The Dinosaur Graveyard of East Berlin

They lie, dead, struck down where they stood by a global event they could neither forecast nor understand. Extinction came quickly: in a matter of years the dinosaurs were no more. Yet this is no reference to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event which led to the extinction of the majority of dinosaur groups at the end of the Mesozoic era.

Image Credit Flickr User Extranoise

Image Credit Flickr User Extranoise

These dinosaurs (as you may have suspected) are rather more modern – as was their downfall.

New York Park

They say that New York City can be like a giant playground but there isn’t no need to take it literally, is there? This is a seriously cool piece of film.  The usual New York landmarks are all there, it’s just that now they come complete with their own fairground attractions – and a host of screaming people enjoying the ride. This makes your mind boggle and I do have to admit that I did get a little jealous too... jealous of CGI. Time to call those nice men in white suits perhaps.

This hugely enjoyable short was created by Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films. As he is based in Argentina it is only appropriate that he is also responsible for this surreal take on his country’s capital, Buenos Aires. Ah, life is a roller coaster after all!

No Joy

Take a trip to Wichita in Kansas and visit the old, bankrupt and abandoned Joyland Amusement Park.  This wonderfully made short film comes courtesy of Mike Petty who shot is using a Canon 7D.

The color is pushed with MB Colorista II – Petty wanted to exaggerate the hues of the place as parks like this are hyper-colorful in people’s memories.  The result is quite stunning.