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(Archive) Animated short film of the day: The Maker (2011)

Originally Posted:January 6th, 2023 The oldest philosophical question in human history is most likely "what is the purpose of life?". Millennia later and it's hard to say we have a definitive answer, which makes all the more brave there's people still trying to tackle such a question.

Directed by Christopher Kezelos, the thesis this short presents is a simple one: what we make of it to leave others prepared for what this journey entails is what gives this life a purpose. That our legacy is in those which learned from us to keep going, that hand we give to others in an act of help, as our names may be forgotten but that knowledge remains. And for this effect, it uses no other technique than good ol' stop motion.

It's brilliant, really: when you require animation to have a sense of "craft", this is easily the best option due to how textured it all is. The physicality the technique carries brings to attention the fact these objects had to be put into the world when they didn't exist prior, which is pretty much ideal for a tale of a creature making one of it's kin so their knowledge remains once it's time comes. Creatures delightfully designed by Amanda Louise Spayd with quite the uncanny appearance that nevertheless grows on you. And that's nothing to say about Paul Halley's beautiful score, which was the inspiration of the short to begin with as it was created with the intent to try and make his music reach a wider audience, further supporting the short's thesis in actual practice.

Filled to the brim with esoteric imagery, it captures the imagination with a simple but striking story line executed with delicacy, beauty and just the tiniest sprinkle of humor to a very touching effect. Truly an example of the wonders of animation as a medium.

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1980′s History Timeline

1st (Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles ride in a carriage after their wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral July 29, 1981 in London, England. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/WireImage / Getty Images)

2nd (Michael Jackson accepts an award from CBS and The Guinness Book Of World Records celebrating 'Thriller' as the largest-selling album of all time (25 million) February 7, 1984 at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Natural History in New York City. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)

3rd (Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visiting Austria. Hotel Imperial in Vienna. (1983). (Photo by Nora Schuster/Imagno/Getty Images)

4th (Hurtling out of the conflagration at 78 seconds are the Challenger's left wing, main engines (still burning residual propellant) and the forward fuselage (crew cabin). (Jan. 28, 1986). Picture courtesy of the NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC).

5th (West Berliner at the foot of the wall talks to East Berliner, November 1962. (Photo: NATO Handout / Getty Images)

Failed U.S. Rescue Attempt to Save Hostages in Tehran

John Lennon Assassinated

Mount St. Helens Erupts

Pac-Man Video Game Released

Rubik's Cube Becomes Popular

Ted Turner Establishes CN

Assassination Attempt on the Pope

Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan

First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Millions Watch Royal Wedding on T.V.

New Plague Identified as AIDS

Personal Computers (PC) Introduced by IBM

E.T. Movie Released

Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina

King Henry VIII's Ship the Mary Rose Raised After 437 Years

Michael Jackson Releases Thriller

Reverend Sun Myung Moon Marries 2,075 Couples at Madison Square Garden

Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC

Cabbage Patch Kids Are Popular

Reagan Announces Defense Plan Called Star Wars

Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space

Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner

U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed

Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India

Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards

PG-13 Movie Rating Created

Back to the Future Opens

Famine in Ethiopia

First Internet Domain Name Is Registered

Gorilla Specialist Dian Fossey Is Murdered

Hole in the Ozone Layer Discovered

Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika

New Coke Hits the Market

Rock Hudson Dies of AIDS

Serial Killer Known as "The Night Stalker" Starts Killing Spree

Sinking of Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior

Terrorists Hijack TWA Flight 847

U.S. Singers Record Charity Single "We Are the World"

Wreck of the Titanic Found

Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines

First PC Virus, Brain, Goes Vira

lHalley's Comet Passes By

Iran-Contra Scandal Unfolds

The Oprah Winfrey Show Gets National Syndication

U.S. Bombs Libya

U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station

DNA First Used to Convict Criminals

Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison

New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"

West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square

Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed Over Lockerbie

U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner

Berlin Wall Falls

Exxon Valdez Spills Millions of Gallons of Oil on Coastline

Romanian Leader Nicolae Ceausescu and His Wife Are Executed

Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square

World Wide Web Invented

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