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Pica Towers
I actually liked these short narratives much better than the Hillman Curtis shorts. Curtis’s felt so contrived. Pica Towers had just the right amount of narrative and creepiness. We also already know I can’t resist a cute little sinister robot … Continue reading
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Typography in Captain America
I’ve been a fan of Art of the Title for a while now, ever since I saw the title sequence for Game of Thrones on HBO and searched for it online. Game of Thrones’s aMAZing title sequence aside, I watched … Continue reading
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Emotional Attachment: That’s why I didn’t laugh.
The Pica Towers trilogy was excellent. It felt like a darker, more sinister Pixar to me. The interlacing stories were excellently conceived, the characters were well developed, and the film-makng techniques displayed a nice nod to the Hitchcock era of … Continue reading
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Hillman Curtis: Short Films
I watched “Embrace,” “Roof,” and “Soldiers” a couple times through each. I got different reactions for all three of them. First, “Embrace” felt too contrived, overly dramatic, and slow. I enjoyed the rotation technique Curtis used around the embracing couple, … Continue reading
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Taking Notes from Tim Burton
Tim Burton is what came to mind when I saw the Pica Towers video. Even though I knew that Tim Burton did not create them, they had the dark, creepy quality that Tim Burton brings to his films. These were … Continue reading
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Pica Towers
The Pica Towers trilogy reminds me of something Tim Burton would make. The characters give a little vibe of Burton, except they aren’t quite as scary. It was good timing to watch these during Halloween weekend because it added to … Continue reading
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whoa…
So I wasn’t expecting that. Each of the films is really dark and creepy. The strangest part about the whole aesthetic is that the characters look so cute. The characters remind me of WALL-E. Cute little WALL-E, buzzin around. And then … Continue reading
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Short and Dark
For this weeks blog we watched three short films by by Marc Craste and Studio AKA: The Good News, Hounds of Flesh, and Pizza Sangre. These films are titled as dark, and they live up to the billing. Each film … Continue reading
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Pica Towers
What a chilling Halloween treat! These three Pica Towers shorts were creepy. While the setting, a tower of tortue was scary, the best part of the shorts are the sound effect. Just listening the the sounds, without watching the animation … Continue reading
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I never noticed…
I watched a few of the title sequences, in addition to some of the title sequences honored by IFC. A few that really stuck out were Napoleon Dynamite, Do The Right Thing, Romeo & Juliet, Cloudy With a Chance of … Continue reading
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