Scintillation – Brilliant Experimental Short Film

Scintillation I love it when artists meld film-making with high-technology to create new art forms.

Xavier Chassaing’s “Scintillation” is an experimental film composed of over 35,000 photographs. His film uses stop-motion photography, and live projection mapping – a process where moving images are projected onto objects to create eye-popping visual effects.

The film’s wonderful music was composed by fedaden, an electronica artist from France.

Do watch the film in HD, especially if you have a high-speed connection.

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De Monsters – Weird Animated Shorts From Belgium Television

De Monsters, a series of entertaining animated films, are broadcast 3 times a week on the "Man Bijt Hond" show on Belgium’s national TV channel.

The films feature 2D monsters interacting innocuously with live-action human beings and environments. But some of the shorts are just plain creepy, and would probably give more than a few nightmares to young children.

You can watch two shorts after the jump.

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Dans la tête – Humorous Animated Short Film From France

Dans la tête (In the Head) is a short animated film created by the students of the ESMA School of Arts in France.

The story of the film tells of one Betrand Antoine, a rather simple-minded young man,  who leaves his girlfriend to enlist in the army. Sadly, Betrand dies in action on the battlefield, but manages to land outside the pearly gates of heaven. Unfortunately, he is denied entry into heaven, as he is yet to complete a certain task. Betrand is sent back to Earth to finish the task (and then die), but things do not go exactly as planned.

You will have to watch the video to find out more.

Note: The video has quite a bit of violence and gore, so be warned.

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