Why Watch? Feeling like an updated cousin of the 90s MTV animation line-up with a hint of Real World via Tumblr thrown in for good measure, this freestyle multimedia short blends live-action environments with disaffected animated characters. They have the usual sort of 20-something issues, but one of them has a heart for a head and another is a snowman. Just for example. It’s wry and fun, and at five minutes, it’s just the right size punch line. Plus, it comes with a hip soundtrack, a great sense of comic timing and a visual hook that’s blissfully endearing. Produced by Ashton Kutcher and Thrash Lab, from animator Tim Bierbaum, it’s the first in a planned web series. What will it cost you? Only 5 minutes. Skip work. Watch more short films.
- 10/19/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Ashton Kutcher-led Katalyst Media has helped incubate fledgling web series in the past, so it's no surprise that the company's Thrash Lab channel (part of the YouTube Original Channels Initiative) followed suit with its Dream Bigger series, a reality series that followed six content creators as they vied to have their shows hosted by Thrash Lab. The entrants were all strong, but YouTube commenters and the Thrash Lab team agreed that Real Artists, a semi-animated series by Tim Bierbaum, was among the best. That's why Real Artists was one of the three pilot chosen to develop into a full series on the Thrash Lab channel. The first episode of Real Artists arrived recently, and it's like nothing you've ever seen. The conceit of the show is similar to the IFC Channel's Portlandia, except instead of following hipsters around Portland in a series of short vignettes, we're following hipsters around...
- 9/27/2012
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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