Zoologic

A funny animation about a zoo from Nicole Mitchell.

Bio Bunny

Hooray! A new animation from Tony Dusko at notebookbabies

Synaesthesia

Midlands animation director Samantha Moore has made some beautiful films. Here is one that feels very experimental, but which shows the visual responses of some synaesthetics (people who experience one sense when another is stimulated e.g. colour when hearing sound). Not strictly a children’s animation… but it seems like something that all of us might find interesting on a purely sensory level!

Sam is currently making an animated documentary about synaesthesia called An Eyeful of Sound. There are more details on her website and film blog.

Mr Dusko returns

Notebookbabies’ Mr Dusko explains how he does what he does in his latest animation.

Pedro and Frankensheep

Despite running this blog for a few months I’ve never actually posted anything about Pedro and Frankensheep here, which is a series that me and my bro worked on all last year. You can watch one episode on YouTube, or watch all of them at the CBBC website.

Samosa in Love Triangle

A great little animation from the Mesh scheme that I saw at the Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival. Lovely and funny. Written, Animated and Directed by Yasmin Ismail.

http://www.4mations.tv/clip.aspx?key=F2804D20D9B49432

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Shameless self promotion again with Dogg

Dogg is a dog. He likes sausages and Raymond Chandler and quite possibly John Buchan too.

Watch it now at the 4mations website

Dot and the Kangaroo

Remembered this film the other day while chatting with brother Greg. Sort of a hippy Aussie film about Dot who gets lost in the bush and discovers that animals can speak too! She connects with a kindly kangaroo who’s lost her joey. This is parts one and two – there are more on YouTube. It mixes live action and 2D animation. The weirdest thing about this film was that the sounds of the bush really stuck in my head, and years later when I found myself visiting the Atherton Table Lands in Queensland Australia I realised that I recognised the sounds of the bush from Dot and the Kangaroo.

Part One – Dot gets lost

Part Two – Dot meets the kangaroo

Also the Bunyip Dance – the scary Aborigine style bit

I Met the Walrus

Here’s an interview conducted by a 14 year old kid (or is that a young man at that age – discuss!) back in that famous year of 1969 with John Lennon. This short was nominated for an Oscar in 2008.

There’s also a high quality version of the film at the YouTube screening room

Sticks – Endless Not

Endless Not gets up to some mischief in this new series from The Brothers McLeod