Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Oktapodi: c'est l'amour! Building a world

La prestigiosa serata dei premi Oscar si è svolta il 7 febbraio e tra i cortometraggi di animazione candidati ha avuto un particolare gradimento il delizioso " Oktapodi" realizzato dagli studenti dell'ultimo anno dell'Istituto Gobelin Ecole de l'Image (Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Delabarre Olivier, Thierry Marchand, Quentin et Marmier Emud Mokhberi).
Although he won the Oscar for the short, however, has won numerous other awards including two at Siggraph 2008 in Los Angeles.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

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beautiful short film by director Bruce Branit, shot in one day but whose post-production was completed in two years.
As can be seen on his website: http://www.branitvfx.com/
his lab is filled with equipment for special effects.
The video is charming and poetic, reminiscent of the comic strip "Tellos" Mike Weringo. Who has not saw the video will understand why. Who has not read the comics even more thrill to see these images.


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Comics (only) for children? DRAGON BALL

In Italy we are still celebrating the centenary of the birth of the" Corriere dei Piccoli ", the first magazine dedicated to children in our country, and is a due recognition because, thanks to a supplement to the newspaper "Corriere della sera" were later edited other weekly children's quality ( Il Vittorioso, L'Avventuroso, Il Monello, Il Giornalino, Il Paladino dei ragazzi, Il corriere dei ragazzi, ecc...). Questo accadeva un secolo fa e in edicola, attualmente, languono le riviste che possano formare una cultura e un gusto per la lettura e lo sviluppo di idee e opinioni. Ultimo baluardo in questo senso fu l'indimenticabile "Corriere dei ragazzi" che affrontava tematiche importanti e le presentava agli adolescenti con un linguaggio vicino a loro e senza annacquarne i concetti.

Oltr'alpe no. In Francia e in Belgio continuano ad avere successo riviste come "Spirou Magazine" , che ha oltrepassato i 70 anni di presenza nelle edicole trattando temi come la violenza sui minori e la guerra, e anche personaggi storici come Spirou stesso years ago that dealt with fantasy
ioso but direct the issue of racism.
But not all: in 1988
a historical series called "Tif and Tondu" shows us, in a story, the corruption of authorities, masonry, coups, racism and patrols vigilante violence. All in a "simple" story for you guys!
Tif and Tondu were characters created in April 1938 by Fernand Dineur which quickly transfers them to the young designer William Malta, Will art. The two improvised detective (a bald, bearded and the other) experience various adventures of detective or fantastic character and one of the most appreciated books telling the story of an attempted coup put in place through its control of power and the media. The book in question is the n.37 entitled "Les phalanges de Jeanne d'Arc" ("The armies of Joan of Arc") and follow the book "La tentation du Bien" by the writer Stephen valid Desberg that in those years took care of the series. The two stories have been collected in France, a few years ago, in an anthology edited by Panini Comics as a supplement to the newspaper La Derniere Heure. "
"The armies of Joan of Arc" is a mob that strikes terror of immigrants and "different" melody to a strict moral and a security patrol through the streets to get to mold-fascist extreme and have no qualms about falsifying evidence to convict an immigrant with expired residence permit, good for making a scapegoat even though it is innocent. Who organizes the whole is a rich tycoon, Antonin De Maldague, which can control various newspapers and television so that they prefer to make room for papers and gossip rather than news stories more dramatic: in short, the news must be eliminated and may be uncomfortable space only those that are convenient to the rich politician (violence in the streets, the struggle to 'immigration, etc. ...). The purpose of the magnet and undermine the democracy of their country and restore the monarchy. His plan seems to succeed: it is rich, fascinating and many people are attracted to his persuasive ways and his reckless policy but in the end, thanks to Tif and Tondu, the powerful political will prove to be colluding in illegal trafficking.
What a pity! With us a comic like this could never be published. Is because there are more magazines anthologies for children, and because these days a topic like this would think. To children and adults.