Mesmerizing Animation: Capturing an Emperor’s Face in Bronze | Short Film Showcase

This captivating 2-D animation, combined with stop-motion, is not your everyday how-to video. The film artistically explains the "lost wax" technique, a simple bronze casting process applied here to a plaster replica of the original bronze statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian found in Tel-Shalem, Israel, dating to A.D. 117-138 . Filmmakers Renana Aldor and Kobi Vogman worked hand in hand with the curator and restoration department of the museum for the "Hadrian" exhibition in Jerusalem's Israel Museum.
Jerusalem's Israel Museum: www.imj.org.il/en/
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[@ff-qf1th]

Oh my god this animation is beautiful. how does this not have millions of views?

[@NC-xz5cg]

wow, I really dig the animation technique being used. Breaking down the process like that makes it that much cooler.

[@shittylee1]

how people do this shit just blows my mind.. very impressive

[@pix_d20]

It's very educational

[@bezzal5079]

+Doge is Away Much knaledge

[@dorisdobbenberg1006]

wow the stop motion used with the lighting and animation is so good. and the sound really fitt the scene.

[@oomer2903]

2:00 Nailed it.

[@koku2020]

funny

[@vaynardBG]

Long live the Emperor !!

[@erricomalatesta2557]

Long live Rome!

[@chriswilliams7812]

Spot on short film. Reminded me of stop motion films I used to enjoy as a kid.

[@caryhampton8147]

This was unsettling and informative. Thank you! My students will be doing this for homework!

[@full-metal_jacob5858]

*Gorgeousness and Gorgosity alike brothers... amazing video.*

[@lauragagne8235]

this is wonderful. Thank you!

[@starskullz]

i had to watch this for school and aaaaaaa its so satisfying, and h o w

[@beethanyy]

woah this vid was oddly soothing to watch

[@dbdbsfbfbd8093]

I fucking love this vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lulujames8832]

Why was this oddly relaxing to watch?

[@qwasbae5854]

This is so dope! 😮

[@adsones]

One of the best videos on RUclips! Thanks for posting! And cuddos for the algorithm which brought me here since I'm reading an historic novel about Hadrian!

[@SamRiesgo]

Amazing technique!

[@Teachworth01]

Awesome!

[@steveng6213]

Real cool!

[@ibrosaid1084]

Wow so many progresses

[@chrisplayz253]

The real dude is the one that made the original cast in the first place

[@mari-atonjalkanen9920]

great video! I made bronze sculptures in Finland when I was young.

[@kayharker712]

Bravo !!

[@JosephM]

amazing! 👍

[@muslihat2487]

why they put nail in the fisrt place? please explain, and i though the nail gonna put damaged on statue when you removed but its not, and how ?

[@broghanwhy7697]

Very cool 👍

[@rodrigogarces2254]

Proceso complicado !

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

É muito interessante e elucidativo ... no entanto fiquei com uma duvida ...Quem era o imperador que teve a honra de ter o seu rosto esculpido a bronze?? este rosto é de facto desconhecido...

[@Dranuragjhansi]

Wow!

[@ianscheid5032]

SO when they chiseled off a nail setting I noticed it chipped part of the nose on the right side. and they never ever fixed it.

[@ben_mater]

amazing > number 3

[@j.lietka9406]

Would these have been painted to look more lifelike?

[@DrCephalopus]

What are the nails for?

[@artfx9]

So that the inside mold is kept in the same place after the wax melts. With out the nails the inside mold would just fall to the bottom of the outside mold.

[@TheTaxburden]

My Hadrian!! Emperor Hadrian!

[@allmightlionthunder5515]

Augustus ! still better

[@Failedprodegy42]

Why does the statue look like Lil'Dicky?

[@thanhtantruongvinh99]

lol

[@badgalbecka]

Wow 😮 😮😮😮😮

[@edwinjoy3932]

1:40 Gianluigi Donnarumma

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[@parkerw3621]

Is it just me that noticed that the length of the video is 420

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Illuminaty confirmed 👁🔎‼️⚠️

[@Dranuragjhansi]

XWow!

[@jimow7625]

4:20 boyz

[@crusherbmx]

An angle grinder would have been helpful! Did they at least have something equivalent to a hacksaw or did they always use a chisel?

[@steampunkstar_raisin]

HE LOOKS LIKE A MEAN GUY....

[@Master_Blackthorne]

He wasn't.

[@gtabigfan34]

Marcus Aurelius, I think

[@doggiesarus]

It is the Emperor Hadrian

[@gtabigfan34]

doggiesarus thanks

[@hankrogers8431]

Creepy video.

[@katnip6289]

that's not a bust of an emperor that's a bust of Dustin Diamond

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I just tried to double tap this video

[@creeproot]

i’m so high

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סוף סוף עברית

[@victorchan2887]

The beard looks permed.

[@jimow7625]

4:20 bozy

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Genial! Sub y Like!. Pásate por mi canal, recuerda cada jueves vídeo nuevo sobre figuras

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0:16 hey its hebrew היי זה עברית

[@brochanteur8253]

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[@toekneechin4834]

Second

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Third

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first

[@spentzy]

Somehow reminds me of Lil'Dicky lol!

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cire perdu. antinous sugar daddy

[@Sarah_Grant]

dear video makers/directors.....some of us watch your stuff on our smart phones, as this is the only means of having internet. If adding words to the screen, please make them BIG enough for us to see. i couldnt read anything. With only the animation and no words, this video was quite boring. just keep this in mind for the next one.....

[@amanda4540]

or you could get glasses

[@amanda4540]

I'm using a phone and could read fine

[@Sarah_Grant]

exactly....lol

[@chriswilliams7812]

Please tell me your comment was a joke.