A despondent clown gets a pick-me-up, but is he in the mood for love — or revenge? Lila Martinez, founder of the Phenomena Animation Studio in Mexico City, created this short last fall while training as a classical animator at the Vancouver Film School. See more of her work at http://www.phenomenastudio.com/
A showgirl turns the tables on a soldier who abandons her. This singing, dancing animated short was made the old-fashioned way — drawn by hand. It’s the graduate project from Sarah Xu, a student from the classical animation program at the Vancouver Film School. H/T Kuriositas
The history of communication flashes before our eyes, from the beginning of the alphabet and the rise of books through the arrival of broadcast media and, now, the digital age. What will be the next frontier and how fast can the word travel? Stefano Marrone created this completely paperless, animated short at the Vancouver Film School in Canada. H/T Kuriositas
