December 29, 2016

June: Life is Better When You Share the Ride



In this animated short film by Academy Award-winner John Kahrs, a lonely widow in historic South Chicago is inspired to start sharing the ride — and sharing her life, too. Featuring original song, "Movin," written and performed by Lyft driver-turned-recording artist Sir the Baptist, who launched his music career after a connection with a Lyft passenger.

'Becky Prim' by Karl Hadrika

‘Badgered’ by Sharon Colman

Badgered is a short animated film produced at the National Film and Television School. I wanted to write a satire about the environment from an animals point of view. I grew up near a place in Scotland where they store conventional missiles under the hills. You could drive past and never know they where there. So I often wondered what an underground dwelling animal would think about that. But it was to be a comedy and I didn’t want the film to be preachy. Once I decided on a badger, I focused on his story, and the environmental issue of missiles under the hills became an under tone. I normally write film backwards, coming up with the premise or the ending first. Badgered was hand drawn and colored with mostly traditional painting techniques. – Sharon Colman



December 28, 2016

December 25, 2016

Advent calendar of Animated Shorts from the Gobelins Animation School

24 old student films (1989-2016).

- Cha cha chat
2005
Directors: ANTOINE BIROT, CECILE COULIBEUF, BENJAMIN MARSAUD, LISA PACLET, CAROLINE PIOCHON



- 1895 - 1995
1995



- Le dragon - Red monster
1997
Directors: Céline GOBINET, Raphaël LAMARQUE, Marion MOREAU, Alice PICARD



- Rêve de gosse
1998



- La migration bigoudenn
Film d'animation de fin d'études (2004)
Directors: Alexandre HEBOYAN, Fafah TOGORA, Eric CASTAINY



- L'indien
1999
Directors: STEPHANIE MISIAK, CLEMENT PRIGENT, LOUIS CAZALIS



- On s'en tape de rire
1993
Director: David Garcia (Gark)



- Pyrats
2006
Directors: YVES BIGEREL, BRUNO DEQUIER, BENJAMIN FIQUET, NICOLAS GUEROUX, JULIEN LE ROLLAND



- Le Vampire
2001
Directors: Camille FILLATREAU, Jean Sébastien BORDAS, Anne Laure TO, Stéphane GALLARD, Hülya GUC, Gaël SABOURIN



- Le building
2005
Directors: MARCO NGUYEN, XAVIER RAMONEDE, REMI ZAAROUR, PIERRE PERIFEL, OLIVIER STAPHYLAS



- Aeropostale
1998



- Cocotte Minute
2006
Directors: THIBAULT BERARD, SYLVAIN MARC, LOÏC MIERMONT, AMANDINE PECHARMAN, NATHALIE ROBERT, ROMAIN VACHER



- Le Carnet
2003
Directors:: ANTHONY MENARD, OLIVIER LESCOT, PAUL LINSLEY, GAELLE BEERENS, MEHDI LEFFAD



- Le Chaperon Rouge
1993
Directors: CHRISTOPHE VERGNE, CHRISTOPHE LAUTRETTE, JEAN MILLOU, NATHALIE JEAN-BART, PIERRE ALARY, JEAN-FRANCOIS REY, CELINE BALANDREAU, DAVID GILSON



- Les enfants font leur cinéma
2000
Directors: Thomas Romain, Tania Palumbo, Stanislas Brunet, Jerome Cottray.



- Nuit blanche
2004
Directors: JEAN-VINCENT SALES, DAVID ETIEN, JULIE SERVIERE, PIERRE TRICOIRE



- Les oiseaux
1997
Directors: Fabrice Joubert, Simon Otto, Jean-Louis Vandestoc.



- Lionel
Court-métrage d'animation 3D de fin d'études (2004)
Graduation Film 2004
Directors: Mathieu POIREY, Gabriel GELADE, Anthony MENARD, Medhi LEFFAD



- Burning safari
2006
Directors: Jeanne IRZENSKI, Vincent AUPETIT, Claude-William TREBUTIEN, Maxime MALEO, Aurelien PREDAL, Florent DE LA TAILLE



- Jurannesic
2002
Directors: YANN AVENATI, SIMON ANDRIVEAU, LOUIS CLICHY, HERVE BARBERAU, IN-AH RODIGER



- A la manière de
1989
Directors: Sylvain DEBOISSY, Dominique LOUIS, Nicolas MARLET



December 20, 2016

24 Days of Torture

Shot Composition Analysis for the Tavern Scene from 'Once Upon A Time In The West'

For this whole Christmas week, I'll be focusing on different aspects of shot compositions and cinematography in film.

For the first one, here's is a comprehensive analysis of the tavern scene from Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in the West', one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces ever.

This is a slightly shortened version of the video. In case this video is taken down, the full version is available on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/194199601

December 15, 2016

Julian Lennon - Saltwater 25



Saltwater 25 - (J Lennon/M Spiro/L Spiro)

Directed by Layla Atkinson and Jock Mooney
Illustration: Jock Mooney
Animation: Leslie Dart, Rok Predin, Simona Ciraolo, Layla Atkinson
Compositing: Rok Predin
Artwork: Mehmet Ulusahin
Producer: Richard Barnett
Executive Producer: Dick Carruthers

Julian Lennon: Vocals, Piano & Percussion
Justin Clayton: Guitars, Keyboards & Programming
Andreas Dahlbäck: Drums

Produced by: Justin Clayton
Audio Mixed: Andreas Ahlenius
Mastered by: Björn Engelman
Artwork: Julian Lennon & Debora Francis
Executive Producer: Julian Lennon

'The Chestnut Tree' by Hyun-min Lee

Metroid - by Rabbit Machine