Heliofant

I was browsing the web looking for something to make my blog post on when I stubbled across this.

I, PET GOAT II 

 I don't know anything about the creator as of now but I watched this short animation and was mesmerized.

 Not only was the animation phenomenal, but what ever the message behind it is... is something powerful. This video is intriguing and if you can find the time you should really check it out.

I would explain my own opinion on its meaning but after watching it a third time i think everyone should decide what it means on there own.

Very impressed.

Note from Arturo: how about embedding the video:

I, pet goat II from Heliofant on Vimeo.

Food Fight - US War History Depicted via Food

In a somewhat hilarious yet simultaneously, oddly sobering After Effects experience, "Food Fight" manages to summarize and depict a variety of United States-centric wars, using food to represent people and machines. Hamburgers and french fries line the streets, representing American soldiers and tanks, going up against a variety of food from different countries (which also represents those respective countries).

It all has a stop motion feel to it, and seems to be viewed through what looks like an old film camera. Sound effects and music punctuate the views, with human screams and blood-curdling explosions commonplace. It's all very disconcerting, especially since what we're looking at is only food, after all.

The art direction is simple, with the food represented in warm colors with little shadowing. The backgrounds are all just a tone of brown. Nonetheless, it's an effective, entertaining video that offers a different perspective on how this country's wars happened.

Films for Action

This is a good example of a simple animation done to the soundtrack. Films for Action is an independent media, community driven site that explores important social, environmental and media-related issues not commonly covered by the mainstream news.

FOOD FIGHT!

I thought this video was pretty cool when i cam across it.  It depicts all the wars throughout history using food.  I could only tell a couple, try and see how many you can distinguish.  The artist used after effects and photoshop and after three months ended up with this.  The film looks like stop motion, but he created this in after effects by moving the food within the program.

What battles were in this film? CLICK HERE

What do the foods represent? CLICK HERE