a perfect animation. the touching story, the precious details, the exoticism of a fairy tale with powerful message , all is more than great. and the most important thing the use of CGI for a film who seems not only realistic but like-life. dolls. a human. and an old ritual. and a gesture who change everything. Sebastian's Voodoo is one rare films with the gift to become an experience for its public. because it use a taboo theme for a magnificent art product. because it reminds importance of generosity and love and absence of selfish. sure, it sounds bizarre, but I think it is one of the most beautiful Christian films. because the well known/ignored message of the Savior is present in the splendid manner. and this small detail does it a real great film.

Sebastian's Voodoo starts as a line of stuffed Voodoo doll's wait, they see a man grab one of them & stick pins in him. The little Voodoo doll dies, the other's become increasingly anxious but one manages to escape & senses freedom but as he watches another Voodoo doll like himself be pinned to death can he let his other fellow Voodoo doll's suffer the same painful death?Witten, produced & directed by Joaquin Baldwin who also animated it Sebastian's Voodoo is a short four minute CGI computer animated tale of a Voodoo doll who turns the table on his human creator & gives him a piece of his own medicine in order to save his other Voodoo doll kin. As far as Sebastian's Voodoo goes it works perfectly well, it's sort of cute yet creepy, it's sort of charming yet also quite sad & I liked the basic concept of a Voodoo doll turning the tables on it's human owner in a very apt way. If you've got four minutes to spare then definitely give it a watch, hell I have to wait longer than four minutes to catch the bloody bus to work every day so a mere four minutes is hardly any sort of hardship. Bleak & tragic in a cute sort of way I liked this.Apparently made on a budget of $2,000 at the UCLA School of Film and Television as a second year project Sebastian's Voodoo has humble beginnings but doesn't look out of place amongst bigger budgeted professional competition. The animation is great, sure it can't reach the heights of Pixar & Toy Story for instance but it's better than many of the CGI computer animated rubbish that pass for children's television these days (although to be fair the length probably has something to do with that, being only four minutes the makers could invest a lot of time & effort in every frame whereas if you have twenty thirty minute episodes of a kid's television programme to make on a low budget & on a tight schedule then it becomes a lot harder). There is no dialogue in Sebastian's Voodoo & it's credit to the animation that every emotion & the entire story is relayed through the movement of the character's.Sebastian's Voodoo is a cute little animation with a slightly grim subject matter & downbeat end but the story is a nice play on traditional expectation. I liked it & it only lasts for four minutes so what's to complain about?

*SPOILERS*Roughly-hewn fabric dolls. They hang on a meat rack...tortured souls in the darkness of a sadist's voodoo workshop. One of them manages to free himself, but steadfastly refuses to leave his suffering comrades to their grisly fate. In an ultimate act of courage, he faces off against the evil antagonist, losing his life so that the others may be spared. An impressive short CGI project, SEBASTIAN'S VOODOO tell's a moving and moral story of good versus evil and self-sacrifice in less time than it takes to microwave a hot dog. Bravo to the young filmmaker of this project...your future looks very bright, indeed.6.5/10

SEBASTIAN'S VOODOO is a very simple story that is told in a short film of only about four minutes duration. A large group of voodoo dolls are being used and the dolls seem to feel this pain! And, in an attempt to help one of the other suffering dolls, our small stuffed hero resorts to fighting the human by giving him a taste of his own medicine.The animation quality is superb with the dolls and backgrounds. The human, while well done, isn't quite as lovely but it doesn't really impact the film. With no dialog, the story is still very captivating and well executed.This is a great example of how remarkable software and computers have become in recent years. The animation quality of this project by a second year student is amazingly beautiful and shows how much CGI has improved in recent years. However, at the same time, despite advances you still need to admire Joaquin Baldwin for his exceptional work in directing, producing and writing this short film. If this is what this guy can do now, imagine what he'll be doing in the future when he's REALLY good!! Great stuff and I really look forward to seeing more of Mr. Baldwin's work.