Use: Imagination

Swedes, Filmmaking Frenzies, whatever you wanna call 'em.

I enjoyed these as much as I did their originals!





In the case of this last one, it's so well-done I'm convinced lo-fi special effects can be just as impressive (maybe moreso) than expensive CGI. Using computers to visualize the fantastic has become so commonplace that the effect is cheapened - it's now somehow too easy to achieve suspension of disbelief.

When you see creators using alternate, more imaginative means, the "wow" factor does an about-face and your awe reflects back on the ingenuity of the creator moreso than the verisimilitude of the creation. Who said fantasy had to be so real anyway?

That's what imaginations are for.

I'm all for this new "sweding" movement demonstrating that exorbitant effects budgets do not entertainment make.

Sometimes the spirit of giddy make-believe is all you need.