Irma's Car

... so I went to Victor Navone's blog to look for animating jumping tips and got distracted by this short clip.

Pay particular attention to the music and sound effects. Ooo, yeah!

Laser Shooting Giant Robots - Miyazaki

I hope you were all staying up late on Thursday nights this past month watching SBS? They had a month of Miyazaki movies. I'm a Miyazaki virgin, so it was a wonderful month here in the armpit of Brisbane.

The final movie was Laputa - Castle in the Sky. Once again the trees, planet or robots (programmed with the best of human intentions) win over greedy, power hungry humans. But not before the robot shot lasers from it's eyes and caused a nuclear explosion.

So, maybe giant alien robots will save the earth?

Jane (our teacher at animation school) would be so proud of Mr. Miyazaki mixing robots with an environmental message.

There are some other Miyazaki posts to check out in the ARC blog while you're here.

Can someone tell me about more robots that appear in Miyazaki films? Which other films? Maybe you can find me a better link for the picture?

Climate Cartoons

OK, we're all fans of Mr. Pipik by now (see below), so why hasn't he won an Emmy Award?

Big Fun With Global Warming is a Stateside animated film that warns of an inevitble rain of grand pianos and collected a gong (the Emmy award). It can be found on the Climate Cartoons web site.

Our teacher at the Institute (Jane), is always keen on students developing a social and environmental conscience. And maybe animate something more meaningful than giant alien robots shooting laser beams out of their eyes (or dreaming of one day directing a beer commercial).

Who is going to save the world?

1. Mr Pipik
2. Beer
3. Giant alien robots
4. Animators