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Three Short Sci-fi Films

2/27/2013

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Seeing Hollywood is mostly failing us with its groupthink, its entertainment by committee, and its imperative to please the widest general audience, it's a good thing that the technology is arising for independent filmmakers to produce some seriously interesting sci-fi films of their own.

R'ha, is a short film by animator Kaleb Lechowski, produced as a university project.

R´ha [short movie] from Kaleb Lechowski on Vimeo.



The Seed.

Set in the year 2071, where technology has brought mankind to the brink of colonization on a planet named Gaia, one astronaut takes on an isolated mission and discovers unearthly horrors that could bring an end to human life on this planet.




Of the three videos, I like C: 299,792 the most. It has an air of 1980s sci-fi sensibilities about it. The synth music is as important to the film as the acting. It's well conceived. It has style.

C (299,792 km/s) from Seaquark Films on Vimeo.

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Biggest Ice Calving Ever Captured on Video

2/5/2013

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I know this is not about writing, but it's incredible and majestic. If I say it's 'awesome' I'd probably be the first human to use the word correctly in years.  Seeing a video like this one makes me just want to spin around in my wheelie chair and march outside to simply look at ... everything.

Taken from this blog. Worth the read.

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The History of English in 10 Minutes

11/13/2012

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I thought this video was hilarious, witty, and educational.
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Getting Your Stupid Writer-Feelings Hurt

9/18/2012

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure I've had this conversation MULTIPLE times. You get much more honest feedback from callous people and strangers than friends. Anyway, this amuses me GREATLY. Ironically: well written.

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What Colour is a Mirror ...?

8/4/2012

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And a nice explanation of the etymology of the words 'black' and 'white.'

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5 Common Historical Misconceptions

7/28/2012

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Canterbury Tales Prologue Read in the Original Tongue

7/26/2012

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Old Man and the Sea Stop Motion

7/22/2012

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From Here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/04/the-old-man-and-the-sea-marcel-schindler/
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Gilbert Godfrey reads 50 Shades ...

7/21/2012

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I haven't read 50 shades. And I've pretty much just assured myself that I never will.

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore

7/20/2012

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a 2011 American animated short film directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, and produced by Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. Described as an "allegory about the curative powers of story", the film centers around bibliophile Lessmore and his custodianship of a magical library of flying books. It was created using computer animation, miniatures and traditional hand-drawn techniques.

After winning over a dozen film festivals, the film was awarded the Best Animated Short Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
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    L.S. Burton
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    Lee Burton doesn't have cats or kids, but he does have a lot of books, a couple of mugs he thinks are really fantastic, and a good pair of shoes which haven't fallen apart yet despite his best efforts to murder them with kilometers.

    Burton has written almost six books. Almost six as some are still scantily clad in their respective drawers. Each of them had their own goals and were written differently, and he is very fond of them all -- except perhaps for his first attempt at a novel, which remains a travesty.  That one he keeps locked in a dark basement and feeds it fish heads.

    In 2011, Burton won the Percy Janes Award for Best Unpublished First Novel in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition for his novel Raw Flesh in the Rising.

    And just recently, in the fall of 2013, Burton published his first science-fiction novel, THIS LAND, about which he boasts constantly.

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