Tyger, tyger, burning bright

John Martz | May 10th, 2006

In Tyger, an animated short by Guilherme Marcondes, a giant jungle cat roams the city and transforms the urban jungle into a actual one, illuminating everything in sight with magic and wonder. Tyger combines puppetry, photography, and animation into the most original animated short I’ve seen in a long time. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go watch it again. (Thanks, Kev!)

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  • absolutely brilliant.
  • WAM
    wow

    Incredible
  • dave
    gorgeous
  • Nick
    Wow, awesome. Thanks!
  • Rockiltree
    Amazing - rich and vibrant yet dark at the same time, and they blended everything together so nicely. I do have to ask, though, did the puppeteers being visable bug anyone else? Like it wasn't an artistic choice, like it was just too difficult to remove them . . .
  • exelente trabajo, la animación no es nada convencional y eso es lo que llama la atención. Un trabajo que impresiona
  • Superb & so original too!
  • @ Rockiltree: seeing the level of excellence all the other compositing had, i doubt it would've been too difficult to erase the puppeteers. i think it was a artistic choice. at least that's how i understood it and it worked for me.
  • joe
    I think its a brilliant work by Guilherme Marcondes. He has blended the three things so beautifully. Its amazing and unique too. Like the movie!
  • Wow.
    I thought the puppeteers were a fantastic addition. It gave the piece a theatrical quality, and made everything seem more mysterious.
    What a great combination of techniques
  • I loved the huge shadowy figures! they made it all extra weird and spooky.
    In the beginning I wondered what those black shapes were, then I wanted to see how they do it, how they move. The shot where they rise over the hill...brilliant.
    Technique does not seem a problem for them :D
    Also props to the music. It suits the movements and colors perfectly.
  • Pete..
    I wish the human figures holding the puppet weren't there.. Too noticable, distracting from the actual puppet moving.... always thought a puppeteer was supposed to be invisible...

    But overall very nice..
  • bellini
    Seeing the puppeteer is actually very common in actual live puppet shows, and they do dress all in black, just like in the movie. I think that's what made this one so strange and mysterious, we are too used to hiding things that when something is revealed we find it strange.
  • c-span called, they want their boring back. zzzz.
  • It's a jungle out there, and the tygers are coming.
  • ni
    fantastic!!!!
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