I wanted to show this clip from The Way Back because it does a great job showing a fight or flight response. The fight or flight response states that animals/humans react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, priming the person for fighting or fleeing. Males and females tend to deal with stressful situations differently. Males are more likely to respond to an emergency situation with aggression (fight), while females are more likely to flee (flight), turn to others for help, or attempt to defuse the situation. This clip is a great example of someone going through the fight or flight response.
It starts with Ed Harris piecing a lie together, he has this great subtle little smile once he has figured out the girl has been lying to him, this little moment of realization before he speaks helps the audience know he’s figured something out. Saoirse Ronan’s character instantly gets confrontational, its not over the top, but her voice and pacing let you know she’s afraid/upset. Her reaction is perfect the moment he says “your parents weren’t murdered” the quick head turn, the eye blinks, you really feel she’s afraid, that she’s going into “fight or flight” mode. I love clips like this cause it really shows the battle going in within ourselves, sometimes that battle can be far more interesting than external ones. I did a previous post featuring Saoirse Ronan on my blog here. Mark my words, she’ll have an Oscar in 5 years or less (she’s already been nominated once when she was 13)
This doesn’t have a whole lot to do with animation or film-making in general, but it is an incredible artistic achievement. The shear level of discipline and artistic commitment that was needed to finish this is inspirational alone.
Scott Weaver’s amazing piece, made with over 100,000 toothpicks over the course of 35 years, is a depiction of San Francisco, with multiple ball runs that allow you to go on “tours” of different parts of the city. It will be on display in the Tinkering Studio until the end of June!
If you haven’t tried it, you don’t know what you’re missing. I long to go again some day.
Hopefully this video will give everyone a different perspective of what skydiving can offer. Hopefully it will provoke some necessity to learn to fly in our wonderful three dimensional environment- The Sky!
Sweet documentary on the inspiration of the painted landscapes of Ghibli films, in particular “Ponyo on the Cliff”, “My Neighbor Totoro, ” “Princess Mononoke” and “Spirited Away”. You can find the other parts here. Apologies to those who don’t understand Japanese! :S
I originally posted this on YouTube about five years ago, and then re-posted it a few years later including a higher resolution download. I figured since I’ve started up a YouTube account again, I might as well add it again. All six parts will play automatically below. Enjoy…again
