Yellow Sticky Notes Synopsis

After realizing that yellow sticky note “to do” lists were consuming his life, animation filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns decided to visually self-reflect on his filmmaking journey by animating on the same sticky notes that caused him to ignore major world events for the last nine years. Animation meditation is blended with image, text, and an original musical score by Genevieve Vincent through the creation of a classically animated experimental film that was drawn straight ahead with only a black ink pen on over 2300 yellow sticky notes.

You can view a list of the awards and accolades for Yellow Sticky Notes and Like Yellow Sticky Notes on Facebook.

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‘A toon is a cartoon or cartoon character — “cartoon” referring not just to the animated kind, but also to such “still cartoons” as comic books, newspaper strips, magazine cartoons, etc.’

Given that many comic book, newspaper, and magazine toons are later turned into animated works, the fact that “still cartoons” are included may not detract from the usefulness of this resource to visitors of Cartoon and Animation.

LINK: Toonopedia™ http://www.toonopedia.com

QUESTION: What’s your favorite toon or article on Don Markstein’s Toonopedia™ and why? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

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“The film tracks a hillside from ancient times through the present and into the future, usually moving through time at high speed, representing geologic time (so that buildings appear and disappear in an instant), but occasionally switching to real time and showing the inhabitants and objects in motion in their day-to-day existence.”¹

The following YouTube video provides English subtitles to the German original.

The film was produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany and has receieved various distinctions beyond the Academy Award nomination including²:

• the Special First Animation Award and Special Jury Award at the 2002 Anima Mundi Animation Festival
• the Silver Poznan Goat at the 2003 Ale Kino! – International Young Audience Film Festival
• the Student Category – Best Student or Graduation Film at the 2002 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
• the Audience Award at the 2003 Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival
• the Audience Award at the 2002 Sweden Fantastic Film Festival
• the Best Short Film – Animation award at the 2004 Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema
• the Audience Award – Student Competition at the 2002 Wiesbaden goEast

I think Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel and Heidi Wittlinger’s depiction of geologic time as “real-time” is simply brilliant. What do you think about the film? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

References

1. Das Rad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rad Accessed December 26, 2009.
2. Das Rad (2003/I) – Awards http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330801/awards Accessed December 26, 2009.

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“Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington of Monkey News take you on a grand tour through space in this hilarious Monkey News episode animated by Joost Reijmers“

Please be forewarned that the video contains some adult language and is probably not appropriate for young children.

QUESTION: What’s your favorite episode of Monkey News?

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Fireworks was written, directed, and animated by PES; and produced by PES & Sarah Phelps.¹

PES now has a page dedicated to him on Wikipedia! Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about PES (aka Adam Pesapane):

‘Receiving a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Virginia, PES migrated to film as a storytelling medium. His use of everyday objects and stop-motion animation to create original material is instantly recognizable. [...] An early influence on PES’s animation style is the work of Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer.’²

I plan on highlighting more of PES’ short films here on CartoonAndAnimation.com in the future – they really are fantastic and worth sharing & discussing. So please conisder subscribing to the Cartoon And Animation RSS feed to get notified of the latest posts and updates

References

1. Fireworks on EatPES – Home of the Twisted Films of PES http://www.eatpes.com/fireworks.html Accessed November 25, 2009.
2. PES (Director) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PES_%28director%29 Accessed November 25, 2009.

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“The Wrath of Khan was one of the first films to extensively use electronic images and computer graphics to speed production of shots. Graphics company Evan and Sutherland produced the vector graphics displays aboard the Enterprise and the fields of stars used in the opening credits. Among ILM’s technical achievements was cinema’s first entirely computer-generated sequence: the demonstration of the effects of the Genesis Device on a barren planet. The first concept for the shot took the form of a laboratory demonstration, where a rock would be placed in a chamber and turned into a flower. Veilleux suggested the sequence’s scope be expanded to show the Genesis effect taking over a planet. While Paramount appreciated the more dramatic presentation, they also wanted the simulation to be more impressive than traditional animation. Having seen research done by Lucasfilm’s Computer Graphics group, Veilleux offered them the task. The graphics team paid attention to detail for the sixty-second sequence; one artist ensured that the stars visible in the background matched those visible from a real star light-years from Earth. The animators hoped it would serve as a ‘commercial’ for the studio’s talents.”¹

Here is a YouTube video giving a behind-the-scene commentary on the making of this famous computer generate movie sequence:

Here is a slightly better YouTube video of the Genesis Effect wave computer animated sequence:

Pretty impressive!

While on the topic of Start Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, it’s worth noting that the evil super villain Armando Guitierrez from the Freakazoid! animated cartoon TV series is voiced by Ricardo Montalban – the actor who played Khan Noonien Singh in the movie. Armando Guitierrez often behaves/talks similarly to Khan²

References

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath_of_khan#Effects Accessed November 21, 2009.
2. Freakazoid! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakazoid#Enemies Accessed November 21, 2009.

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What a great idea! Here is CartoonSaloon.net’s current catalog — hopefully they’ll have that favorite animated series you’ve been looking for!

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What a great list — and what a terrific reminder of some animated cartoon TV shows I’ve seen in the past! Some of them are definitely worth writing future posts about.

If you’d like to get your hands on legal ‘factory sealed shrink wrapped’ and dvd quality releases of the animated cartoon TV shows above, please check out CartoonSaloon.net and please be sure to read their Nov/Dec notice before making a purchase.

References

1. FAQ http://cartoonsaloon.net/id17.html Accessed November 21, 2009

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PES has many more remarkable stop-motion short films and I plan on highlighting these in future posts on CartoonAndAnimation.com.

References

1. EatPES – Home of the Twisted Films of PES http://www.eatpes.com/ Accessed November 18, 2009.

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What a beautiful film? QUESTION: Do you agree – why or why not? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

To find out more about the animator, please visit Kunio Kato’s official website. The music was composed by Kondo Kenji.¹

Notes

1. After a bit of searching, I was unable to find Kondo Kenji’s official website. If you know if Kondo Kenji has a website or publically available profile, please share in the comments section of this post.

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“As his town is flooded by water, an aged widower is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry. But when he accidentally drops his favorite smoking pipe into the lower submerged levels of his home, his search for the pipe eventually makes him relive scenes from his eventful life.”²

Here is the first part (from YouTube) of this touching film:

If you’ve enjoyed the film so far, please carry on to watch part 2 of La Maison en Petits Cubes, the Academy Award winning short film by Kunio Kato.

References

1. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Animated_Short_Film Accessed November 13, 2009.
2. La Maison en Petits Cubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maison_En_Petits_Cubes Accessed November 13, 2009.

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