Alphagames

Freelance animator and editor Evan Seitz has, over the last year, become something of a Mr Alphabet to animation fans.  His creations have so far been on the subject of cinema but now he is spreading out and videogames.  Alphagames goes through the alphabet with a few seconds given over for each game, from A to Z.

I am not going to admit to how many I got right in this visual quiz – it would be far too embarrassing.  My excuse is some of the games are so old I have forgotten what their names are and others are so new that I consider myself too old to play them.  That is a very poor excuse indeed – but how many can you get?

Glued

This may more than resonate if you have had the misfortune of raising a video game addict.  Here a young mother tries to lure her son away from his games consoles until finally resorting to desperate measures. Yet, is it too late?

This is a student film made as part of the third year of animation studies at the Bezalel Academy of the Arts.  It took us 10 months to create from concept to final render. As ever with Bezalel it is wonderfully made - and promises great things for the future of the tyro-animators.

And who are they? It represents the first CG film by Alon Tako, Guy Elnathan, Daniel Lichter and Sivan Kotek. The soundtrack is provided by Assaf Shlomi. Take a visit to their website, which tracks the creation of Glued.