The Great Geek Manual » Short Films http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog Spanning the width and breadth of the Geek dream Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:12:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Short Film: The Poetry of Reality http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/short-film-the-poetry-of-reality http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/short-film-the-poetry-of-reality#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:08 +0000 PipedreamerGrey http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=11595

The Symphony of Science has released a fifth installment in its series, entitled “The Poetry of Reality.” While it isn’t my favorite, I love the fact that they’re not resting on their laurels. Each of their video is more ambitious than the last.

This video features 12 scientists, subtitles for the auto-tune challenged, and some of the best visual yet seen in the the series. Enjoy.

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OK Go’s latest music video features an astonishingly complex Rube Goldberg machine. According to the YouTube info, it was built over the course of several months in a two story warehouse in L.A.

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This Norwegian metal band’s music video features distinct steampunk themes. At one point, there’s a shot that looks as if it were inspired by City of Lost Children. The music isn’t half bad either.

Source: Madder Mortem – Where Dream and Day Collide (from Eight Ways) from Peaceville Records on Vimeo.

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On Christmas Day, this eight minute silent film premiered on the UK’s Sky1. The short film was written by Neil Gaiman as a fresh take on the story of Pygmalion and Galatea. It stars Bill Nighy and Amanda Palmer, and it’s really quite good.

I’m not sure how long this video will be available. YouTube is taking these videos down almost as quickly as they go up, but I’ll do my best to swap out the source.

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Richard Feynman, Carl Sagan, S. James Gates, Jr., and Freeman Dyson discusses science, human knowledge, and the unknown.

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Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

This is an amazing short film strongly reminiscent of the Twilight Zone episode “The After Hours.” I think that it carries an appropriately anti-consumer message for the holiday season.

Source: The Alma Website

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Oceansize is a short 3D movie produced by four Supinfocom Arles students in 2008. In it, workers on a futuristic oil-rig find themselves overwhelmed by a gigantic sea-creature intent on reclaiming the ocean for itself.

Source: Oceansize

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This Blade/Dark Knight mashup is so realistic, it’s almost believable. The two franchises make a great match, and I love it that Blade just assumes Batman is a vampire because of the bat-motif.

Source: Slash Films

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