Animations to Sample

After studying animations this week and watching several examples in class  decided to look for a few more interesting example.  I found a site with a few embedded short animations.  These three films are animations for adults rather than kids as we discussed in class during case study presentations.  Watch them!

http://covertress.blogspot.com/2008/11/foreign-animation-film-fest.html

 

En Tus Brazos:  This one is not dark, but still not for kids.  It is sweet and kind of looks like a Tim Burton animation.

 

Bendito Machine 1&2: In the style of the shadow puppets we discussed.  Black silhouetted figures against a colored background.  This is definitely an animation made for adults.  It has no dialogue and it seems to be a social/political commentary.  I recommend this one!

 

Arka: This is definitely not a kids’ animation.  It was not my favorite at first, but it becomes rather interesting.  It’s a little slow starting off, but it is worth watching. 

 

Animate:

an·i·mate   (ān'ə-māt')    tr.v.   an·i·mat·ed, an·i·mat·ing, an·i·mates 0.      To give life to; fill with life. 0.      To impart interest or zest to; enliven: "The party was animated by all kinds of men and women" (René Dubos). 0.      To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. 0.      To inspire to action; prompt. 0.      To impart motion or activity to. 0.      To make, design, or produce (a cartoon, for example) so as to create the illusion of motion. adj.   (ān'ə-mĭt) 0.      Possessing life; living. See Synonyms at living. 0.      Of or relating to animal life as distinct from plant life. 0.      Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for living things: The word dog is animate; the word car is inanimate.   [Latin animāre, animāt-, from anima, soul; see anə- in Indo-European roots.] an'i·ma·cy n.

 

Word Origin & History

 

animate  (v.)

1538, "to fill with boldness or courage,"from L. animatus pp. of animare "give breath to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus). The adj. meaning "alive" is from 1605. Animated "full of activity" is from 1585. In ref. to "moving pictures" it dates from 1895; animation in the cinematographic sense is from 1912.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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Function: adjective

1 : possessing or characterized by life

2 : of or relating to animal life as opposed to plant life

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

 

Antonyms:

1. kill. 7. dead.