A rat snake may look like it's related to
this King Cobra, but the cobra prefers to
think of the rat snake as lunch!
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/?so
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Can rats laugh? From Tierney Lab:
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/1
8/what-happens-when-you-tickle-a-rat-see-for-
yourself/
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umans-arent-only-ones-doing-it-rats-do.html Tags :ratanimallaughterscience
Amazing film! is very cute.
The graphics and animation was intense!
http://www.oneratshort.com
"One Rat Short" is a work of love created by
Charlex Films. It began as part of the effort
to grow the company's CG department but
eventually became much more than that.
Originally, it was entitled "labratz" and as
the title might suggest it mimicked the look
and sensibility of worked already pioneered
by other studios. As it evolved it took on a
life of its own- it became my film- or as any
director of an effort like this knows our
film. We decided not to use anthropomorphic
animation. We decided it would take place in
two worlds- one so gritty, grimy and dark
that the viewer needs to peer into the screen
in order to make out the images- the other a
sterile, white world so brightly lit that you
feel the need to turn your head away from the
screen. It was also important to me to keep
the film looking as real as possible. One of
the techniques we used was to give a lot of
the camera work a hand-held feel and to keep
it a little behind the action so that the
scenes didn't seem staged. Lastly and most
importantly I kept the story simple and tried
to give it heart. One of my favorite short
films, which I saw as a child was "The Red
Balloon". I think the melancholic and
innocent spirit of that film inhabits "One
Rat Short."
Alex Weil, Director
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