How Can a Smart City Fight Climate Change? Solving Tomorrow’s Problems Today
By Alex Silverman The latest entry in Planet Classroom’s Problem Solver Series comes from student Diamond Middleton. The problem Middleton wants to solve is fighting climate change with the cities of tomorrow; these cities are referred to as “smart cities.” The goal of these cities is to prompt sustainability, inclusion, and the improvement in the quality of people’s way of life. This short primarily focuses on cities around the world...
Hot Diggity: A Simple, Pleasant Short Created with Great Effort
Por: Alex Silverman This short was animated, colored, and rendered all in Clip Studio Paint by Director Danielle Pedersen. It is a simple, animated short about a dog trying to steal sausages from a street vendor. What makes this short so impressive aside from its unique art style, is that it was all done by one creator using one program. It is very reminiscent of classic, animated shorts from major animation studios. Acima de tudo, a...
In Path of Freedom, Prisoners Learn to Unlock Themselves
By Reilly Wisniewski The 10 minute short film, Path of Freedom, dirigido por Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, shows us how to make good in a bad situation. In the documentary we follow Fleet Maull of the Prison Mindfulness Institute as he helps inmates learn proper communication and problem solving skills so that they can begin to live a better life and keep themselves from getting into further trouble. In an environment where everyone’s worst...
A Satisfying Rendition of Chopin’s Etude in B Minor, No.10 Op.25
By Reilly Wisniewski In this 3-minute piano performance, a young musician from Bard College Conservatory of Music performs Etude Op.25, No.10 in B minor, a solo piece written by Frédéric Chopin in 1835. Domantas Karalius plays the song effortlessly, creating an energy that builds throughout and rewards the audience with a satisfying and excellent close. Coming down from the rough last 2 anos, it brings a smile to my face knowing that...
Grace Goen’s Unseen is Ironically a Must See
By Sean Hendrickson Unseen, directed by Grace Goen, uses its outlandish and horrifying version of disease to successfully mount its character drama with parallels to modern reality, and delivers an ending that will certainly last in your mind. This movie feels like a visual step up in quality to many of its contemporaries, especially considering its use of physical props and sets. The visual motif of physical separation with mirrors...
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