Pencil Test (1988)
- Genre
- animation, comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A computer draws a simple pencil sketch that comes to life and interacts with the animator. The show is a demonstration of what the Macintosh II hardware could do for animation in 1988.
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What happens
Pencil Test is a 1988 short film created by Apple Inc.'s Advanced Technology Graphics Group to showcase the animation capabilities of Apple's Macintosh II computer line. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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