Bird Karma

2018 0h 5m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 48★6IMDB · 770

AnimationComedyFamily

Synopsis

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A tale of a long-legged bird's journey of blissful joy, inescapable greed and the accidental discovery of the consequences when too much is not enough.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Salazar
Writers: William Salazar
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 5

RUNTIME

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Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 5

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7674192 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

William Salazar directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4IMDB entry: tt7674192 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Production design: Raymond Zibach
Runtime: 5 min · 0h 5m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Bird Karma (2018)
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 770 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

2 nominations

Community reviews

What people are saying

seasidesail2022-12-29
★ 4/10
Gathered from the always correct and never wrong Wikipedia; Karma is defined as “Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths.” This short-short, at 5 minutes long ends with a bird being re-incarnated as a fish, to be swallowed by another bird, thus not following any of the rules of ‘karma, laid out in the many teachings of the fictional ideology. But, boy-o-boy does it have high SEO rankings on Google. Water moves with motion and life, becoming the real star character. There are so many subtle effects and movements, something not seen often in animation, which must have taken quite awhile to render. Its sad that the subject, the bird is rather timid. One becomes too distracted by the Deviant Art looking background, often too bright and stark to focus on the bird and the fish. The title clearly does not fit the story and it really takes away from the rather cute animation. Its distracting and frustrating. What’s the moral. That a bird, who’s life depends on eating fish, his legs designed and evolved to stand still in pools of water, his beak pointed and sharp to catch quick fish, can not eat fish. That all the birds adaptations lead to his death, not to his survival. Evolution does not work that way. Don’t name your movies based on search engine optimization choices. Hits * Wonderful water animation, rain drops, pools. * Old-school, no voices, just action. * Does not over-stay its welcome. Misses * Title, see above. * Background art looks like something from Deviant Art. * Background too bright, takes away from bird and fish. Lessons Learned * Birds get high before they try to catch fish. * Goldfish have rainbow filled tails shooting from behind. * Evolotion is not real. Final Grade = D

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