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RAM (Random Access Memory) is an animation by Caroline Ting of New Zealand about becoming too reliant and emotionally attached to your personal computer. It is an exaggeration of the artist’s research on recent trends of dependency and attachment found in children for their PCs, especially in the U.S. and U.K. The animation centers on the interaction between two boys, Mark and Tylr, while the technical focus of the piece is on animation, particularly facial animation. The style of the piece is based on Japanese anime, which has already been used for many technological and sci-fi series and is born from a country famous for its technophilia and tendency to use technology for fun and companionship. The voice actors used were children the artist overheard at a comic book store and while most of the dialogue is scripted, Caroline also made use of excess recordings that were just too funny to not use.
This is Caroline Ting’s page on the animation website aniboom: http://www.aniboom.com/boomzones/cazzamaru. You can see more of the artist’s process and her Massey University classmates’ works here: http://digitalmedia.massey.ac.nz/exposure/area.php?id=13
FUNNYFIXX NOTE: We probably all have an emotional attachment to our computers and spend more time with them than with our family and friends. When I saw Caroline’s remarkable animation, I loved her characters and the art of it all, but really identified with the story. Enjoy!
March 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Wow…this is animation at its finest. I used to manage a group of animators…we didn’t produce this kind of stuff needlesstosay. Fun short, great animation and story…definitely something we can all relate to as scarily, our computers have taken on personalities vicariously thru us!
March 9th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hehe, that was really good. Great story, it’s definately something we can all relate to. The relationship between the two shows great character and personality. Adorable!