. I think my brother also had a folder that looked like something out of this short.

Update: Just had a look at that Mind's Eye stuff - wow, it's like someone mashed up Rez and The Lawnmower Man. :lsd: It's also neat looking at how computer animation evolves between mid-eighties demo reels and early nineties shorts.

Artsygrrl fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Sep 22, 2017

sigma 6
Nov 27, 2004

the mirror would do well to reflect further

Anything by Anthony F Schepperd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF_C7BvAf_A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qmVNB4nalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fg9N00QX0

and the one he is most famous for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhheiPTdZCw

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer

These are all pretty rad! Especially fun when good music is paired with the animation.

sigma 6
Nov 27, 2004

the mirror would do well to reflect further

A classic from back in the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeeTfsm8bk

and one from Baginski / Platige.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATWewCATN0

I prefer the darker stuff. Obviously.

18 Character Limit
Apr 6, 2007

Screw you, Abed;
I can fix this!
Nap Ghost

I recall seeing a version of this with the sound as Hellbent by Kenna that worked well.

sigma 6
Nov 27, 2004

the mirror would do well to reflect further

Yeah - there were different versions with different songs tacked onto the video. Thanks youtubers!

Here is some genius by David O'Reilly.

The External World
https://vimeo.com/19723116

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
More is a classic. Fallen Art has some fantastic dancing. And I seriously enjoyed the crap out of The External World.

These are all great, everyone! Please feel free to post more. :buddy:

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
We were watching some old Halloween cartoons and found this short starring Casper The Friendly Ghost. While released for children, I found the short too messed up to not share in this thread.

"There's Good Boos Tonight" (1948) - sometimes the most demented animation comes wrapped in saccharine packages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB2cJDq9rOY

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
The music video of Tool - Sober (1993)

Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


I'm just here.

Grimey Drawer
There is a neat little write-up on the Adam Jones directed Tool videos, which you can find here:

http://loudwire.com/tool-videos-directed-by-adam-jones/

Seriously cool learning that their own guitarist was the mastermind behind these iconic videos. Somehow I'd gone this whole time without knowing that. :bang:

sigma 6
Nov 27, 2004

the mirror would do well to reflect further

Artsygrrl posted:

There is a neat little write-up on the Adam Jones directed Tool videos, which you can find here:

http://loudwire.com/tool-videos-directed-by-adam-jones/

Seriously cool learning that their own guitarist was the mastermind behind these iconic videos. Somehow I'd gone this whole time without knowing that. :bang:

All the tool videos fit in this thread. Especially the early ones.

Adam Jones was inspired by The Brothers Quay, who were in turn inspired by Jan Svankmeyer.

Bros Quay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIGEjEu0bn4
homage to Svankmeyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITXuIIwqj8c

Jan Svankmeyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHJObamrXEc

The latest stuff at Tool shows is being created by zbrush artist Meats Meier. I have met him on a couple of occasions and he is a pretty cool guy.


Weird and twisted animation is kind of my forte.

Oh - and the one I came here to post.

Burning Safari
https://vimeo.com/4782353
Cocotte Minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBPTxREiaJk
Pyrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnod13_Xsf0

I strongly feel that Gobelins animation is some of the best in the world. I could watch the shorts all day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=user?gobelins

sigma 6 fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Oct 15, 2017

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Artsygrrl
Apr 24, 2007


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Grimey Drawer
Absolutely love these!

The last one had an error message and would not play. What was the title of it?

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