Don’t Have Time for a Movie? Watch a Short!

So, I love movies in that I can take in a complete story line in the period of 1 1/2 – 2 hours. I’m a woman on the go and I have a hard time sitting myself down long enough to take in a show every week with regularity.  But, squeeze that gratification in under 20 minutes? We have a winner!

Futureshorts, a website that hosts international short films, bears an extensive collection to choose from. Check out their hoard of short clips on youtube.

They boast gems like “Tell it to the Fishes” a ten-minute(ish) short featuring the talents of Dylan More, of snarky Bristish Comedy “Black Books” fame.

Short film makers learn to distill down the action, the striking moments of a film so they fit into the shortest of time frames.  Check out this short film coming in at under three minutes:

Hope you enjoy!

Comedic Gold

So I somehow stumbled upon the improv group BriTaNick – Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, two graduates from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, claim they are wasting their degrees following their passion making stupid videos that make themselves laugh. I for one, am glad they feel this way. They make stupid humor smart:

They also were recruited for the short movie suckerpunch, showcasing the talents of additional NYU grads Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer. Regrettably, it’s not easily embedded, but I can provide the link to watch it at: http://www.suckerpunchfilm.com/watchnow.html

The short 28ish minute feature packs all the things I like about college party comedies (and leaves out the many, many things I don’t) into a succinct little film. Definitely worth a watch or two.

Witches Brew – Another Fabulous Short from the Vancouver Film School

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Paint me a blue sky, I’ll paint you a red day

Some more fun interactive art  videos and websites:

Have some fun, and paint like Jackson Pollock on this flash website:

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Even someone with the blackest thumb like me can’t kill their virtual flower garden

Paint Like Picasso here:

http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html

Check out the interesting interactive video for Arcade Fire’s song “Neon Bible” , warning that it doesn’t seem to play too smoothly however. There is another one for the song “black mirror”

Interesting art pieces from Creaktif design studio can be seen here

The most wonderful and beautiful flash games can be found on the website,  Orisinal.com, my favorites are bubble bees and bum bum koala.

Finally I’d love to share one of my favorite videos plus a new one freshly discovered, from Vancouver Film School:

Check out their youtube film channel, I love their classic animation playlist