I have an incredibly delightful stop-motion animated short film for you to watch today called Death and the Robot. The animation and character design work that was used to tell this story is superb. This is a dark yet beautiful tale with a hint of light humor. Here's a brief summary:
Bored of their stagnant existence, two lonely souls leave their safe havens behind and discover one another, yielding an everlasting legacy that will forever change their dying world.
The short was directed, animated and conceived by Austin Taylor, from a script written by co-producer Alexander Thompson. The film is about a year old, but I’ve never seen it until I came across it on Firstshowing. I’m glad that I did, because I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you do, too.
Bored of their stagnant existence, two lonely souls leave their safe havens behind and discover one another, yielding an everlasting legacy that will forever change their dying world.
The short was directed, animated and conceived by Austin Taylor, from a script written by co-producer Alexander Thompson. The film is about a year old, but I’ve never seen it until I came across it on Firstshowing. I’m glad that I did, because I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you do, too.
- 1/6/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It's not often that Death is this entertaining to watch, but here we have a film that will throw you for a loop and make you believe in the magic of filmmaking. After posting new shorts to the Short Films section all the time, I constantly receive emails from filmmakers sharing their new short to be featured. Not many of them will make the cut, but some of them do, and I try to give each one a good look before I decide. This one stood out, and really left a good impression on me, even though it's technically a year old (or so the Vimeo upload date says). It's called Death and the Robot from animator/director Austin Taylor, and it's about Death in this case personified by a woman, as well as an adorable Wall-e-esque robot character. Take a look below. I love the way their story plays out,...
- 1/4/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We have a nice animated short film to share with you called Death and the Robot. The short was director Austin Taylor's 4th Year Thesis Film at the Unc School of the Arts. The puppets were created by using a Dimension 3D printer. During it's festival run it was the Winner of "Best Animation" Award at the Asheville Cinema Festival. Now that the festival run is over the filmmakers have made their film available for all to watch. Two lonely souls, bored of their safe havens, venture into new worlds and share an encounter that will nurture a friendship and an everlasting legacy.Death and the Robot was written and produced by Alex Thompson. Austin Taylor, went on to do freelance work with Prologue at the time that...
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- 11/17/2014
- Screen Anarchy
A student opened fire in a high school cafeteria north of Seattle on Friday, killing at least one person and wounding four other students, officials said. The gunman also died in the attack. Marysville Police Commander Robb Lamoureux said the shooter was a student at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, but he could not provide more information including what prompted the shooting, who the gunman was and who he shot. Four students were brought to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, said hospital spokeswoman Heidi Amrine. Three were in "very critical" condition, while one considered stable enough to transport was taken to another medical center in Seattle,...
- 10/24/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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