Rabbit and The Owl
September 11th 2008 00:23
The first film, Rabbit, is an eight-minute animated fable of the consequences of greed. An age old tale, but told in a new and nightmarish way. The filmmaker, Run Wrake, has used 1950s illustration cards originally designed to teach children to read. Two young and resourceful kids chance – rather morbidly - upon a magic idol that delivers them jewels, and of course, they imagine themselves to be kings and queens. But innocence will soon be irreparably changed. What results is a lesson to us all in classic horror fashion!
The second film is actually a three-minute music clip to a track called The Owl by Canadian band I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness (great name!). It’s geometric, monochromatic animation by Emannuel Ho, an artist from Winnipeg. Stark and moody, yet strangely beautiful, with an underlying tone of ominous desperation, The Owl is one of the most visually striking short films I’ve seen in a long while, and the instrumental composition fits like murderous hand in velvet glove. The Owl's elusive intent, glistening in its eyes, lingers like a creepy dream ...
Here’s Rabbit:
Click here for The Owl (as the embed screen was too large for my page):
For more information on filmmaker Run Wrake click here
For more information on filmmaker Emannuel Ho click here
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Comment by Anonymous
Fantastic animations, the pair of them. The Rabbit is indeed particularly bizarre and the ironic use of the 1950's illustration cards serves brilliantly to add to the eerie feel.
With the Owl, the filmmaker has done brilliantly in creating tension by syncing the music with the visuals- and what visuals they are! Clean, crisp, simple, stylish- and yet powerful at the same time. My only issue with the Owl is the ending, which seems somewhat of an anti-climax. Hopefully this is because Emannuel Ho plans a sequel, because I would love to see more of this kind of work.
Comment by Chris Creegan
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Wow.
Fantastic animations, the pair of them. The Rabbit is indeed particularly bizarre and the ironic use of the 1950's illustration cards serves brilliantly to add to the eerie feel.
With the Owl, the filmmaker has done brilliantly in creating tension by syncing the music with the visuals- and what visuals they are! Clean, crisp, simple, stylish- and yet powerful at the same time. My only issue with the Owl is the ending, which seems somewhat of an anti-climax. Hopefully this is because Emannuel Ho plans a sequel, because I would love to see more of this kind of work.
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
I can see what you mean feeling a little let down by the ending of The Owl, but I actually quite like the "cliff-hanger" ending ... it adds to the dreamlike quality, rather than a neat rounded ending ... I guess the viewer is lead to believe the owl is about to take out the crow ... but who knows? The mystique adds a sense of elusive drama that one often finds in real life ...