I don't know if it's heartening or frustrating to see the obsession with short clips even 50+ years ago. But that was fun to watch. Glad to learn about Khitruk!
Thanks, Nishant! And so true. It's hard to tell whether to be reassured by the fact that artists got boxed into these tiny spaces way back then, decades before the internet or social media. Not all of our problems are as new as we think!
I found Othello-67 so funny—I laughed out loud. Good for him.
BTW I didn't realize micro-short length for films were so controversial! While I'm leery of "practical" reasons like marketability or saving money driving an animation's length, and I'm with Khitruk on what he's mocking—not everything should be a minute long!— I do think there's something interesting about ultra-short formats. Of course the point is that the work should drive the length, not "practical" reasons. Anyway, I loved that piece.
I'm going to have to figure out how to watch Tae-il...
Lastly, thanks so much for mentioning the free access for animation pros to this year's Oscar-nominated animated shorts! I just signed up. Exciting!
Awesome to hear how much you liked Othello-67! It's one of our favorite little oddities. And absolutely agreed with regard to length -- super-short animation has its place. As ironic as it is to say, Othello-67 itself is a great argument for the viability of the short-short format! Khitruk probably wasn't trying to do that, but it's still how it turned out.
And no problem about the Oscar shorts! Hope you'll enjoy them.
I don't know if it's heartening or frustrating to see the obsession with short clips even 50+ years ago. But that was fun to watch. Glad to learn about Khitruk!
Thanks, Nishant! And so true. It's hard to tell whether to be reassured by the fact that artists got boxed into these tiny spaces way back then, decades before the internet or social media. Not all of our problems are as new as we think!
Your last line can be a source of strength. Or, well, I'm going to use it that way. :)
I found Othello-67 so funny—I laughed out loud. Good for him.
BTW I didn't realize micro-short length for films were so controversial! While I'm leery of "practical" reasons like marketability or saving money driving an animation's length, and I'm with Khitruk on what he's mocking—not everything should be a minute long!— I do think there's something interesting about ultra-short formats. Of course the point is that the work should drive the length, not "practical" reasons. Anyway, I loved that piece.
I'm going to have to figure out how to watch Tae-il...
Lastly, thanks so much for mentioning the free access for animation pros to this year's Oscar-nominated animated shorts! I just signed up. Exciting!
Awesome to hear how much you liked Othello-67! It's one of our favorite little oddities. And absolutely agreed with regard to length -- super-short animation has its place. As ironic as it is to say, Othello-67 itself is a great argument for the viability of the short-short format! Khitruk probably wasn't trying to do that, but it's still how it turned out.
And no problem about the Oscar shorts! Hope you'll enjoy them.