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Featuring:
Atom
Written by:
Susanne Baumann
Ryan Blank
Lauren Costa
Directed by:
Nico Casavecchia
Release Date:
April 30, 2013
Original Title:
A Boy and His Atom
Alternate Titles:
A Boy and his Atom The World's Smallest Movie
Un muchacho y su átomo
소년과 원자
Genres:
Animation
Production Companies:
IBM Research
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: PG
Runtime: 2
A wayward atom escapes life in a bit and encounters a friend he can dance, laugh, and play with.
This is, literally, the world's smallest movie. It's made of atoms - one of the smallest particles of any element in the universe. Just how small is an atom? Well, to see one, you need to magnify it 100 million times. In other words, there are about five million atoms in the period at the end of this sentence. Each frame of this film was made by moving thousands of atoms to their exact placements by the scientists at IBM's research lab. The frames were combined into an animation -the world's smallest movie - that tells the story of a boy and a wayward atom who meet and become friends.
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Director:
Nico Casavecchia
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