Once Upon a Time in the Woods (2006)

Directed by

Benjamin Arthur

Country

United States

How it feels

A rotoscoped animated short follows a person wandering through a forest. They encounter strange and dreamlike scenes along the way.

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What happens

Once Upon A Time in the Woods is a rotoscoped animated short by film-maker Benjamin Arthur. The short became popular on YouTube, and was reviewed positively by USA Today's Tech blog, as well as being featured in IDN (International Designer's Network Magazine), and multiple film festivals around the world. As of 2011, it has had over one million views on YouTube. The animated short also airs on a regular basis on the cable TV channel Current TV (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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