Mark Richardson

One of my favorite things ever posted to the internet. A high school student at Capital Area School for the Arts, an arts magnet school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, made this film. This kind of animation is a lot of work. There is so much detail here, bits of humor, clever storytelling. Great reveal at the end. Just remembering back to high school, and how tough it was, even for me, who had it easy, and imagining someone going through that time being inspired by Joanna Newsom’s “Bridges and Balloons” and making something like this. It was a nice thought. Made me feel hopeful. We posted this in Pitchfork’s Forkcast in 2007.

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