The Mind's Eye - 09 The Temple (Short Circutz)

This is the animation "The Temple" 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

[poxerz]

I had the VHS of this movie as a very young child. I remember watching it over and over, and how this scene held some sort of intense mystical reverence for me, even as a 5 yr old. Thank you so much for posting this, I have tears in my eyes.

[fredjhenzel]

@poxerz I felt the same way, and I was also 4 or 5 years old. I think that the way these artists were using computer animation and computer music creation technology, they were very idealistic about this technology changing art, and that makes their art so much more powerful. I don't know where one can find that kind of optimism in art today, but I'm sure it's out there in a different form.

[ilovegnomeland]

@poxerz I had it as a child too and I feel the exact same way. It was a very surreal experience, watching it as a little kid. It thrilled me and scared me a little too.

[cyyyggnus]

Thanks for sharing this! Unlike some of the commenters I was a bit older -well past high school and college- when I first viewed The Mind's Eye right after its release. I liked all the clips but this little clip (the last one on the VHS) mesmerized me and I watched it over and over...

[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.

[roboguy75]

they made this in 1990? Give these guys a thousand medals

[HarunDanyal]

thats a masjid

[MrNashguitar1]

........And yellow moons, green clovers, and blue diamonds.........

[freak49]

There is a certain charm with these early animation clips that' missing from a lot of the big budget stuff you see today. A lot of the current work is impressive, no doubt. But much of the pure imagination is somehow lost,

[TheClayPidgeon]

I knew it! In the future there's only dolphins left! ...and floating... bubble castles...?

[125RTY]

Oh, to be free like a bird in the sky with wondrous manmade islands. To float through the magic rings and chase down giant bubbles. Perhaps this is the dream of the dolphins?