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About a week ago the 90-Second Newbery premiered at New York Public Library (PW did a nice write-up of it here) and the afternoon was a stellar success. My Lit Salon went over so I didn’t have a chance to see much of it, but fortunately James Kennedy, who created the darn thing, did me a favor and curated some of the best little videos of the year.
First off, what may well be my favorite video. Claymation has always done the 90-Second Newbery proud. Now they’re all the prouder with a Claymation version of Steve Sheinkin’s Bomb: The Race To Build–And Steal–The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Jennings Mergenthal of Tacoma, WA.
Extra points for the Tom Lehrer at the end.
Then it’s Ramona And Her Father done as a musical by the kids at Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development. I felt very proud that as an adult I could identify all but two of the tunes they were singing.
How about that father doing The Snake? Kid’s got moves! Plus this had the advantage of making me want to read that book again.
But why watch just one? In today’s economy a story about a dad losing his job has special significance. This Ramona And Her Father is done as a James Bond movie by a different set of kids at Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development.
What’s particularly interesting to me is that both Ramonas used very similar stock images of suburban houses between their shots. I also love that in this one they decided to pay attention to the details and put the driver on the British side of the car.
I love too clever teenagers. So this ominous foreshadowing ridden version of Bridge To Terabithia by Rochester Community Television in Rochester, NY appeals to the 15-year-old in me.
And finally . . . MORE stop animation! This time it’s the Atwater’s Mr. Popper’s Penguins courtesy of Girl Scout Troop 2539 from Urbana, IL.
I told you I had a weakness for that stuff.
For our off-topic video, this has nothing to do with 90-Second Newbery and everything to do with House of Cards. It’s the Sesame Street parody. Seemed fitting in an odd way. We’re all about the homages today.
2 Comments on Video Sunday: 90-Second Newbery Edition, last added: 3/16/2015
Thanks for highlighting these videos from the 4th annual 90-Second Newbery, Betsy! Hey teachers and librarians and families and filmmakers, it’s never too early to start helping your students and kids make their own 90-second (ish) movies of Newbery Medal (or Honor) winning books for the 5th annual 90-Second Newbery. Deadline December 14 2015! Rules and details here: http://www.90secondnewbery.com
:Donna said, on 3/15/2015 10:09:00 PM
Thanks for sharing the videos, Betsy The teenagers with Terabithia cracked me up! And I love anything “Sesame Street”
You know what? Skip everything I’ve ever suggested about visiting the Bologna Book Fair. Airflights take a lot of time. Your sleeping schedule gets off. And then there’s all that walking. Phew! It’s enough to exhaust you just thinking about it. No no, far better to just watch this little video created by Bart Moeyaert. It’s the fair in 90 seconds. You’re in. You’re out. Slap your hands together and you’re done! Couldn’t be easier.
In other news, my library is doing this:
First off, I love that it makes my workplace, the building where I earn my daily bread, look like something out of a movie (and not just the set like in The Adjustment Bureau and Arthur, both in theaters now). So cheers there. Second, this is a game inspired by our upcoming Centennial celebration. You can see the website for the game here, if you’d like to join in. You have to fill out an application by April 21st, though. There’s nothing specifically keeping employees like myself from participating, but I suspect that since my body these days conks out effectively at 10:30 each night, I am in no position to add my own expertise.
When you are a child of the 70s or 80s you may have a unique gift. Thanks to television shows like Sesame Street, it’s entirely possible that your brain is filled with small animated shorts and clips that will burst into fiery remembrance when seen. Take, as today’s example, the news that Maurice Sendak has a new picture book coming out soon. Called Bumble Ardy, the book was originally a short on Sesame Street. Now, if you had stopped me on the street and asked me if I had ever seen said short I would have given a sharp bark of a laugh. Me, forget a Maurice Sendak bit of animation? Not hardly! Then I started watching this and the memories . . . oh the memories . . .
Those memories just keep on coming back. Probably the only time you’ll hear Jim Henson’s voice (as Bumble at the end) voice a Sendak character too. Thanks to Mr. Schu for the link.
Yes, there are some real penguins in this teaser for Mr. Popper’s Penguins, but the majority of shots in the final film will be hybrid CGI from Rhythm and Hues – with most of the animation handled out of their Indian studio.
The first book I ever remember reading on my own, for a school assignment, was Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Jim Carrey has reportedly signed on to star as Mr. Popper in the film adaptation of the classic. Here is the release directly from The Hollywood Reporter:
The popular 1938 children’s book “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” finally is marching toward the big screen, with Jim Carrey starring as a businessman who inherits a flock of penguins.
Carrey’s casting follows a search for a lead actor that seemed to last longer than a forced march to the South Pole.
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Owen Wilson were among those who circled an updated adaptation that will be produced by John Davis for Fox before talks with Carrey heated up this summer.
The film is on the fast track at Fox and will begin production in October in New York.
Mark Waters is on board to direct a script by Sean Anders and John Morris that modernizes the whimsical story.
In the book, a house painter who dreams of traveling writes a letter to Admiral Drake, who answers him on a radio show and then sends him a penguin captured near the South Pole. Then he gets a second penguin, and that leads to a dozen more and chaos at the painter’s house.
To pay for all this, the painter trains the birds to perform, but his adventure in showbiz doesn’t go well and he eventually travels with the admiral back to the North Pole to release the birds into the wild.
In the new version, Carrey plays a New York businessman who receives a half-dozen penguins who wreak havoc on his business and apartment before he finds important life lessons in their presence.
Carrey most recently was heard onscreen as the voice of Scrooge in the CGI remake of “A Christmas Carol,” which opened in December. His most recent live-action role was in Warner Bros.’ “Yes Man” which opened in late 2008 and grossed nearly $100 million in the U.S. and about $226 million worldwide, good for anyone else but only average for Carrey.
Carrey also has completed a starring role as a gay man in “I Love You Phillip Morris,” which screened last year at Sundance and Cannes and has opened overseas but does not have a U.S. release date.
Carrey had been rumored to be considering a half-dozen or more other movies, but his publicist said Friday that there are no other movies to which he is attached.
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Thanks for highlighting these videos from the 4th annual 90-Second Newbery, Betsy! Hey teachers and librarians and families and filmmakers, it’s never too early to start helping your students and kids make their own 90-second (ish) movies of Newbery Medal (or Honor) winning books for the 5th annual 90-Second Newbery. Deadline December 14 2015! Rules and details here: http://www.90secondnewbery.com
Thanks for sharing the videos, Betsy
The teenagers with Terabithia cracked me up! And I love anything “Sesame Street” 