In 1990, PULSAR was broadcast to the Japanese public.
Katsushi Bōda’s Pulsar (1990) is a breakthrough stop-motion short created entirely with gypsum (think plaster) and synced to a beat. The song alone is fun and rhythmic, but what really blows my mind is how accurately the visuals are synced to the music.
Works like this always make me appreciate the medium so much more. The amount of time, skill, and patience that had to be dedicated to a 3-minute short really makes me reflect on how we trivialize renditions like this now.
If we saw something like this created today, it would almost undoubtedly be done with CGI. CGI can be done well, but it lowers the floor for the amount of intentionality required for each frame.
So today, let’s honor the amount of effort expended by the team that created PULSAR with 3 minutes of our time.
Check it out.
~Happy watching~~
/squawk <~
by untitled_operator