How to make Ub Iwerks spin in the grave

While others roam the world on behalf of legendary filmmakers or captains of the computer world, some retreat to their solitary studios to produce ground breaking avant-garde film.

I choose neither path.



While working the tech booth at our church, I occasionally make little bumpers to display in the time between the band set up and the start of service. Its not a requirement-- usually no more than a handful of people see them. This particular 20 second filler loop was done with Toon Boom Studio, a great package for 2D Flash animation. (Too bad the blog site won't let you post SWF files). I particularly liked the minimalist story: Boy meets girl- boy gets girl - boy, girl and some turkey stand in the autumn foliage, blinking.

For those who don't get the visceral thrill from the NTSC test pattern like I do, it breaks the monotony.

As usual, feel free to run to Wikipedia to figure out the blog's title for the complete InfoTainment experience.


Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!