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Hi everyone,

I just got a bit nostalic this morning and googled a TVprogram I was watching when I was a kid. La Linea is a short TV animation series of 90 episodes. The program has been made in 1969 by the Italian director Osvaldo Cavandoli and diffused for the first time on french chanels in 1977. Each episodes lasts for 5 minutes and is a pure moment of childish entertainment. Need to prescise that the background changes with the character humor.

More recently, a French-canadian director by the name of Patrick Boivin released an interactive animated short film in 2008 - the first of its kind - entirely made from originals, extracted from La Linea's episodes. The concept consists of making up your own story by clicking the buttons of your choices. In function of your  decision, videos will play in succession. Not sure that is absolutely clear... want to try it?! Click Here.

Since, other interactive videos popped up on the web. I remember this anti-criminality campaign  released by the British Metropolitan Police. The site has been making some noise on the Internet last summer. The principe is the same. You decide what happens and how it ends. To understand, listen to the audio trailer or watch the Choose a different ending video. You can check the droptheweapons.org for more informations.

Interesting huh?!


VL