Annecy 2011 "Time Flies"

The entry for Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2011.
Title: Time Flies
Duration: 4min 56sec
Animation: Yuki Nishimura
Music: The Heavenly Spheres

Yuki Nishimura is a Japanese freelance animator and illustrator based in London, UK. This is a self production animation inspired by the song titled "Time Flies" by the UK based music band "The Heavenly Spheres".

Yuki Nishimura's website: http://yukinishimura.com


Film Description:

The work seeks for the absolute freedom in imagination, sound and time. Yuki's hand-drawn based whimsical illustrations drag people into the world of never-ending wonderland, following the 70's inspired psychedelic pop music.

As its lyrics give as a question about "time", this short film depicts a guy who gets trapped in the "Time Garden" where exists all different time scales. Breaking a clock, he escapes from the hopeless time he had belonged to and arrives to the Time Garden to find the ideal time. An old "Time Professor" patrolling the land with his air balloon picks him up and shows him around the various time scales, one is quicker and one is slower. When they end up in the "Infinity Land" where everything is infinite, the guy realizes this is it. He chooses to become a part of the infinity by eating an infinite seed.

Was it all under a dark scheme? Did he really gain the infinite life or did he just got his time, his future, his age and his "time" stolen forever? Somehow, on the way back of the air balloon, the professor seems to be grinning and getting younger slightly...

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Annecy 2011
• Time Flies
• Yuki Nishimura
• animation
• The Heavenly Speres

[YukiNishimura]

Thanks a lot for your warm comments!!! :))

[zapapayo]

excellent, i even feel like i'm high now

[WhiteRavenJane]

Fantastic!! 5*****

[noeltmng]

Darling this is really great, Love it and that your stay have change from 2 years ago... When this is in an animation all comes alife. Good luck and thank you for shearing!! Miss you and everyone in London!! This remind me of you very much! :P

[ObiWanGuacamoli]

Amazing. And there's so much to see that it's fun watching it multiple times.

[GerdxHenk]

Very nice remember me to Yellow Submarine

[carbajalmasso]

I love it Yuki!!!! I wish you luck, you deserve it!

[pfg84]

So good! :)