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21Sep2008

This Student Film Is Better Than Your Student Film

DateSunday, September 21, 2008 at 1:37AM
Wanna see something cool? Take two minutes out of your day to watch Oktapodi, made last year by Julien Bocabeille as his graduation project from Gobelins, a French arts college. He now works for DreamWorks, and he's an animator on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

This film has a lot in common with those animated shorts that accompany Pixar movies, although those tend to be a little longer. Bocabeille clearly understands the importance of keeping a story simple, and as you'll see, despite only being two minutes long, this has a hero and a villain, and a beginning, middle, and end. It's a complete story, and I think the animation style fits beautifully.

Get caught up with what Bocabeille is working on now at his blog, or check out the official website of the short to get a little more information on the filmmakers and Oktapodi's road through the festival circuit.

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If the vid dont work for you try this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaM9mrnOMJo

Also, yeah if I saw it without reading, I would just assume it was done by Pixar, short sweet and good.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOrinn

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