Computer Animation Arts

Another creepy little something - and under 2 minutes!  FLOOR 9.5 from Toby Meakins on Vimeo .

Turn off the lights, ladies and gentlemen... A creepy short just before bedtime... BEHIND - Horror short film from Ángel Gómez on Vimeo .

Welcome to this special edition of the Computer Animation Arts PWTM showcasing the final films of our 'Class of 2017' CAA grads who spent last week exhibiting their work at New Designers , Islington, London.   New Designers is an annual showcase of the very best in graduate design from universities around the UK. New Designers is affiliated with scores of leading companies and organisations which recognise the value of design education and its contribution to the UK's creative industries. The graduates of BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts have won multiple awards at New Designers and secured internships, commissions and employment.  As importantly, the show compels our bright young things to get into the habit of talking about their work with confidence and getting people to engage with them, which is no small challenge given the scale and competitiveness of a big London show. You win some and you lose some, and while Computer Animation Arts didn't walk aw...

Causality - the relationship between cause and effect... Leningrad - Kolshik from FancyShot on Vimeo .

A sweetly perverse short film about a girl and a cockroach...  Josephine and the Roach from Jonathan Langager on Vimeo .

Merry Christmas from Blue-Zoo with ' Daddy Christmas '! Best not to watch while eating... or with kids in the room... Enjoy!        You can see a little bit of the making of at: https://www.behance.net/gallery/22116885/Daddy-Christmas

It only takes a few seconds for this film to chill you to the bone. Lights Out - Who's There Film Challenge (2013) from David F. Sandberg on Vimeo .

Something to get you into the (far too early) Christmas spirit coming up (?). Maybe? See yourselves! DECEMBER from Andreas Pasvantis on Vimeo .

"Debuting in June 2011, Bloody Cuts is an anthology series of horror shorts (as well as the name of the production company) aiming for thirteen instalments, of which eight have surfaced so far. Available to watch free on the Bloody Cuts website, the films have attracted hundreds of thousands of views online, successfully hit the festival circuit, and picked up glowing notices from far and wide."  Read the full Empire article here . Suckablood is but one of eight horror-themed short films available to watch as part of the Bloodycuts anthology project.  You just know that everyone involved in this initiative is having a while of a time, and while the content might not be your cup-of-tea, it's worth checking out the 'making of' videos supporting this venture as they convey a certain fearlessness, enterprise and team spirit that will certainly inspire. Suckablood - short fairytale horror from BloodyCuts.co.uk on Vimeo . Suckablood - Ma...

This 'documentary' by Francesco Calabrese works best if you just sit back and watch it... LOVELY MONSTER from Francesco Calabrese on Vimeo .

I just want you to take a couple of minutes to watch this short 'mockumentary' written, produced and directed by Till Nowak .  It includes some nicely executed VFX stuff, but it's witty, wonderful and it will make you 'laugh out loud'.  It will also terrify you a bit too - even those among you who like a thrill ride or two!  The Centrifuge Brain Project from Till Nowak on Vimeo .

Le Miroir tells the story of a man - in the sense of the human being - which passes from childhood to the status of "old man", the time to freshen up.

Take ten minutes to watch this award-winning short film written and directed by Victor Carrey .  It will make you want to write and direct films! It reminds me of Paul Thomas Anderson's wonderful Magnolia (1999) spliced with the whimsy of a Wes Anderson movie.  Enjoy.

A week ago I subjected a number of unfortunate members of CG Arts to a screening of the remarkable 1987 film Street Trash . Just think, that's a reference you'll always have. Such things are not easy to erase from memory after all... However, just in case your melting homeless people needs were somehow not satisfied (unlikely, I'm sure) then watch the even-lower budget short film which ultimately went on to become a feature length film. Enjoy?

A friend sent me a link to this short and within minutes I had fallen in love with it. A superb example of how short film can turn the mundanity of human life into an engrossing and moving narrative. Filmmaker Marc Isaacs sets himself up in a London tower block lift. The residents come to trust him and reveal the things that matter to them creating a humorous and moving portrait of a vertical community. I know it is a 20 minute short about people in lifts, but please watch it, you will not be dissapointed.

It's called ' The Blue Umbrella ', it will be about 6 minutes long and you can see it in the cinema alongside ' Monsters University '. Cute! :D

I'll kick this off with something completely from the left-field. David Gladwell is perhaps most famous for being the editor of Lindsay Anderson's disaffected classics   If... and O Lucky Man!. H e is a talented director too and went on to make the utterly bizarre and disturbing  Requiem for a Village , an anthropological study of the inhabitants of Suffolk farming village as machinery begins to take over from traditional methods of labour.  An   Untitled Film, like  Requiem , is a film of contradicting and unexpected images centered around farming. It's  filmed in  luscious slow motion, so that the actions of the humans and animals become both utterly chaotic and magnificent. It's quite strange, but let let the images suck you in. Disclaimer: The film does imply that a live chicken is killed, but it's not graphic. However - don't watch if you'd rather not see!