Apple-produced “Fuzzy Feelings” tell a classic feel-good Christmas story of compassion overcoming nastiness. The project artfully combines stop-motion scenes with live action performances. George Harrison’s “Isn’t It a Pity” provides the music score. Swedish animator Anna Mantzaris reveals some of her secrets in a making-of video (following the main attraction). The four-minute movie was shot…

Facebook

Twitter

The current Mobile Movie of the Week—”Ninna Nanna“—features animated drawings superimposed on realistic nature shots. For those interested in adding drawings to video either recorded or streaming, check out Norman Chan’s fast-paced, very informative tutorial “How to Draw and Annotate on Live Video.”  Chan describes the tutorial this way: “If you have a webcam, a…

Facebook

Twitter

Artists have long created pictures narrating events great and small. For example, thousands of years ago, anonymous cave dwellers drew images about animals they encountered. In the eleventh century, weavers continued that narrative tradition with the 70-meters-long Bayeux Tapestry, which documented the Norman conquest of England. A celebrated twentieth century example is Picasso’s “Guernica.” Now, Iranian…

Facebook

Twitter

“Requiem,” shot on an iPhone 4s  by Jeffrey Turboff, combines stunning visuals and a spare narration reminiscent of Truffaut to pack a lifetime into a two-minute movie. You’ll need to play “Requiem” more than once to see–and hear–all that it has to offer. FacebookTwitter

Facebook

Twitter