XinYun @ SG

Caught both short films at the National Museum earlier…
Well, not exactly full 60mins films but a collection of their best works, from commercials to animations.

My favorites from Best of Siggraph 2008 are the following:
- Guinness ‘Tipping Point’ (commercial)
- Paintballing / Pingpong (animation)
- They will come to town (animated commercial)
- Oktapodi (animation)

And for Best of Studio AKA, everything shown

If you are interested in more of the animated short films and commercials, do search for them on youtube.

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Althou most of the animated series or films seemed to be dark and morbid but they reflected closely to reality and audiences (like me) are able to related to them immediately. And some shown, touched on issues like Global Warming, extinction and family, which are things we tend to overlook on.

Having had the opportunity to catch short films and animated series produced locally and internationally, had been such a wonderful experience and if given the time and spare cash (for coming years), i would try to watch all of them

Yup, yet another short film…
Or should animation film…

Will be catching this, in 17hours time

Never did i imagine, a random film choice turned out to be a helluva good one

Caught Usavich (season 1 – 3) earlier, one of the films shown for Animation Nation 2009.
It’s a series of animated short films, done by Kanaban Graphics, for MTV Japan.

And the creator (without his team) was at the showcase, sharing with us how it was being planned / draft  and the final result.

Season 1, mainly about the absurd daily happenings the main characters (Kirenenko & Putin) goes thru.
And Season 2 was about their jail-breaking and on the run adventures, mainly due to Kirenenko’s need to get his shoes.
Lastly, Season 3 was on the things they went thru to get Kirenenko’s shoes.

It’s insanely impossible to survive a bullet from a sniper rifle or a direct hit from a rocket launcher. Much less possible to change car tires and do immediate car modification, while in a high speed chase or being chased by police. Oh and okama chickens are not welcome or entertained

Simply adorable, with a hint of random violence.
But without it, it wouldn’t be animation or suited for the branding.
Right?

It’s currently showing on MTV or you can catch it on their official site (HERE).

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Btw, if anyone know where i can get okama chick plushie (see pic below), do drop me a message.
Thanks

–> okama chick

Spotted this event while flipping through TimeOut magazine…
Didn’t know that DD was talking about this event when we were planning when to head down to Ikea.

Anyway, this year’s theme (as quoted from site):

The theme for ArchiFest ’09, “Architecture for Humanity”, expresses our ambition to reconsider one of the fundamental purposes of creating architecture – to celebrate and embrace the concept of humanity. In the midst of frantic urbanisation, a proliferation of globalised one-size-fits-all solutions, and the ubiquitous production of icons, have architects, intentionally or not, forsaken their duty to create architecture for people?

There will be tours, exhibitions, fringe events and competitions…
So many things to do, so little time… >.<