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Gan-Gan, A Short Film Celebrating An Extraordinary Grandmother Through Her Possessions
Gan-Gan is a beautiful short film by Welsh animator Gemma Green Hope who found comfort in the bevy of possessions that her extraordinary grandmother left…
Miami Ad School’s Adorably Morbid Parody of the ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ PSA Shows the Various Ways Creative Ideas Die
São Paulo, Brazil ad agency Young & Rubicam has created an adorably morbid parody for Miami Ad School of Metro Trains‘ acclaimed “Dumb Ways to…
Opening Hard Cider and Coke Bottles with a Chainsaw in Slow Motion
Taras Kulakov (a.k.a. “Crazy Russian Hacker“) of Slow Mo Lab recently got so thirsty that he decided to open hard cider and Coke bottles with…
A Sea Plane Takes Off From a Moving Truck Trailer and Gracefully Flies Away
A seaplane took off from a moving truck trailer and gracefully flew away into the cloudy sky.
Special Effects Video of ‘Action Movie Kid’ Throwing a Football to Entertainment Journalist Kevin Frazier
Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series that shows his son throwing…
How ‘The LEGO Movie’ Should Have Ended
In this stop motion animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (HISHE), they feature an alternate ending for the 2014 animated adventure comedy film…
Persistently Lounging Cat Interrupts Musician’s Vibraphone Practice Over and Over Again
This video from 2009 shows musician Tim Collins having a tough time practicing his vibraphone due to a very persistent kitty who just wants to…
Paintings by Dutch Masters Brought to Life in Eerie Animation
Digital studio CS Digital Media brought eight paintings by Dutch masters to life in this eerie animation. The paintings are from the collection located at…
Please Use This Song, Comedian Jon Lajoie’s Musical Plea to Get His Song Used in a Commercial
Comedian Jon Lajoie begs advertisers to use his song in a commercial in the hilarious music video “Please Use This Song.” We previously posted about…
Pyrotopia Festival of Fire Arts, A Celebration of Fire Arts in Pennsylvania
The Pyrotopia Festival of Fire Arts, a celebration of fire, light, and electrical arts, takes place at Westfield Park in Munhall, Pennsylvania on May 10,…