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The best in independent online videos, hand-picked by our editorial staff. Whether you're looking for cutting-edge music videos, clever animation, the latest vlogs, or good old fashioned funny videos, check out our selection.
Shaky White Guys Making Friends
Created by Erik Eliason
One day, Barcelona-based Swedish filmmaker Erik Eliason received a 38 pistol, designed to fire SOS-rockets from boats, and a box of 9mm blanks. The weapon made him curious about the mixing of real gunfire and smoke with rotoscoped actions. "Would the effect be as cool as I thought?" We thought so.
This slick, hallucinogenic short featuring angry figure-drawings, bloody gunshots, and a hip soundtrack came together after Eliason played around with After Effects and Photoshop. "I had ideas I was burning to realize before I got my first computer," says the self-taught filmmaker. "Most of my tech-knowledge is earned by self-studying softwares and finding solutions to mirror my ideas."
But what does it all mean? "Enjoy the visual trip," he says. read more >>
Evasion
Created by Brian and Nick Whitmire
Twenty-three-year-old twin brothers Brian and Nick Whitmire both work as animators for high-end visual effects and animation houses in Los Angeles, TigarHare and Blur Studios. Their day jobs proved invaluable to the making of "Evasion," a slick and thrilling, CG sci-fi 1-minute short, which follows a group of fleeing figures trying to escape from some nasty, little dog-shaped robots. "There was no budget, just our spare time and the kindness of TigarHare to let us use their render farm," says Nick, who says the project took about six months to complete from storyboards to final version, using apps 3ds Max and Vray for lighting. Check out more at www.brian-whitmire.com and www.nickwhitmire.com.
read more >>Tale From Midnight City
Created by Trace Sanderson
Made entirely in Second Life, this ominous video takes place in a bar filmed "on location" in Midnight City. The story envisions the moment before death where a carrier calls to collect the soul for passage to the Underworld.
Una Favola
Created by Nicole McDonald
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(Alternate) Golden Girls TV Opener
Created by FatalFarm
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Taxi Love
Created by The Dandy Dwarves
Part of a monthly series co-created by The Savannah College of Art and Design and The Dandy Dwarves, this short takes and an average cab ride with strangers and turns it into an intoxicating love affair.
Sexual Harrassment
Created by Tyler Spiers
A helpful and informative video for you and your officemates. You probably shouldn't watch it at work, though.
Sad Kermit - Hurt
Created by Sad Kermit
We all knew that “It’s Not Easy Being Green” for Kermit the Frog, but after decades of success, this “Hurt” little Muppet just needs some love and maybe rehab.
The Golden Egg
Created by Psychic Bunny
A modern-day fable for all those who worried about the medical problems resulting from laying golden eggs -- and wondered what might be inside them.
Puppet Rapist - Part 2
Created by Waverly Films
Like Sesame Street gone horrible wrong, Waverly Films creates an f’ed up world where puppet and people live in murderous dismay. Airing on Channel102 last year, this googley-eyed puppet drama is dark variation on the classic crime serial.
