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A History of Evil (animation / video)

Xeni Jardin at 1:36 pm Wed, Feb 27, 2008

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This little gem on YouTube is described by its creator, Ole-Magnus Saxegard, as...

[An] animated Documentary-Mockumentary about Evil in western civilization from Ancient Greece to present day. (...) This was a student project, hence the "unfinishedness" and abrupt ending. I ran out of time. I might update it later. It was animated frame by frame in flash and composited and textured in AfterEffects.
Judging from the lengthy explanation he provides in the video description of what the video was or wasn't intended to accomplish, looks like he was slammed hard by commenter-whiner-trolls, who one might argue also have a history of evil. (thanks, Susannah Breslin)

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • twig

    looks like he was slammed hard by commenter-whiner-trolls, who one might argue also have a history of evil.

    What they lack in years they make up for in tireless dedication.

    I thought this video was pretty cool.

  • Takuan

    good work, why can’t this sort of thing get funding?

  • the_boy

    The video was great, and the abrupt ending almost fit. As for the explanation, Youtube commenters just happen to be the worst pretty much ever, with the possible exception of 4chan.

  • McGrude

    Often when I see art like this it makes me wish I could draw. This was a really well done animation.

  • Doug Nelson

    Well done, though the narrative derails a bit after about the 3min mark.

  • Takuan

    I must say though, I am a little disappointed there was no mention of me

  • noen

    It’s ok, needs more editing. This is why you storyboard first.

  • Bazilisk

    Great, yeah, it’s student work so not expecting perfect but very good. It made me laugh and think, which, what more do I need..?