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Reach

Reach is a great little CG-animated film by Luke Randall. Randall is a director/animator based in Melbourne, Australia.

The film is part of the Cannes Short Film Corner competition. You can watch all the films here and vote for your favourite.

  • jason_chatfield

    Amazing work – so impressed!
    (Go Melbourne!) hehe

  • jason_chatfield

    Amazing work – so impressed!
    (Go Melbourne!) hehe

  • http://ivandstuff.blogspot.com/ ivan_dixon

    Opening bit with the kid’s hands reminded me a bit of Toy Story.

    Go Melbourne! Oh, and hey Jason. Small world, or city rather!

  • http://ivandstuff.blogspot.com ivan_dixon

    Opening bit with the kid’s hands reminded me a bit of Toy Story.

    Go Melbourne! Oh, and hey Jason. Small world, or city rather!

  • http://www.flickr.com/stwee Stwee

    For all those about to watch (and love it) DON’T FORGET TO VOTE.

  • http://www.flickr.com/stwee Stwee

    For all those about to watch (and love it) DON’T FORGET TO VOTE.

  • http://cookiebite.blogspot.com/ Tali

    very nice. and one more ‘Go Melbourne’! :)

  • http://cookiebite.blogspot.com Tali

    very nice. and one more ‘Go Melbourne’! :)

  • mamagaea

    That was so beautiful! The melancholy and heartfelt emotion coming from the little bot touched me deeply. I hope it wins!

  • mamagaea

    That was so beautiful! The melancholy and heartfelt emotion coming from the little bot touched me deeply. I hope it wins!

  • 0002tobor

    From the opening establishing shot Chris Ware’s influence is very apparent which is no discredit to Luke Randall. Most decent modern illustrators, artists and animators have fallen under the Acme spell, myself included. Chris Ware shouldn’t get a credit for style direction on this short but maybe he needs a mention for the story which has very distinct similarities with a small strip in one of his classic Novelty Library comics. The comic vignette in question depicts a miniature robot from Spaceman Sam I believe. Stripped of the dark humour of the original this animated short doesn’t hit home quite as powerfully as the comic. Although to be honest Spaceman Sam requires a very strong sense of nihilism to enjoy. Top marks for pace, animation and rendering though.

  • 0002tobor

    From the opening establishing shot Chris Ware’s influence is very apparent which is no discredit to Luke Randall. Most decent modern illustrators, artists and animators have fallen under the Acme spell, myself included. Chris Ware shouldn’t get a credit for style direction on this short but maybe he needs a mention for the story which has very distinct similarities with a small strip in one of his classic Novelty Library comics. The comic vignette in question depicts a miniature robot from Spaceman Sam I believe. Stripped of the dark humour of the original this animated short doesn’t hit home quite as powerfully as the comic. Although to be honest Spaceman Sam requires a very strong sense of nihilism to enjoy. Top marks for pace, animation and rendering though.

  • jimlefevre

    Well doen Luke! Very very nice indeed. The opening shots of the town and the story is very reminiscent of Chris Ware’s Rocket Sam stuff.

  • jimlefevre

    Well doen Luke! Very very nice indeed. The opening shots of the town and the story is very reminiscent of Chris Ware’s Rocket Sam stuff.

  • http://ivandstuff.blogspot.com/ ivan_dixon

    I forgot to mention the Chris Ware influence. In fact, the opening shot easily could have been from a 2D animation.

  • http://ivandstuff.blogspot.com ivan_dixon

    I forgot to mention the Chris Ware influence. In fact, the opening shot easily could have been from a 2D animation.

  • http://leftyart.blogspot.com/ leftyjoe

    Hi all, hey if you like robots, check out my blog, I’m curating a show for july in downtown LA.

    http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com/

  • http://leftyart.blogspot.com leftyjoe

    Hi all, hey if you like robots, check out my blog, I’m curating a show for july in downtown LA.

    http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com/