Animated Short: Le Gouffre (The Gulf)

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Le Gouffre is the first animated short film produced and directed by Lightning Boy Studio, a young creative team based in Montreal. The film tells the story of two spirited travelers who come across an incredibly wide chasm on their journey and decide to build a bridge to cross it. Released in February 2015, the project had first gained a lot of attention following the huge success of its Kickstarter campaign, which allowed the creators to finance the movie’s post-production. Many were impressed by the passion and determination of the small team of three animators, who spent more than two full years creating the 10-minute film.

As of now, Le Gouffre has been selected in more than 60 festivals around the world and won nine awards, four of them for “Best Animated Short”. For the complete list of selections and awards, please head over to the Awards page.

Watch the animated film below

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The Team

Lightning Boy Studio was born in 2012 out of a shared passion: to tell great stories. The three founders met in animation school in 2009 and have dreamed ever since to be able to work together on projects of their own. Le Gouffre was the result of their first collaboration.

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WEBSITE: http://legouffre.com/
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Kickstarter Page: CLICK HERE
Vimeo Page: Legouffre (CLICK HERE)

 Watch the behind the scenes

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Unleashing the Best of the Web 9th Edition 2016

Photo Courtesy to Luc Bergeron - Zapatou

The latest edition of Best of Web is out (2016 - 9th Edition). This is one of the compilation of what the web has to offer. For this edition 367 videos from year 2016 have used. The series is not monetized (therefore hopefully Youtube will let it be online) This actually helps a lot of the videos by publicizing them. Hats off to Luc Bergeron for the amazing compilation of the awesome videos online. Take a look at the video ( 10 mins of awesomeness)

Zapatou - Best of the Web 9 (2016 edition) in HD

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The information on his previous videos and also other references are mentioned below.

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 8 (2015 edition) in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 7 (2014 edition) in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 6 in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 5 in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 4 in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 3 in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 2 in HD

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Zapatou - Best of the Web 1 in HD

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Animated Short: On the same page

Photo Courtesy to Carla Lutz and Alli Norman

An Introverted writer in a newspaper world has nothing to write about until he is whirled away into a colorful journey with his neighbor from the comic section. Clever and intelligent with charming characters and inspiring message.

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A CGI 3D animated short film 'On The Same Page' by Carla Lutz and Allison Norman. The film was produced at Ringling College of Art and Design, Department of Computer Animation, Class of 2015.

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Animated Shorts: Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou

Lucky Lou - Photo Courtesy to Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger

What happens when the lives of two people cross each other, especially of two people from opposite fate. Lucky Lou and Jinxy Jenkins cross each others path one day leading to a set of unexpected but adventurous events. Have a look at the video below. All Copyrights belong to the Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger (2014).

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The CGI animated Award Winner Short Film featured on CG Meetup. Unlucky boy meets lucky girl, A film by Mike Bidinger and Michelle Kwon from Ringling College of Art and Design. When the chaotically misfortunate Jenkins and the monotonously lucky Lou run into each other one morning, they find a thrilling and fulfilling change of pace as they hurtle down the hills of San Francisco in an ice cream cart.

Lucky Lou - Photo Courtesy to Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger

Sources:

CLICK HERE to see the Tumblr Page of Jinky Jenkins and Lucky Lou

CLICK HERE to check the video on Vimeo

CLICK HERE to check the video out at CG Meetup. CLICK HERE for the article

CLICK HERE to check the video out at Catchy Animations

Lucky Lou - Photo Courtesy to Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger

Phone texting while driving awareness

Photo Courtesy to Responsible Young Drivers - RYD Belgium 

The rise of mobile/cellphone usage has made for some changes or interesting developments in varieties of fields including safety. Cellphone related accidents have risen over the years and are at its peak. People spending time on their cellphone is on the rise, therefore more and more are being used in daily routines. Walking and travelling on different modes of transportation like buses, taxis, subways, trains, airplanes and others have become a common sight to see. Initially texting by SMS was an issue but adding to this, are the social media mobile applications which are pushing people to use more and more of their cellphone. The added usage of unlimited characters of text, photos and video sharing have led to an extended period of usage of cellphones. The assumption of people that they can multi task while driving has let them to use their cellphones, thinking that they are in full control of the situation. But as statistics show, more number of accidents are on the rise due cellphone usage. Below is a video of Responsible Young Drivers (RYD) Belgium. where under control environment, the drivers are asked to type a text while driving. I am sure the point went across to the drivers.

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Recently a video has been put up by New Zealand transport agency with regard to the awareness of phone texting. The use of Lionel Richie's Hello to convey the message about putting the life of the passenger first is amazing. The main message to convey is Drive Phone free.

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A similar video like RYD Belgium awareness video was made by AT&T to educate teens about driving while texting. These video cover the message in a positive or a lighter tone compared to PSA videos which show the horrific condition if one gets into an accident due to cellphone usage.

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Decent commercial advertisement face-off

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France brings us a commercial advertisement face-off which shows how creativity and decency is kept without verbal abuse of each other's products. Many can learn from this. Initially, McDonald put up an advertisement with signboards about the number of McDrive (Drive Thru) and distance closest to the signboard along with the signboard of Burger King Drive Thru which are limited due to late entry into the French market. Have a look at the advertisement below. CLICK HERE to see the below video is French.

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Burger King's response to the video is very nicely put by continuing and giving a nice ending to it. The release of this advertisement took place 4 days since McDonald's McDrive Thru advertisement release. 

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The source and first knowledge of the above videos came from Creativity Online.
CLICK HERE for the article on McDrive Thru. Youtube Channel of McDonald France
CLICK HERE for the article on Burger King Drive Thru. Youtube Channel of Burger King France.

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Android's Paper, Rock, Scissors School Nostalgia

Photo Courtesy to Android

Android has come up with a new advertisement which has really brought together that is different and also gave a nostalgic feeling to school life. It is worth watching and have a look at it.

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Goku Flying Nimbus - Aladdin Flying Carpet

Photo Courtesy to Youtuber - Yes Ranger

People bringing some of the most fancy memories to life is what technology is letting us do. A Youtuber in Taiwan brought back Goku (Anime character from Dragon Ball series) and the flying Nimbus to life on the streets of Taipei (Capital of Taiwan). Have a look at the video of how a hoverboard - 2 wheeled scooter was used.

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The above video was inspired by another set of duo in New York who bought Disney's Aladdin's Flying Carpet to life on the streets of New York. Jesse Wellens (from Prank vs Prank) and Casey Neistat created the flying carpet concept using a motorized skate board. 

Photo Courtesy of Youtuber Jesse Wellens - Prank vs Prank

Have a look at the video.

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Behind the scenes of both of the above videos can be scene below.

Behind the scenes for Goku and Flying Nimbus

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Behind the scenes for Aladdin and the flying carpet

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Prank vs. Prank uploaded a new video of Aladdin magic carpet in San Francisco. This time they have Jasmine in the video. Also there is another version of the video in 360. Have a look at it.

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Behimd the scenes for Aladdin magic carpet San Francisco

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Below is the 360 video of Aladdin magic carpet San Francisco. It is interactive video in which you can rotate around to see things around.

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Historical Landing of Space X Falcon 9 Stage 1

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SpaceX's Monday December 21, 2015 launch of the Falcon 9 rocket made history. Apart from carrying and successfully deploying 11 satellites for ORBCOMM, in its first time SpaceX successfully landed its first stage. (CLICK HERE for more details at the SpaceX site). Watch the full webcast below from the launch to land of the stage 1 and successful deployment of 11 satellites from stage 2 below.

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The flight plan of the launch and separation of the stage 1 and stage 2 can be seen below.

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The shorter version of the launch and landing of the stage 1 of the Falcon 9 can be seen below.

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The vertical landing of the Stage 1 boosters have brought in a level with reduction in costs at some rough estimates at 40% (Not confirmed). 

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The following video is the landing of the Stage 1 taken by a helicopter giving a clearer view.

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