Tag: animation

Learning to Fly – StoryCorps

Dr. J Drew Lanham, a Clemson University professor of Wildlife Ecology, recalls is youth, his father, and how they intertwined to spark his lifelong interest in birding. Dr. Lanham is an author, an Audubon board member, a wildlife biologist, and a birder.

Stopmotion Skiing at Home – Philipp Klein Herrero

https://youtu.be/_HrIVWziJ0Y When avid skier Philipp Klein Herrero had to cancel a ski trip in the mountains, he decided to set up his GoPro and bring the mountains to him. The result: Freeride Skiing at Home. Filmed from above, this stop-motion short is a delightful escape from being stuck inside. He explains: Just before the current health situation locked…… Continue reading Stopmotion Skiing at Home – Philipp Klein Herrero

Vienna is Like… by Fernando Livschitz

https://vimeo.com/417000220 Vienna is like… from Black Sheep Films on Vimeo. Statues and buildings float, Slinkys connect articulated buses, and carnival rides get supersized in Vienna, Austria with help from Argentine director Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films. Animation and live-action blend fantastical sights with reality in Vienna is like… Watch the Upper Belvedere levitate in layers, dancers magically don colorful dance clothes mid-jump…… Continue reading Vienna is Like… by Fernando Livschitz

Can You Grow a Glacier?

https://youtu.be/wlppif9IJzI   In the 13th century, Genghis Khan embarked on a mission to take over Eurasia, swiftly conquering countries and drawing them into his empire. But, legend has it that there was one obstacle that even he couldn’t overcome: a towering wall of ice, grown by locals across a mountain pass. Learn more about how ancient cultures…… Continue reading Can You Grow a Glacier?

Clangers TV Show

Clangers is a BAFTA-winning British stop-motion children’s series about “small creatures living in peace and harmony on – and inside – a small, hollow planet, far, far away.” It first-aired in 1969 and returned to television in 2015. In this 50th anniversary celebration episode, which aired in 2019, renowned space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock plays an astronaut that visits the Clangers.

Symmetry Eames Animated Short

https://youtu.be/OHA6Hcj7P8o What is symmetry in math? And how do you test for degrees of symmetry? Learn about “the mathematical ordering of form and the symmetrical properties of objects” with Symmetry by Charles and Ray Eames. Animation by Glen Fleck, with music composed and performed by Elmer Bernstein. Symmetry was one of five shorts featured in a 1961 collection of…… Continue reading Symmetry Eames Animated Short

2(n) – The Power of Exponential Numbers Eames Animation

https://youtu.be/2OuJhaqeUbo In 1961, an interactive exhibition called Mathematica: A World of Numbers… and Beyond inaugurated the new science wing at Los Angeles’ California Museum of Science and Industry. Sponsored by IBM, it was an innovative exhibit designed by husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames, and lucky for us, it included five short animations that explored a handful…… Continue reading 2(n) – The Power of Exponential Numbers Eames Animation

Animated Science: Periodic Table – Luis Perez

https://youtu.be/xcxZdl24ULo Celebrate the periodic table’s 150th anniversary with this episode of Animated Science, a series produced by the Universitat de Barcelona and animator Luis Pérez. Follow the main character as he struggles to understand the periodic table, the elements, and chemistry for the first time. After a rough start, he listens to the teacher and, with some contemplation, begins to understand how everything is made from atoms and…… Continue reading Animated Science: Periodic Table – Luis Perez

What’s Inside? Tinkering Videos by Dina A. Amin

Cairo-based tinkerer and stop-motion filmmaker dina A. Amin created this short animation featuring four gadgets that she took apart piece by piece: A walkman, a phone, a hairdryer, and a camera. See them up close before they scatter into neatly arranged parts. It’s an extension of her Tinker Friday stop-motion animations.Tiny screws, wires, gears, levers, springs, circuit boards, buttons and bits.…… Continue reading What’s Inside? Tinkering Videos by Dina A. Amin