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Teaser Trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s “GRAVITY” with Sandra Bullock & George Clooney

2013-05-10T08:00:00.001+08:00

墨西哥名导 Alfonso Cuarón 以启示录形态包装的科幻杰作《Children of Men》，是奥斯卡金像奖乃至整个经典电影史册上的热选遗珠之一，而恰如该片开场一镜到底的招牌作业，也将在其睽违7年的掌舵新作《GRAVITY》中派上用场。这部由他和其八字辈爱子 Jonás 联手编写剧本的外太空作品，在一次极小规模的闭门试映会获得一致好评，却以力求完美为由进阶琢磨而历经一个年头的延映后，终将让两大观众缘指数最稳健的A咖 —— Sandra Bullock 及 George Clooney 穿上三维太空衣，强势漫游同一冲奥档！前者此前将先以一部后劲看涨的暑期档喜剧片《The Heat》暖身，可望再展3年前（那个又是封后又搞离婚而惊足一年）的回勇势头。随博分享《GRAVITY》首款气场壮丽的先行海报，以及新鲜发布、首曝屏息特效的【先行预告片】。

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Award-Winning Whimsical Imaginative Short: WEST OF THE MOON, by Brent Bonacorso

2013-05-07T02:01:00.001+08:00

在参展征途凯旋而归近2年后，于近日完整上线的超现实主义奇幻短片《WEST OF THE MOON》，是洛杉矶广告界特效精英 Brent Bonacorso 入列《Filmmaker》杂志第14批【独立电影新秀】选单的上位代表作；童梦戏码揭盅前贯穿的，是一名老翁的荒诞回忆录，在破格意象及以爱为本的融合架构上，隐约闪烁着鬼才杰作《Big Fish》的影子。

TFF 2013: Watch 5 ‘Imagination Series’ Winning Shorts based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s Script

2013-05-02T16:26:00.001+08:00

顶级琴酒品牌 Bombay Sapphire 与纽约翠贝卡电影节（Tribeca Film Festival）单位联办的创意短片竞赛《Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Film competition》今年迈入第二届，除了再次邀来曾凭借黑人励志佳作《Precious》荣获奥斯卡最佳改编剧本奖的 Geoffrey Fletcher 贡献【指定剧本草纲】公开征才，也有请奥斯卡影帝 Adrien Brody 加入评审阵容。随博分享日前在影展上公映，荣享头彩的首届活动5部出线作品，并附创作者的拍摄历程特备。

伦敦新晋编导 James W. Griffiths 的奇幻创作《Room 8》乃以70年代监狱为背景，讲述一名犯人在惊现微型实境后试图越界脱囚的故事，仿似人类聪明反被聪明误的邪念写照。

西班牙编剧导师 Alexis Barroso Gasco 的《Concrete》融合了仿古魔幻与黑色幽默元素，以一栋办公大楼的机密仓为主景，讲述一名公司高层与一名清洁女工争夺欲望盒的故事。

苏格兰动画导演 Cadi Catlow 的定格动画作品《Crab》以海滩为背景，讲述两只冤家螃蟹借助吸力光瓶一扫闷局的出走游记。

以黑色喜剧犯罪为轴的《The Mrs》，乃伦敦电影制片人 Shekhar Bassi 参照鬼才兄弟 The Coen Brothers 破格思维的概念创作，讲述一对婚姻亮起红灯的罪犯情鴦，以偏方重拾激情的故事。

伦敦自由创作者 Paul Frankl 的《Water Song》于泳池水底辽展唯美的意象，讲述一名聋哑游泳选手在作弊摘誉后，饱受良心责备的故事。

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ONLY GOD FORGIVES: Motion Teaser Poster + New Trailers + French Poster with Ryan Gosling

2013-04-18T05:16:00.000+08:00

重口味丹麦优导 Nicolas Winding Refn 与红火型男 Ryan Gosling 继浪漫孤独英雄之作《Drive》的手写粉红后，日前发布【首支限制级预告】的二度合作新片《ONLY GOD FORGIVES》，则释出了以霓虹绘具勾勒魔鬼（恶龙）轮廓的首款炫彩迷幻先行海报，贯彻舵手的暴力美学冲突风格。

【更新加料】：
在此片正式【入列】本届康城影展竞赛项目后，
首曝新鲜片段及揭示剧情的【2支国际版预告片】及【法国版参展海报】也循势上线。

via RadiusTWC, Vlicious, Festival de Cannes - Page Officielle

Watch: 26 Minutes English-Subbed Making-Of Featurette for Michel Gondry’s “MOOD INDIGO”

2013-04-18T02:37:00.000+08:00

早前曾分享百年老号汽车品牌 Peugeot 为鬼才 Michel Gondry 玄幻新作《Mood Indigo》（L'écume des jours）斥资定做，一款奇创透明礼宾车（Peugeot LimoVian）的剧照组图；而根据此博转贴分享，一支含英语字幕的26分钟幕后制作特备，该独家车款似乎仅仅于片中泡沫婚礼一幕派上用场，艺术造物可谓不惜工本，若片子开红盘，搞不好可以高价拍出。从街头直击的【系列怪诞改装车款】，到第一波造势的【首批奇绚图档】、【妙致设景组图】，到正式发布的【首款水漾海报】、【首支仿古脉动预告片】、【终极版预告片 + 7款角色海报】，再到开通【360度互动官网】，以及释出【片尾曲完整音轨】，我的【年度最期待】相关分享似乎也该划上休止符，在一趟幕下奇观后，开始静待成品咯。

via Peugeot, L'Ecume des jours - Le film

Supercut: Back-to-the-Camera Shots Montage + Opening Title Sequence Short Documentary

2013-04-14T12:05:00.000+08:00

网络的便捷，让人收（吸收资讯）放（释放创意）自如，且在没有制式营销的商业框限下，粉丝创作往往要比官方制作更具看头，近例就包括了年初奥斯卡释出雷声大雨点小的占士邦致敬汇频后，旋即激发了不少有心人示范何为水准剪辑。随博分享2支近期热传的电影集汇视频 —— 《The View: A “Back-to-the-Camera Shot” Supercut》及《THE FILM before THE FILM》，精选主题分别是后摄镜头及序幕艺术。前者出自西雅图剪辑师 Zach Prewitt 之手，集结95部影作掌镜者从后方拍摄的场面，瞭望演出者【前景】，也可让观者单凭一场戏码并享猜猜乐，检阅观影记忆；后者则是柏林工程艺术大学动态设计系学生二人组 Nora Thoes 及 Damian Pérez 的研究项目，采以纪录片形式阐述电影序幕的演化史，辑录古今（1897-2012）影作的开场艺术。

Listen to End Credits Song for Michel Gondry’s “MOOD INDIGO”: “Mais, Aime La” by Loane

2013-04-13T19:26:00.000+08:00

延展玩味短片《Haircut Mouse》的【音】缘，趣扮【理发鼠】的鬼才 Michel Gondry 再邀法国创作女歌手 Loane 为其掌舵生涯首部法语长片《Mood Indigo》（L'écume des jours）词曲订做一首全新原创片尾曲《Mais, Aime La》，为飘扬怀古音韵的【双碟装电影原声带】注入迷音幻律。随博分享此单曲的完整试听音轨。

via @MichelGondry, Movielicious

Celebrates 88 Years of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “THE GREAT GATSBY”: Book Covers + Lost Footage

2013-04-11T13:26:00.000+08:00

知新了又哪能不温故？时代的进化，愈美丽愈堕落。承接金碧奢华的【上一博】，且让我们走入时光隧道，趁《THE GREAT GATSBY》原著88周年庆，一览其横越国际的21款经典封面大汇总，并回顾从硕果仅存的1926年默片版本预告片（其完整存片已遗失），到1949年乏人问津的第二个银幕版本（附上分频全片观赏），再到1974年由 Robert Redford 扮演俊魅主人公的古早款预告片（虽走色但至少是几近失传的原装版本）。当然，每个时代都有各自精彩的风貌，珍视旧有也无需苛待新创，毕竟欣赏美丽是可以很纯粹的。

via Open Culture, NYTimes

The Sets of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby”

2013-04-09T12:13:00.000+08:00

【华丽系】名导 Baz Luhrmann 的同名著作改编新片《THE GREAT GATSBY》有多让人目眩神驰？相信透过其【首支绚丽预告片】、改攻暑期档后的【第二支重剧感预告片】，及轮播包括 Beyoncé 翻唱（糟蹋？）已故 Amy Winehouse 骚灵杰作《Back to Black》、新晋唱作歌姬 Lana Del Rey 新单曲《Young and Beautiful》等电影原声带曲目的【终极版预告片】，已可赋予高度期待；而继【首组角色海报】后于近期接力释出，无论是【搭配角色标志性定位背景】或【两个连戏单位分支合影】的单双人物海报系列，也都预示了此片的金碧奢华。一场爵士时代的绚烂悲剧将于5月上演，在观赏影作前，且让我们先来定格一览片中重现20世纪装潢雕饰艺术的阔气造景吧。

via Architectural Digest, Facebook

Watch: Hilarious Environmental Animated Short “SHAVE IT” from 3Dar VFX Studio

2013-04-08T22:19:00.000+08:00

由阿根廷创意工作室 3Dar 旗下精英 Fernando Maldonado 及 Jorge Tereso 联手掌舵，融合二维动画摄影技术的4分钟欢闹短片《SHAVE IT》，乃以炫彩色泽及夸张诙谐的连叠元素，搭载环保旨意，讲述一个自然界生物【反入侵】地球的故事。片中的灵猴在人类的奢侈弃物中意外搜获一个剃具，进而在恼怒于人类无度的垦伐活动下，除毛展开反克行动！

Fancy 360° Interactive Site Launched for Michel Gondry’s “MOOD INDIGO” #EcumeDesJours

2013-04-06T02:00:00.000+08:00

鬼才名导 Michel Gondry 的玄幻新作《MOOD INDIGO》（L'écume des jours）正于法国本土倒数公映，其【官方网站】也应时翻新并开通歌舞升平的互动。随博分享含载当中的4支法语角色特备视频，360度互动内容的全景截图，以及部分仿古而怪诞的奇创音乐器具。

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Watch: B movie-Inspired Dark Comedy Short “THE ELABORATE END OF ROBERT EBB”

2013-04-04T13:13:00.000+08:00

大抵是胃口养大了，今日银幕怪物的塑造似乎愈昂贵愈唬不了人；而古早的造物，则是童年记趣，历经岁月的加持，束上了一件 cult 衣。继【寿司师傅大战深海巨鱿】后，再分享一部膺奖的B级海怪短片：由3名童年好友 Clément Bolla 、FX Goby 及 Matthieu Landour 合力完成，重现50年代B级片风貌的英法联制黑色喜剧短片《The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb》，乃阐述同名主人公狼狈的悲剧约会，而让其乐极生悲的8尺高怪兽装，则是产自英国的5周速成品。

Watch: Beautifully Moving 2013 Annecy-Selected Short “AUTUMN LEAVES” (Premier Automne)

2013-04-02T00:10:00.000+08:00

法国年度国际动画节 Annecy 2013 将于6月响锣，由当地工作室 Je Regarde 团队掌舵主力 Carlos De Carvalho 及 Aude Danset 联手炮制的唯美动画小品《Premier Automne》（Autumn Leaves），是短片类别非竞赛（Out of Competition）环节的参展作品之一。10分钟的故事乃以异端感鲜明的季节作引，再导入身处两极空间的小男生 Abel 与小女孩 Apolline（以及他们的狗儿们），阐述寒冬与炎夏的灵魂，如何从相噬到相知而至妥协迎度喻意转变的秋季，恰似皮克斯优良创作《Day & Night》的磨合寓意，一种时下相斥世态总是乔不拢的【协和】。

Watch: Conceptual Trippy Animated Short - “PERIHELION” by Nick Cross

2013-03-28T17:46:00.000+08:00

加拿大【批判型】动漫家 Nick Cross 在百忙于首部动画长片《Black Sunrise》之际，腾出了喘息空档，献上最新一部迷幻短片《PERIHELION》。虽则贯彻恰如《Yellow Cake》及《The Pig Farmer》的现实主义、寓意叙事及大胆意象，但毕竟仅属概念性质的随手作业，所以并不倚重于故事性，而是以黑暗的诗意结构，呓吟世态偏离近日点的人文腐堕。

Updated: Final Trailer + Featurette + Character Posters for Michel Gondry’s “MOOD INDIGO”

2013-03-09T01:54:00.000+08:00

以上这一款充满想象空间的图档，乃是法国鬼才导演 Michel Gondry 玄幻新作《MOOD INDIGO》（L'écume des jours）近日发布的【巧致设景组图】之一，妙将掌舵的造物巨人（导演本人）设置于其异想场景，贯彻其天马行空的黑色幽默风格。他说： “Humor helps to swallow the harshness of life” ，所以我们总是得以在其构思的悲情章节里，逆向思考出片刻快慰。他最新探索的这一段【瑰丽而悲愁的泡沫人生】，目前正如火如荼造势当中，惟法国以外的我们暂且只能借由首支预告片，感受沁心的【仿古脉动】。随博分享此片7位要角 Romain Duris 、Audrey Tautou 、Omar Sy 、Gad Elmaleh 、Charlotte Le Bon 、Philippe Torreton 及 Aïssa Maïga 的【角色海报】；此外，亦并贴首支新鲜发布的法语版幕后特辑，以及一款波浪桌下【内有乾坤】的最新影图。（12/3 更新：【终极版预告片】进一步预示鬼才迷人归位。）

【号外】：
如果你也想探悉激发鬼才灵感的泉源所在地，则可透过以下视频，
一窥大师最爱流连及淘宝的【迷宫】 —— Vidéo Club de la Butte ，追溯古早的美好。
Watch: [ Michel Gondry： A Cinephile’s Labyrinth ]

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80-Min Story Reel Draft of Tomm Moore’s “The Secret of Kells” Follow-up “SONG OF THE SEA”

2013-03-07T16:18:00.001+08:00

产自爱尔兰工作室 Cartoon Saloon 的手绘动画片《The Secret of Kells》意象美绝，是对上三届奥斯卡的入围【金】喜。该公司的联合创办人兼导演 Tom Moore 及其制作班底秉承【慢工细活】精神，第二部延续民间童话风格的力作《SONG OF THE SEA》在历经逾3个年头的炮制，持续让人长盼；惟可喜的是，自3年前的【首支概念预告片】后，我们终可透过最新上载时长近1小时半的完整故事轴，窥探草绘的原始美，倾听静谧的海韵。

【延伸预赏】：

由于上述视频含重雷剧透，应是供内部参照及修订的动态草本，猜想乃因一时手误而作开放式设置，所以在我发博不久已被迅速【锁频】，无缘预睹者，只得继续期待成品咯。无论如何，以下早在逾2年前曝光的概念绘图、预告及角色简介辑图，或可让你解解瘾。

via Cartoon Saloon’s Vimeo, Tomm Moore’s Blog

An Open Letter to Ang Lee, from VFX Soldier

2013-02-26T13:30:00.000+08:00

李安二擒【小金人】，全台湾欢腾（当地媒体没完没了猛打的『李安谢谢台湾』这六字大标更是自我良好得堪称一绝）；视觉特效工作室 Rhythm & Hues（简称 R&H）勇夺最佳视觉效果奖，【大马分公司】与有荣焉。可惜的是，R&H 洛杉矶总公司一众遭遇无预警裁员的幕后【战士】，纵然集众于场外发动【抗议游行】，却似乎受到了二度伤害。一是李安特别谢【造浪乡友】却没明谢【制效功臣】（在限时里一次感谢全剧组并无不妥，只是当中恰恰有一组别正面对焦灼态况，似乎就有标明的需要了），激发领军者 Phillip Broste 致上一封【公开信】以宣泄慨愤，除了同时抱怨得了奖也没谢这班【落难】后制功臣的摄影师 Claudio Miranda ，亦揭露【商品节支】致使【人力贬值】的症结；二则奥斯卡执勤者在 R&H 高层 Bill Westenhofer 正要向效力团队致谢之时，旋即【放鲨催场】的小气度作风，再次应证权威分子粉饰太平的霸道及愚昧（事实上，在这急需声援的关键时刻，耗时先谢家人的 Bill Westenhofer 也挨轰本末倒置）。

时代愈是进化，艺术愈是退化，我们看到的尽是华而不实的造物；电影票房愈是创高，电影质感愈是走低，影迷/片商一年下来观赏/推出的影片，有多少部不三维？又有多少部零特效？物极必反，穷奢极欲的各方都有责任。

Dear Mr. Lee,

When asked about the bankruptcy of Rhythm + Hues, the visual effects house largely responsible for making your film “life of Pi” as incredible as it was, you said:

“I would like it to be cheaper and not a tough business [for VFX vendors]. It’s easy for me to say, but it’s very tough. It’s very hard for them to make money. The research and development is so expensive; that is a big burden for every house. They all have good times and hard times, and in the tough times, some may not [survive].”

I just want to point out that while, yes R&D can be expensive and yes it takes a lot of technology and computing power to create films like yours, it is not computer chips and hard drives that are costing you so very much money. It is the artists that are helping you create your film.

So when you say “I would like it to be cheaper,” as an artist I take that personally. It took hundreds of hours from skilled artists and hard-working coordinators and producers to craft the environments and performances in life of Pi. Not to mention the engineers that wrote all of that proprietary code and build the R+H pipeline. That is where your money went. I’d say, judging from the night you just had, you got one hell of a deal.

Incidentally, those were the same gorgeous sunsets and vistas that your DP Claudio Miranda took credit for without so much as a word of thanks to those artists. And the same animated performances that helped win you the best director statue. Nice of you to mention the pool crew, but maybe you could have thanked the guys and gals who turned that pool in to an ocean and put a tiger in to that boat?

It was world class work, after all. And after a fabulously insulting and dismissive introduction from the cast of the avengers, at least two of whom spent fully half of their film as a digitally animated character, R+H won for it’s work on your very fine piece of cinema. And just as the bankruptcy was about to be acknowledged on a nationally-televised platform, the speech was cut short. By the Jaws theme.

If this was meant as a joke, we artists are not laughing.

Mr. Lee, I do believe that you are a thoughtful and brilliant man. And a gifted filmmaker. But I also believe that you and everyone in your tier of our business is fabulously ignorant to the pain and turmoil you are putting artists through. Our employers scramble to chase illegal film subsidies across the globe at the behest of the film studios. Those same subsidies raise overhead, distort the market, and cause wage stagnation in what are already trying economic times. Your VFX are already cheaper than they should be. It is disheartening to see how blissfully unaware of this fact you truly are.

By all accounts, R+H is a fantastic place to work; a truly great group of people who treat their employees with fairness and respect. Much like Zoic Studios, the fabulous company that I am proud to work for. But I am beginning to wonder if these examples of decency will be able to survive in such a hostile environment. Or if the horror stories of unpaid overtime and illegal employment practices will become the norm, all because you and your fellow filmmakers “would like it to be cheaper.”

I for one won’t stand for it. Please join me.

Warmest regards and congratulations,
Phillip Broste
Lead Compositor

via VFX Soldier, VFX Solidarity International

Poetry Anti-Bullying Animation: TO THIS DAY

2013-02-24T14:05:00.001+08:00

影坛盛事《第85届奥斯卡金像奖》的颁奖典礼近在眉睫，从【入围者】到【抗议者】都处于【备战】状态。今届纪录长片一奖的最大入围遗珠，首推中国维权中坚艺术家艾未未的《Ai weiwei: Never Sorry》，接着就是阐述美国校园霸凌态况的《Bully》了；而在奢华的金光时刻到来之前，我们先来聆听社会弱势群体心灵黑暗的歇斯呐喊吧。《TO THIS DAY》是一部由温哥华设计工作室 Giant Ant 主催的【反霸凌】公益动画短片，辑汇86名致力于动画或动态影像领域的艺术家所集力贡献的各20秒创作，再透过加拿大诗人作家 Shane Koyczan 强而有力的朗诵，兼具讨伐加害者及鼓慰受害者的旨意。

To This Day
by Shane Koyczan

To This Day
When I was a kid
I used to think that pork chops and karate chops
were the same thing
I thought they were both pork chops
and because my grandmother thought it was cute
and because they were my favourite
she let me keep doing it

not really a big deal

one day
before I realized fat kids are not designed to climb trees
I fell out of a tree
and bruised the right side of my body

I didn’t want to tell my grandmother about it
because I was afraid I’d get in trouble
for playing somewhere that I shouldn’t have been

a few days later the gym teacher noticed the bruise
and I got sent to the principal’s office
from there I was sent to another small room
with a really nice lady
who asked me all kinds of questions
about my life at home

I saw no reason to lie
as far as I was concerned
life was pretty good
I told her “whenever I’m sad
my grandmother gives me karate chops”

this led to a full scale investigation
and I was removed from the house for three days
until they finally decided to ask how I got the bruises

news of this silly little story quickly spread through the school
and I earned my first nickname

pork chop

to this day
I hate pork chops

I’m not the only kid
who grew up this way
surrounded by people who used to say
that rhyme about sticks and stones
as if broken bones
hurt more than the names we got called
and we got called them all
so we grew up believing no one
would ever fall in love with us
that we’d be lonely forever
that we’d never meet someone
to make us feel like the sun
was something they built for us
in their tool shed
so broken heart strings bled the blues
as we tried to empty ourselves
so we would feel nothing
don’t tell me that hurts less than a broken bone
that an ingrown life
is something surgeons can cut away
that there’s no way for it to metastasize

it does

she was eight years old
our first day of grade three
when she got called ugly
we both got moved to the back of the class
so we would stop get bombarded by spit balls
but the school halls were a battleground
where we found ourselves outnumbered day after wretched day
we used to stay inside for recess
because outside was worse
outside we’d have to rehearse running away
or learn to stay still like statues giving no clues that we were there
in grade five they taped a sign to her desk
that read beware of dog

to this day
despite a loving husband
she doesn’t think she’s beautiful
because of a birthmark
that takes up a little less than half of her face
kids used to say she looks like a wrong answer
that someone tried to erase
but couldn’t quite get the job done
and they’ll never understand
that she’s raising two kids
whose definition of beauty
begins with the word mom
because they see her heart
before they see her skin
that she’s only ever always been amazing

he
was a broken branch
grafted onto a different family tree
adopted
but not because his parents opted for a different destiny
he was three when he became a mixed drink
of one part left alone
and two parts tragedy
started therapy in 8th grade
had a personality made up of tests and pills
lived like the uphills were mountains
and the downhills were cliffs
four fifths suicidal
a tidal wave of anti depressants
and an adolescence of being called popper
one part because of the pills
and ninety nine parts because of the cruelty
he tried to kill himself in grade ten
when a kid who still had his mom and dad
had the audacity to tell him “get over it” as if depression
is something that can be remedied
by any of the contents found in a first aid kit

to this day
he is a stick on TNT lit from both ends
could describe to you in detail the way the sky bends
in the moments before it’s about to fall
and despite an army of friends
who all call him an inspiration
he remains a conversation piece between people
who can’t understand
sometimes becoming drug free
has less to do with addiction
and more to do with sanity

we weren’t the only kids who grew up this way
to this day
kids are still being called names
the classics were
hey stupid
hey spaz
seems like each school has an arsenal of names
getting updated every year
and if a kid breaks in a school
and no one around chooses to hear
do they make a sound?
are they just the background noise
of a soundtrack stuck on repeat
when people say things like
kids can be cruel?
every school was a big top circus tent
and the pecking order went
from acrobats to lion tamers
from clowns to carnies
all of these were miles ahead of who we were
we were freaks
lobster claw boys and bearded ladies
oddities
juggling depression and loneliness playing solitaire spin the bottle
trying to kiss the wounded parts of ourselves and heal
but at night
while the others slept
we kept walking the tightrope
it was practice
and yeah
some of us fell

but I want to tell them
that all of this shit
is just debris
leftover when we finally decide to smash all the things we thought
we used to be
and if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself
get a better mirror
look a little closer
stare a little longer
because there’s something inside you
that made you keep trying
despite everyone who told you to quit
you built a cast around your broken heart
and signed it yourself
you signed it
“they were wrong”
because maybe you didn’t belong to a group or a click
maybe they decided to pick you last for basketball or everything
maybe you used to bring bruises and broken teeth
to show and tell but never told
because how can you hold your ground
if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it
you have to believe that they were wrong

they have to be wrong

why else would we still be here?
we grew up learning to cheer on the underdog
because we see ourselves in them
we stem from a root planted in the belief
that we are not what we were called we are not abandoned cars stalled out and sitting empty on a highway
and if in some way we are
don’t worry
we only got out to walk and get gas
we are graduating members from the class of
fuck off we made it
not the faded echoes of voices crying out
names will never hurt me

of course
they did

but our lives will only ever always
continue to be
a balancing act
that has less to do with pain
and more to do with beauty.

Imagery B&W Animated Shorts: “URSUS” by Reinis Pētersons & “THE PUB” by Joseph Pierce

2013-02-23T22:42:00.000+08:00

在这倒数元宵的喧闹时刻，分享两部或可让思绪有所顿悟的黑白艺术精品。一部是拉脱维亚插画家 Reinis Pētersons 编导的定格纸绘动画短片《URSUS》，讲述一只马戏团忧郁熊，在日复一日娱乐大众而致脱序的一趟归原历险记后，闻到了苞含人性原始善美的温暖花香；另一部则是英国动画师 Joseph Pierce 继勾勒一幅貌合神离全家福之影的《A Family Portrait》后，第三部采用遮罩技术（即真人演出影像与手绘动画作数码结合）炮制的意象短片《THE PUB》，通过一名囚于欲望与寂寥生态束缚的酒吧女主，透视吧客腐朽皮囊底下的狰狞面相。

Countdown to the 85th Academy Awards (Oscar): Tech-Inspired Parodies of Best Picture Nominees

2013-02-22T01:30:00.000+08:00

在各大电影专网不厌其烦【制式化】预测成绩之际，知名互联网科技平台 Mashable 则遵循定位以恶搞姿态参一脚，将最佳影片终极9强与时下热门科技名词、人物或趋势如 AIM（AOL）即時通、众包新闻网 fark.com 的创始人 Drew Curtis、全球最大域名注册商 Go Daddy、黑莓（BlackBerry）平板 PlayBook、解锁 iPhone、互联网文化基因 Meme、偏激分子的挑衅动作 Troll、商业导向的社交网络 LinkedIn 、网际协议地址 Ip 等作巧妙混搅，呼应85岁小金人向进化现实低头的小开窍。以下转贴的组图，乃依据相关影片当前的争奖走势作排列。

via Mashable

Delightful Supinfocom’s Graduation Short: FAT

2013-02-20T02:32:00.000+08:00

法国动画学院生，似乎都有着破格的思维。若你钟情于手绘艺术作业，相信已验收权威学府 Gobelins 于 2011 及 2012 年接力在线发表的年度毕业佳作；而在这样一个科技年代，数码动画学院 Supinfocom Arles 的后起实力，当然也不容小觑。继以未来纤体生态勾勒虚实交错【原始美】的《Slimtime》、透过畸童恶相呼应【核】不容缓抗争的《Chernokids》，以及活画出珍爱印记的盖棺告别式《Le Taxidermiste》后，再分享一部于近日才在线发布全频的谐趣毕业旧作《FAT》，借以诚祝浏阅此博的你，在这新的一年里 —— 圆圆满满！

via Cartoon Brew

Countdown to the 85th Academy Awards: Watch Live Action Short Nominee “HENRY” in Full

2013-02-19T02:43:00.000+08:00

除了十拿九稳的最佳外语片奖，同时角逐《第85届奥斯卡金像奖》另外四项大奖的法国佳作《Amour》，堪称随时跑出的黑马（尤其影后一奖）；无独有偶，短片组别实境项目的入围作品之一《HENRY》，亦同奏一阙迟暮恋曲。此20分钟音韵悠扬的短片，乃由加拿大蒙特利尔新晋电影人 Yan England 操刀，叙述一名钢琴演奏家在爱妻离世后，晚年记忆遗落的老病终端历程。值得一提的是，在这倒数开奖的储势关键时刻，除了【动画短片五强】已全数在线公映，实境及纪录片组别的作品则多半暂供付费下载，唯独 Yan England 大方为其作品凑集更多在线口碑，并瞄准银发族评委，大打温情牌，且看最终能否反超最具赢面的《Asad》，于典礼奏凯？

via Deadline

Countdown to the 85th Academy Awards: Recap Early Roles of 2013 Oscar Acting Nominees

2013-02-16T11:32:00.000+08:00

综合文化资讯网站 Flavorwire 精心剪辑了一支集结《第85届奥斯卡金像奖》4项演员大奖入围单位的【回顾视频】，追溯他/她们初出道的演出风采；当中经典款（Joaquin Phoenix？）是精华所在，而由于《Beasts of the Southern Wild》是奥斯卡史上【最稚龄准影后】Quvenzhané Wallis 演艺履历的唯一作品，所以亦穿插其中。

via RopeofSilicon

Countdown to the 85th Academy Awards: Pop Art Style Posters Inspired by Best Picture Nominees

2013-02-15T18:44:00.000+08:00

年度奥斯卡盛典倒数计时引爆，除了官方邀来英国插画新锐 Olly Moss 精细镀金的【85周年纪念版海报】，以及顺应时势与新兴艺廊 Gallery1988 合制的【系列艺术绘图】，自然也有不少业余画家或影迷搭顺风车，依循以最佳影片9强作为主题，发表自定制绘；当中就包括了此博分享，图片网 Shutterstock 旗下设计班底展示英式波普艺术风格的炫目海报系列。

via Shutterstock

Watch & Donate: Childhood Cancer Awareness Animated Short - “PAUL AND THE DRAGON”

2013-02-15T13:54:00.000+08:00

【看短片做善事！】适逢每年2月15日的国际儿童癌症日（International Childhood Cancer Day），荷兰动画工作室 Anikey Studios 的创办人 Paco Vink 及 Albert 't Hooft 为本土 VOKK 及美国 ACCO 善心组织创制了一部时长逾20分钟的公益卡通短片《PAUL AND THE DRAGON》，旨在为罹癌孩童及其家属筹款，并同时倡导癌症关怀意识。全片交织于残酷现实与幻想世界，费煞心思淡化沉重的活命课题，采以童趣诙谐格局，巧妙让火龙比拟病魔，并激活化疗微生物，代入10岁病童变身勇士的抗癌历程；而起着鼓舞作用的光明结局，自是美意一桩。

via Animatie & Paul and the Dragon Foundation