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Oktapodi: Animated CG Short Posted: 13 Aug 08, 06:08:51
Oktapodi is a French student animated short from the Gobelins school. It was directed by Julien Bocabeille, FX Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier and Emud Mokhberi. It moves very quickly and has a gorgeous seaside town with winding streets for the action to happen in.
It won Best Animation at the Imagina Awards 2008. At the Annecy festival it won a Family Award for Best Graduation Film. There's a web site for the film here. Remember that if you head to other sites there may be content there that is not suitable for young viewers.
The Danish Poet - Animated Short On YouTube Posted: 24 Jun 08, 11:06:41
YouTube is showing The Danish Poet in their brand new Screening Room which is a showcase for independent films. This film won the 2007 Academy Award for best animated short. Torill Kove directed it and Liv Ullman provided the narration. It is beautifully animated with a flat cartoony style that is more complicated than it looks. The story is a gently moving one and I highly recommend this.
Remember that if you head over to YouTube there may be content there that is not suitable for young viewers.
Phoenix Lander Finds Water on Mars Posted: 20 Jun 08, 06:06:23
NASA announced today that it has found water ice on Mars! The Phoenix Lander scooped up some martian dirt and took some photos of the hole. In one shot you can see some chunks in the lower left corner of the hole. In the next shot they are gone. That means that the clumps melted and evaporated. Because of the temperature at that location scientists know that it can only be frozen water.
This is a great discovery and takes us a long way in our search for the building blocks of life on other planets.
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