Odysseus and the Cyclops

NARRATION AND ALL GRAPHICS BY EMILY, A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. This has screened at:
2008 Nashville Film Festival
2008 Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2009 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY)
2009 San Diego Children's Film Festival
2009 South Beach International Animation Festival

From Homer's Odyssey, this is the story of Odysseus' run-in with Polyphemus the cyclops. Guys get eaten, the cyclops gets blinded, you know the story.

In case anyone's interested, this was done with some plain letter-size paper, some el cheapo watercolors, a scanner, along with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

This is what can happen when you let young people do animation. Even if they frequently refuse to go to bed.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• story
• animation
• cartoon
• children
• mythology
• Homer
• graphics
• greek
• cyclops
• animated
• child
• Odyssey
• Odysseus
• Polyphemus

[lorax121323]

Did someone tell this girl the story ?

[mksalva]

@lorax121323 She studied the story in school, if that counts as telling her the story.

[mattymatt]

This is fantastic. Poseidon is my favorite part.

[makemebad38]

Nice and all of that is true.Hey, Who is your favorite god/goddess in mythology?

[iceykaboom]

The story is off slightly.. but not much.. very good job to this little girl!

[TheBossGam3r]

This sounds like something that would be during a commercial on PBS. Very good!

[ilovevoreandclubpeng]

i saw this in school and im in 5th grade. they said in the video that the men poked him in the eye and there was no basket but good job A+

[MissDobbeltA]

ATHENE!!!! FAVORTIE GODDESS! 

[PitDogDX]

more brutal in the book "The Cyclops smashed the few men on a wall and ate them"

odysseus blinding the cyclops WAS so detailed in the book

[ThePwnedsouthpark]

lol this is the video for my school in english lesson

[toxicbiohazard1]

Very creative! I like how much detail you have in your story and how the characters are made. Great job! A+

[Isaac1020301]

Thanks, great help with my homework!

: )

[TheBobbobbob333]

Pretty good. Some details where left out, like Polyphemus's brothers coming, but pretty good.

[Disneygirl556677]

i have all respect for this girl! We are reading the odyssey in english class and i almost had to go to the nurse because i was so nauseated from all the details. my english teacher did a really good job at teaching it, it was just too graphic for me. Now, this wasn't as detailed or graphic, but congrats to her for being able to do this. I could never do that. Congratulations. It was really good