E.T.A. was directed by Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen, with character modeling and animation by Søren Andersen and Michael la-Cour. The production company is called Junk. The film gets the whole thing with the orbiting spaceship and the cockpit just perfectly. It’s short and sweet and funny. I love sci-fi with grungy control rooms and crap lying around. And of course I bet GM built the poor guy’s ship. Definitely. It’s a junker.
Tag Archives: Science Fiction
Animation: The Terrible Thing From Alpha-9!
Cartoon Brew TV is showing this student animation called The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9! It was directed by Jake Armstrong as his thesis for the School of Visual Arts. It’s got a very free drawing style and combines a great sci-fi sensibility with gentle humor. If you head over to Cartoon Brew, they’ve got a full interview with the director with lots of information about the making of the film.
The Hunt for Gollum: Lord of the Rings Fan Film
The Hunt for Gollum is a 40-minute fan-made film that will be available for free downloading on May 3, 2009. The film was made through open collaboration of enthusiastic fans working under the leadership of director Chris Bouchard. The all-volunteer production looks so much like a Peter Jackson LOTR movie that it’s almost scary. One wonders why all the big budget money was spent if the films could have been produced by this crew of hard-working talented volunteers! This film looks like it’s going to be a serious lot of fun and will be a great addition to the LOTR world for its fans.
Shimmer Magazine Offers Latest Issue of Fantasy Stories as Free Download
Shimmer is a magazine of contemporary speculative fiction. Kind of a fantasy/sci-fi sort of thing. They are offering their latest issue with 12 stories in it as a free download. Some of the titles included are, The Carnivale of Abandoned Tales, Jaguar Woman, Counting Down to the End of the Universe, and an author interview.
Download the latest issue of Shimmer Magazine.
