The Mind's Eye - 03 Civilization Rising (Short Circutz)

This is the animation "Civilization Rising" from the early computer animation compilation "The Mind's Eye."

In 1990 Odyssey Productions gathered together shorts and demo reels from hundreds of artists working in the fledgling field of computer animation. These captivating computer generated videos were combined with an original score to give the world a look at the future of animation. Eventually these shorts would be licensed by YTV in Canada to be aired as "Short Circutz" in place of commercials.

Unlike later productions, The Mind's Eye was only released on VHS tape and Laserdisc. This is the higher quality Laserdisc release, carefully digitized.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Odyssey
• Miramar
• Mind's
• Eye
• Short
• Circutz
• YTV
• Computer
• Generated
• 3D
• Animation

[CleansWithRag]

All these years, and these videos have never been bested!

[vapourmile]

@zoidburg111 ...The most creatively fertile period in computing history, forgotten.

[christpunchers]

I don't know why but after almost 20 years that little flute/middle eastern piece at 0:55 - 1:21 always creeps me out... reminds me of all those Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes and other YTV horror-shows about mummies and tombs. Really eerie.

[lovalotpink101]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who watched this as a kid lol

[christpunchers]

The music always scared me as a child.

[VTwinty]

How long do you think we will reach in civilization? 

[666CthulhuIsMyBitch]

This is so good on DXM.

[2Exotic2Fly2High]

does anyone have the halloween minds eye, i do. i wana post it up but idk how

[SpiceBatty]

You know, the only way one can enjoy The Mind's Eye properly is to not ask yourself questions. The only question that should be asked it:

"Why not?"

[SacredEarthPictures]

PLEASE GIVE PROPER CREDIT to the creator of "The Mind's Eye". Yes, Odyssey had a collection of CGI demos, but "The Mind's Eye" was a MIRAMAR production by Emmy Award winning director JAN NICKMAN who spent thousands of hours exquisitely crafting them into a double platinum selling film considered to be a milestone in the field of computer animation. With a score by JAMES REYNOLDS, "The Mind's Eye" reached #12 on Billboard's video hits chart. PLEASE GIVE PROPER CREDIT TO THE ARTISTS.

[ccaves6]

The graphics are better than Black Ops.

[Hollywood115F16]

That statue has got some SERIOUS ahlete's foot! ;-) haha This is my favorite sample of CGI I want to learn how to make videos like these!