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Amazing film! is very cute.
The graphics and animation was intense!



"One Rat Short" is a work of love created by Charlex Films. It began as part of the effort to grow the company's CG department but eventually became much more than that. Originally, it was entitled "labratz" and as the title might suggest it mimicked the look and sensibility of worked already pioneered by other studios. As it evolved it took on a life of its own- it became my film- or as any director of an effort like this knows our film. We decided not to use anthropomorphic animation. We decided it would take place in two worlds- one so gritty, grimy and dark that the viewer needs to peer into the screen in order to make out the images- the other a sterile, white world so brightly lit that you feel the need to turn your head away from the screen. It was also important to me to keep the film looking as real as possible. One of the techniques we used was to give a lot of the camera work a hand-held feel and to keep it a little behind the action so that the scenes didn't seem staged. Lastly and most importantly I kept the story simple and tried to give it heart. One of my favorite short films, which I saw as a child was "The Red Balloon". I think the melancholic and innocent spirit of that film inhabits "One Rat Short."

Alex Weil, Director



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Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: April 26, 2007 at 12:40 am
Author: screamox

Length: 00:09:53
Rating: 4.88
Views: 136945

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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
x3viviCore (November 29, 2008 at 4:12 pm)
Why can't they be happy? x3
sn2727 (November 29, 2008 at 12:54 am)
um......why cant you let them be happy in the end?
Robogabriel (November 22, 2008 at 4:57 pm)
I saw this at the 92nd street Y. It incredible.
aportanelli (November 16, 2008 at 12:41 pm)
GENIAL!!!!!!!!
fluffypluffy (November 15, 2008 at 10:39 pm)
I love this. It made me cry the first time, from both happiness, and sadness. It's a touching story, that I think animal ((mostly pet rat)) lovers will all enjoy. Thanks for making it. :) It was amazing.
OOVanda (November 15, 2008 at 3:43 pm)
That was sooo beautiful! It makes me cry. Perfectly done.
above18y0utub3r (November 9, 2008 at 3:05 pm)
To the creators: Thank you for such a deeply moving film!

Hope more people will come to know of this. Sorta reminds me of "Kiwi!" by Dony Permedi, which has like over 19 million views
asyoz (November 9, 2008 at 8:31 am)
Excellent!
Very well done, animation is exceptional, and the rat-ology is amazing. You really know rats.
Please keep 'em comin'.

Will look forward to the feature film.
fcirambo (November 8, 2008 at 11:56 am)
really, really beautiful story and technically excellent. 5*
Utopiatefour20 (November 8, 2008 at 1:15 am)
that was a beautiful film