The Great Geek Manual

Switch is a short film that Tyson Hesse of Boxer Hockey created for his graduating thesis at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Found via Neatorama.

This eleven minute documentary explores the merits and impact of pixel art, animation, and chiptune music.

Source: Simon Cottee’s Animation Production Blog

One Youtube user envisions what Star Wars would have looked like if it had been a 3D movie made in the fifties. The trailer is astonishingly authentic, mainly because it’s cobbled together from actual fifties movies like Flash Gordon, The Phantom Planet, and Buck Rogers. It may well be the most impressive Star Wars tribute video I’ve ever seen.

Check out a side-by-side, frame by frame comparison with the original footage, or watch more “premakes” at whoiseyevan’s YouTube Channel.

Philips has just released Carl Erik Rinsch’s eye-catching futuristic short film The Gift. You can watch the high-definition version at YouTube, but unfortunately, there’s no way to get the video out of that damnable Phillips frame.

Rinsch, if you didn’t know, is director Ridley Scott’s protege and a director for Scott’s company RSA. Currently, he is developing a remake of Creature From The Black Lagoon and is in preproduction on an epic period samurai film titled 47 Ronin that will star Keanu Reeves. However, there’s still more of this world coming. This short was made in Spain for next to nothing, Rinsch hopes to spin it out into a feature film in the future.

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.

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.

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.

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.