“Hello there, I’m a wizard, but I only do dumb spells about ducks.” So begins “The Silly Duck Wizard,” a student summer film and our latest pick for the blog.

“It all started with clay. It will end with clay.” This seems to be the exploration of his short, “DISTORTION.” From the beginning of the piece, even geometric cubes of clay have some personality, that quality only continues to ramp up as the clay morphs into hands and a face with a very hungry mouth.