Odysseus and the Cyclops Video

NARRATION AND ALL GRAPHICS BY EMILY, A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. This has screened at:
2008 Nashville Film Festival
2008 Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2009 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY)
2009 San Diego Children's Film Festival
2009 South Beach International Animation Festival

From Homer's Odyssey, this is the story of Odysseus' run-in with Polyphemus the cyclops. Guys get eaten, the cyclops gets blinded, you know the story.

In case anyone's interested, this was done with some plain letter-size paper, some el cheapo watercolors, a scanner, along with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

This is what can happen when you let young people do animation. Even if they frequently refuse to go to bed.

The story is? off ...
The story is? off slightly.. but not much.. very good job to this little girl!

This sounds like ...
This sounds like something that would be during a? commercial on PBS. Very good!

i saw this in ...
i saw this in school and im in 5th grade. they said in? the video that the men poked him in the eye and there was no basket but good job A+

ATHENE!!!! FAVORTIE ...
ATHENE!!!! FAVORTIE GODDESS!?

more brutal in the ...
more brutal in the book "The Cyclops smashed the few men on a wall and ate them" odysseus blinding the cyclops? WAS so detailed in the book

lol this is the ...
lol this is the video for my school in? english lesson

Very creative! I ...
Very creative! I like how much detail you have in your story and how? the characters are made. Great job! A+

Thanks, great help ...
Thanks, great help with my homework! :? )

Pretty good. Some ...
Pretty good. Some details? where left out, like Polyphemus's brothers coming, but pretty good.

i have all respect ...
i have all respect for this girl! We are reading the odyssey in english class and i almost had to go to the nurse because i was so nauseated from all the details. my? english teacher did a really good job at teaching it, it was just too graphic for me. Now, this wasn't as detailed or graphic, but congrats to her for being able to do this. I could never do that. Congratulations. It was really good

This girl does a ...
This girl does a really good job! I could understand everything she was saying? and as far as I know, she got the whole story right! Good job! :)

We were doing? this ...
We were doing? this at school!

I like it...? yes ...
I like it...? yes I like it :)

thank you? so much! ...
thank you? so much! i needed to know a story to tell about cyclopes for class and this helped a lot. thumbs up!

@RikaRandomly me ...
@RikaRandomly me too ;D? well were done hah

@lorax121323 She ...
@lorax121323 She studied the story in school,? if that counts as telling her the story.

I watched this in ...
I watched this in english? class it was AWSOME!!!

that? makes my ...
that? makes my english w.s. much easier lol

Did? someone tell ...
Did? someone tell this girl the story ?

that girl's? got ...
that girl's? got talent!!

Haha, we read this ...
Haha, we read this story freshman year in HS :) Awesome job. Little girl is really talented? for her age.

Fabulous!? Really ...
Fabulous!? Really well done, and you narrate beautifully!

eyyy my name is ...
eyyy my name is cyclops nd i am? in this vid yayyyyyy im famous lol

@Hobo1997k me too! ...
@Hobo1997k me too! definitely would love to see the steps involved. GREAT film! Keep it up!?

This girl is ...
This girl is talented?

Very well presented?
Very well presented?

dude u saved my? ...
dude u saved my? grade i have to do a report about this s**t thanks

awesome job...this ...
awesome job...this helped me with my homework assignment....good job emily? 5/5!

you? did a great ...
you? did a great job! but how did you make the movie? im making a movie on windows for my 7th grade class and i would like to see how you did it

cyclops have? 4 ...
cyclops have? 4 fingers.... not six...