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ONE SMALL STEP (Short Film)  by TAIKO Studios || Musical Score & Sound Design Project

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Naomi Shihab Nye

A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
his loneliness couldn’t catch up to him,
the best reason I ever heard
for trying to be a champion.
What I wonder tonight
pedaling hard down King William Street
is if it translates to bicycles.
A victory! To leave your loneliness
panting behind you on some street corner
while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas,
pink petals that have never felt loneliness,
no matter how slowly they fell.

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Nikki Giovanni -

(for Sally Sellers)

Like a fading piece of cloth
I am a failure

No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter
My seams are frayed my hems falling my strength no longer able
To hold the hot and cold

I wish for those first days
When just woven I could keep water
From seeping through
Repelled stains with the tightness of my weave
Dazzled the sunlight with my
Reflection

I grow old though pleased with my memories
The tasks I can no longer complete
Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past

I offer no apology only
this plea:

When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end
Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt
That I might keep some child warm

And some old person with no one else to talk to
Will hear my whispers

And cuddle
near

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Naomi Shihab Nye - 1952-

A man leaves the world
and the streets he lived on
grow a little shorter.

One more window dark
in this city, the figs on his branches
will soften for birds.

If we stand quietly enough evenings
there grows a whole company of us
standing quietly together.
overhead loud grackles are claiming their trees
and the sky which sews and sews, tirelessly sewing,
drops her purple hem.
Each thing in its time, in its place,
it would be nice to think the same about people.

Some people do. They sleep completely,
waking refreshed. Others live in two worlds,
the lost and remembered.
They sleep twice, once for the one who is gone,
once for themselves. They dream thickly,
dream double, they wake from a dream
into another one, they walk the short streets
calling out names, and then they answer.

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Up and down
what right have we
Where he went in and out
under only the clouds
How he would laugh
at an unexpected thing
At first you’d think
Why is he laughing
Then he’d say exactly
why it was funny
And he’d be right
he’d nailed it
He’d laugh again
to have nailed it

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The Tube Train

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Returning From Work

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View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow

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Wake Me Up Lyrics: Feeling my way through the darkness / Guided by a beating heart / I can't tell where the journey will end / But I know where to start / They tell me I'm too young to understand

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Lily builds a snowman and they share some great times, he comes to live and tells her stories. Will their friendship endure as the years pass? (Warning: a tear jerker!)

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I have an old suitcase filled with the old mans memories - small shoes, war medals, a silk handkerchief, gold ring, b/w wedding photograph etc.

I play this video with the IWB turned off so the children can only hear the music.

I sit the children in a circle whilst the music plays and I hand out memories from the box for the children to handle and discuss. We discuss any links between the objects and between the objects and the music. The children often guess that the story is sad - maybe someone looking back at their life.
Next we watch the video - the children fill in a what we know, what we want to know and what we have guessed sheet. e.g. guess his wife is the woman in film and she has died, guess that he is poor as he has no furniture.

I have used this for a range of writing - the most poignant was writing home from the battlefield to a loved one, with children describing the man dying.

I have also done an activity where the children create a 'photo diary' of memories - they can use stills from the animation or draw their own photos. They then write captions in character to go with each picture.

It is an ideal film for inspiring a story using flashbacks and flash-forwards. Can the children describe the setting and action and then change the place and time using text signposts?

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I have an old suitcase filled with the old mans memories - small shoes, war medals, a silk handkerchief, gold ring, b/w wedding photograph etc. I play this video with the IWB turned off so the children can only hear the music.

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Severus Snape: Importamt Scenes in Chronological Order

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Severus Snape: Importamt Scenes in Chronological Order

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Severus Snape | Important Scenes in Chronological Order

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Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince- Draco & Harry fight scene

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CGI Animated Shorts : "Can I Stay" - by Onyee Lo, Paige Carter, & Katie Knudson | TheCGBros

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CGI 3D Animation Short Film HD "The Wishgranter" by Wishgranter Team | CGMeetup

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Cute CGI 3d Animated Short Film ** A CLOUDY LESSON ** Family Fantasy Animation for Kids by Ringling

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CGI Animated Shorts: "One More Page" - by TigerBoxStudios | TheCGBros

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Piper is a 2016 computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Written and directed by Alan Barillaro, it was theatrically released alongside Pixar's Finding Dory on June 17, 2016. At the 89th Academy Awards it won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.


"Песочник" ("Piper") - короткометражный анимационный фильм режиссера Алана Барилларо (Alan Barillaro), созданный Pixar Animation Studios, - был выпущен вместе с полнометражным мультфильмом "В поисках Дори" в 2016 году. В 2017 году фильм эта короткометражка стала обладателем премии "Оскар" в номинации "Лучший анимационный короткометражный фильм".

Это коротенькая метафорическая история о преодолении, - себя, своих страхов, старого опыта.


Directed by Alan Barillaro
Produced by Marc Sondheimer
Written by Alan Barillaro
Music by	Adrian Belew
Edited by	Sarah K. Reimers
Production company: Pixar Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Release date: June 17, 2016 (with Finding Dory)


http://www.slovomiru.com/

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After a very successful festival circuit, running on over 180 film festivals and winning more than 50 awards, we’ve decided that it’s finally time to share “The Present” with the rest of the world. 

“The Present” is based on a great little comic strip by the very talented Fabio Coala.
Make sure to check out his page: www.mentirinhas.com.br

“The Present” is a graduation short from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
We really hope you enjoy the result of our hard work. Thanks to everyone who help creating this film and everyone who supported us during the festivals. Thanks a lot for making this such an incredible journey.

 
Soundtrack by "Zealand"
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/present-feat.-septemberkind/id915500091

A more detailed list of all the festival awards:
01. Int. Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics Cartoon Club - Cartoon Kids Award
02. Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival – Grand Prize Best Animation
03. FESA - Best Film for Children
04. Animago Award - Nominated for Best Short Film
05. Int. Student Film Festival Pisek – Special Jury Award 
06. Animalada - Best Short Animated Film 2014, Jury Award 
07. Anim Arte – Maxi Second place: Audience Award 
08. 15 Short Film Festival – Jury Award Best Animation 
09. PISAF – Audiences Prize (International) 
10. International Family Film Festival – Best Foreign Short Animation 
11. Enfoque, Int. Film Festival of Puerto Rico – Best Animation and Audience Choice Award 
12. Filmschau Baden Wuerttemberg – Best Animation
13. El Corto del Ano - Special Jury Mention 
14. Watersprite 2015 – Best Original Film Music 
15. California International Shorts Festival – Best Animated Short 
16. Short Tiger, Next Generation – Short Tiger Award
17. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival – Audience Award Kids 
18. Soul 4 Reel Festival – Best Animation
19. Canada International Film Festival - Best Animation 
20. CMS Int. Children´s Film Festival – Special Mention
21. Monstronale – Int. Children Jury Award
22. Sehsuechte Int. Student Festival Konrad Wolf – Best Children Film 
23. RiverRun International Film Festival – Best Student Animated Short 
24. VAFI – MIDI Section First Prize 
25. Newport Beach Film Festival – Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking 
26. Timeline Film Festival – Filmmaker Award 
27. Animayo Festival de Cine de Animacion – Director Award 
28. Chile Monos Festival Internationcional de Animacion – Second Place Int. School Short Film Competition 
29. Carmarthen Bay Film Festival – Best Animation 
30. Int. Film Festival for Children & Youth - THE HERMÍNA TÝRLOVÁ AWARD FOR YOUNG ARTIST AGED UNDER 35 
31. Rendezvous Festival – Best Animation 
32. Accolade Global Film Competition - Award of Excellence Special Mention: Animation (Student) 
33. Long Day Short Film – Grand Jury Prize 
34. Animatio Curtas Vila do Conde IFF – Curtinhas Prize 
35. Anima Mundi – Best short film for Children 
36. Maramures International Film Festival 2015 - Audience Award 
37. Real to Reel International Film festival – Best Student Animation
38. Giffoni Film Festival – Second Most Voted Film 
39. Traverse City Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Kids Short 
40. Ariano Film Festival – Best Animation 
41. Int. Film Festival Nueva Mirada for Children and Youth - Golden Kite" Award 
42. Joy House Film Festival – Media Super's Best Film 
43. ArTelesia Film Festival – School and University Award 
44. Summer Slam Film Festival – Best Animation Short
45. Catalina Film Festival – Best Animation Film 
46. Sapporo Shorts Fest - Best Student Children Film Silver
47. Sapporo Shorts Fest - Best Student Director Award 
48. AKUT – 2. Audience Award
49. NYLA International Film Festival - Best Animation 
50. Austin Film Festival - Animated Short Audience Award 
51. Seoul Guro Int. Kids Film Festival - Best Animated Short Film 
52. Filemon - Best Short Film 
53. Virginia Film Festival – Audience Award for Narrative Short
54. Ojai Film Festival – Honorable Mention 
55. Gold Coast International Film festival – Jury Award for Best Student Short Film 
56. Short Film Awards – Best Animated Short 
57. Roshd Int. Film Festival – Third Prize 
58. Olympia International Film Festival – Children´s Jury Award for Best animated short
59. Los Angeles Independent Film Festival - Best Animation

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Shadow of Blue is a beautiful animation that mixes together models and real life to create a stunning visual effect.

I would not do this as 1 lesson but this is how I would watch the film over a period of 2-4 lessons

There are many question and discussion points in the film. Pause at 2m48s and ask:

· Who is this girl?

· Why is she sat all alone in the park/woods?

· What do we think she is like?

· Why does she seem so thoughtful? Sad?

Pause at 3:06 and ask what they think has just happened? Can they predict what will happen next?

At 03:36 ask what is happening? Do they think the shadow has the same personality as the little girl? Why?

Pause at 05:21 - discuss use of music - children could write rich descriptions of the scene and make predictions about what they think will happen next. What is through the gate?

Pause at 5:40 discuss use of music for tension - can children replicate this in writing using long descriptive sentences punctuated by small snappy ones?

Watch the next section where the little girl is getting watched by the crow. The children could write about this but remember show not tell. Describe something watching her - shiny little eye watching her and a coat that shimmered in the cracks of light - keep the reader guessing don't just say - A crow was watching her.

Discuss range of emotions 7:42 - 08:46, possibly create an emotions graph and write inside/outside sentences to show what she is feeling when she scares off the crow with the branches.

Pause at 08:45 who is this lady watching? What can we tell from her dress? Her expression? What is she doing? What might happen next?

Pause at 9:30 why is she carrying her like that? Any ideas who this lady is yet?

Pause again at 09:34 - DISCUSS! There will be a large discussion to have here about the little girl. Why was she so imaginative? Why did her shadow have to have the adventures etc?

What does the blue butterfly do at the end? I like to think that it is spreading her lust for life around the hospital/orphanage and then around the town.

The end - Pause - and............................ WOW!

What to do next:

Write the narrative of the story in own words, maybe 1st person for the little girl and 3rd person for the shadow or more interestingly the other way round.

Write dialogue between the girl and her shadow.

Perhaps the little girl writes an imaginary diary each night about her shadow adventures, write this one and other adventures that the mischievous shadow has. ​

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Shadow of Blue is a beautiful animation that mixes together models and real life to create a stunning visual effect. I would not do this as 1 lesson but this is how I would watch the film over a...

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An autumn day in a deserted park, an elderly man named Geri plays a game of chess against himself. Geri plonks down the chess board and dumps the pieces out of a wooden cigar box. He puts the empty...

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''Mouse for sale'' - animated short film

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Snickers is a lonely mouse in a petshop, craving to be bought by someone. But he’s got one big problem: his huge ears. The kids entering the store keep laughing at him. Will Snickers find the buddy he so desires, someone who will take him for who he is?

''Mouse for sale'' is the animated short that I made as a graduation film, during the last year of my animation studies in Genk, Belgium. Took me a year to make and I still love that little mouse...

Credits:

Wouter Bongaerts - script, design, storyboard, animation and direction
Olivier Wery - music composer and drums
Garif Telzhanov - bass
Yoan Fernandez - guitar
Johan Ruyters - sax
Bert Lenaerts - sound mixing
Elias Vervecken - foley
Roland Javornick - script doctor

Complete list of film festival selections and prizes can be found on my blog, if interested: http://wallysketches.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/mouse-for-sale-online/

Working on a new short which is due beginning of 2013, stay tuned. :)

Copyright Wouter Bongaerts 2010

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Hedgehog - Animation Short Film 2018 - GOBELINS

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Un petit garçon parle de hérissons tout le temps à tout le monde.

A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.

Réalisateurs / Directors : : Vaibhav KESWANI, Jeanne LAUREAU, Colombine MAJOU, Morgane MATTARD, Kaisa PIRTTINEN, Jong-ha YOON
Contact : hedgehog@gobelins.fr
Musique / Soundtrack : Amin GOUDARZI
Année de production / Production year : 2018

GOBELINS, l'école de l'image, Moïra Marguin : mmarguin@gobelins.fr
Contact festivals : Miyu Distribution, Luce Grosjean - festival@miyu.fr
Société de distribution : L'Agence du Court Métrage

Site internet : http://www.gobelins.fr
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobelins.ecole
Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobelins_paris

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CGI Animated Short Film: "Game Changer" by Aviv Mano | CGMeetup

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Gold Winner of the 42nd Student Academy Awards: A cross between Miyazaki and Pixar, SOAR is an award-winning 3D animated movie about a young girl who must help a tiny boy pilot fly home before it's too late. facebook.com/SOARfilm

Soar was created as Alyce Tzue's thesis project in school. What began as a toil of love by first-time filmmakers ended up catching the eyes of festivals all over the world. Soar is the proud 2015 Gold Winner of the 42nd Student Oscars, Best Student Animation Winner at Palm Springs, Finalist at the Student BAFTAs, and has screened all over the US, France, Canada, Korea, and beyond.

The Soar team is beyond grateful for your support. We believe the film's surprise success is proof of its message: when you put in everything you've got, sometimes you achieve more than you ever expected.

The director Alyce is currently developing similarly fantastical ideas for feature length animation and TV. For more information, please contact Alyce Tzue at alyce.tzue@gmail.com.

Written and Directed by Alyce Tzue - www.alycetzue.com
Music by Jack Gravina - www.jackgravina.com
Produced by Anson Yu - ansonyu.tw@gmail.com
VFX Supervisor Derek Flood - imdb.com/name/nm0282541
Created at the Academy of Art University - www.academyart.edu

Visit www.soarfilm.com
Full credits at soarfilm.com/credits/credits.html
Follow us on FB at facebook.com/SOARfilm

AWARDS
Awards:
    Gold Winner, Best Animated Film - Student Academy Awards
    Winner, Best Student Animation - Palm Springs International ShortFest 
    Winner, Best Children's Animation - Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Winner, Best Animated Short - USA Film Festival
    Winner, Best Animation - San Diego Film Festival
    Winner, Best Animated Short Film - Academy of Art University Media Awards
    2nd Place, Audience Award for Best Animated Short - Palm Springs ShortFest
    Finalist, BAFTA Student Awards
    Official Selection, FilmShortage.com
    Official Selection, Austin Film Festival
    Official Selection, Hamptons International Film Festival
    Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival
    Official Selection, TIFF Kids International Film Festival (Canada)
    Official Selection, Seoul International Youth Film Festival (Korea)
    Official Selection, Ciné Court Animé (France)
    Official Selection, Hudson Valley International Festival
    Official Selection, Cleveland International Film Festival
    Official Selection, Kansas International Film Festival
    Official Selection, Northwest Animation Festival
    Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival
    Official Selection, La Scatola Blu Festival (Italy)
    Official Selection, Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
    Official Selection, Leuven Short Film Festival (Belgium)
    Official Selection, London Indie Film Festival (UK)
    Official Selection, Detours en Cinecourt International Short Film Festival (France)