February 28, 2015

LWZ Ident for IDN

Cyber Claus by Mark Pyper



Critically injured in a sleigh crash, Santa & his only surviving reindeer Blitzen are rebuilt using the latest robotic elf technology. Now; CyberClaus and ReinDroid must use their powers to defend the North Pole from the evil army of Frost Lords! Eat My Power!

February 26, 2015

Paul Thomas Anderson: From A Distance

Anderson loves to use long shots in his films, his characters are adrift, looking for someone or something to connect with in their lonely worlds. This idea is expressed visually through the use of far shots and extreme wide shots; characters lost within the frame.

"Menagerie" by Julian Gallese

"El Terror" by Franco



In the wild Sonoran desert, the greatest criminal of the Far-West suffers the wrath of a four years old child after stealing her ice cream cone.
"I animated this with Toonboom Harmony, and did my backgrounds in photoshop. I used After Effects for compositing, and Adobe Audition for sound."
Huge Thank you to Léa Sanacore for the amazing music (leasanacore.com/ ),
Lou Victor and Vanessa Bouchard for the voice acting ( louvictork.tumblr.com/).
My Website: franco-e.com/

February 23, 2015

Discovery Kids

"Outdo you NIKE runner woman washington" by Laurent Clermont

"Jamie's Garden"

We made this jolly little veg-packed TV ad for Australian supermarket Woolworths, to help promote their healthy-eating campaign with Jamie Oliver. Aimed at young kids and their parents, the animation features an array of dashing Super Veg heroes - all bedecked with capes of course.

February 20, 2015

"Haring" by Davor Bujakovic & Junaid Chundrigar



Haring tells the tale of Diederik, a guy who makes the mistake of eating a herring right before a date. When he finds out his fishy breath destroys everything in its path, he does his best to get rid of the smell, while also trying to reach his date in time.

Haring was made with the collaboration from the Netherlands Film Fund, SNS Reaal and Pathé and was made for the 2014 UltraKort program. The film screened in front of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" in all Dutch Pathé cinemas.

WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY
Davor Bujakovic & Junaid Chundrigar
ANIMATED AND COLORED BY
Davor Bujakovic
Tom Mourik
Erwin Langstraat
BACKGROUNDS BY
Anna Engels
MUSIC BY
Jochem Weierink
SOUND DESIGN AND MIX BY
Erik Griekspoor
VOICES BY
Erik Griekspoor
Lana Topalovic
Junaid Chundrigar
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Lana Topalovic
Egbert de Ruiter
Roloff de Jeu

"Goodnight Already!" Trailer for Illustrated Book



Goodnight Already! by Jory John & Benji Davies
Trailer by Animade animade.tv/
Sound/Music by Sonica sonicastudios.co.uk/
ORDER ONLINE: amzn.com/006228620X
or UK: harpercollins.co.uk/9780008101343/goodnight-already

February 19, 2015

Clip from Teen Titans Go! - Episode 85 - "Let's Get Serious"

Planet Under Pressure



Planet Under Pressure: a new climate security agenda.
Larger and richer populations are increasing the pressure on natural resources, further exacerbated by the immediate problem of a changing climate, with serious impacts on water, energy, and food security. The close interdependencies between water, energy and food are multiplying these threats in diverse countries and regions demonstrating that climate security will be an issue for all. An integrated 'nexus approach' is helping decision-makers to manage shared resources and achieve truly sustainable development.
‘Planet Under Pressure’ is the second film Moth Collective has produced for the Global Canopy Programme, a tropical forest think tank working to demonstrate the scientific, political and business case for safeguarding tropical forests as natural capital.
Directed and Designed by Moth Collective
Written by Global Canopy Programme
Sound Design: Joe Tate
Animation: Marcus Armitage, Joe Bichard, Daniel Chester, Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits
Client: Global Canopy Programme

"Ophelia: Love & Privacy_Settings" by Bin-Han

February 18, 2015

RIP Gary Owens

Gary Owens is a voice that just about everyone has heard and knows, even if they don't know his name. From Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In to being the voice of Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost, and Powdered Toast Man, Gary's voice has been a guest in our livingrooms for decades.



Catsuka Ident by David Encinas



Animation by David Encinas ( linkedin.com/pub/david-encinas/70/b1b/348 )
Chromatic calibration : Cyril Corallo
Music : Yannick Rault
Sound design : Axel Hirczak, Etienne Bellière
Catsuka is a tv program dedicated to animation, and broadcasted on french "Nolife" channel :
catsuka.com/nolife/
online.nolife-tv.com/famille-80/catsuka
If you want to take part to the visual identity, you can create little animations that will be used as idents in the show (10 seconds max / 1920x1080 / on white background).
Feel free to animate Catsuka mascots in your own style ! The best idents will be used in the show.
More informations : catsuka.com/nolife/habillage/
Contact : marc.catsuka@nolife-tv.com
Catsuka is also a french independant website about animation, since 2000 : catsuka.com

February 16, 2015

Inside Jaws - The Unofficial Documentary on the Making of the Film

"X-Story" Teaser by Vitaliy Shushko

"Time's The Charm" by Steve Scott


"John Lobb are the creators of the finest mens shoes you'll ever put on your feet. In December 2013 they asked Not to Scale and myself to come up with ideas for a film to celebrate their new mens collection. So we came up with this film where we follow one stylish mans journey through London wearing the label's most covetable styles. Music was provided by Northamptons very own Temples ( Northampton being the home of John Lobb ). It was a great project to be involved in ...enjoy." --Steve
Client: John Lobb
Director of Communications: Benjamin Chatfield
Marketing & Communication Co-ordinator: Marion Courtois
Production Company: Not To Scale
Executive Producer: Dan O’ Rourke
Producer: Denise Flavell
Director: Steve Scott
Script Development: Steve Scott, Dan O’ Rourke, Benjamin Chatfield.
Technical Director: James Littlemore
Animator: Geoff McDowell, Carlos De Faria, Nick Brooks,
Animation Assistant: Kehinde Omishore
Production Manager: Kelly Ford
Record Label: Heavenly Recordings
Band: The Temples – “Keep in the Dark”
Mix: Brains and Hunch

'ShadowCrush' by Jason Hendrich

February 15, 2015

Evil Vinyl x Vinyl Sugar = Vinyl Idolz

It started with funny "Evil Vinyl" 3D concepts made for fun by animation studio A Large Evil Corporation. And now it becomes true art toys called "Vinyl Idolz" by Funko & Vinyl Sugar.













via Catsuka

February 13, 2015

Boxtrolls Animatic: "Baby in the Trash" Deleted Sequence

"Flutter" by Howie Shia - 2006 (NFB)

How big is the world? Searching for an answer, a young boy waves goodbye to his classmates, hops the schoolyard fence and disappears into the city, swallowed by the din and decadence of its machines and masses and automobiles. Back at school, amidst a crowd of confused onlookers, the runaway's best friend, a young artist, smiles and waves goodbye with equal parts understanding and expectation.

February 12, 2015

Life Inside Jabba The Hutt

Life Drawing at the Book Club


Every easel in a life drawing class captures a different angle of the model.
We created the film by editing each drawing with the next, moving around the circle of easels.
To find out more about life drawing classes at The Book Club visit wearetbc.com
Shot, produced and directed by Wriggles & Robins
wrigglesandrobins.com

Graded by Aline Sinquin at moving-picture.com
Sound Mix by 750mph.com
Music by davidkamp.de
Life model: Clelia Quilici

Wes Anderson - Symmetry in Composition & Editing

McDonald's Heart Winter by Buck



Directed by Buck
Executive Creative Director: Ryan Honey
Executive Producer: Maurie Enochson
Associate Creative Directors: Jenny Ko, Steve Day
CG Supervisor: Doug Wilkinson
Producer: Billy Mack
Production Coordinator: Kaitlyn Mahoney
Storyboards: Morgan Schweitzer, Vincent Lee, Marcus Park, Susan Yung
Design: Jenny Ko, Yuki Yamada, Susan Yung, Gunnar Pettersson, Ken Gunn Lee, Joe Mullen
Cel Animation: Kendra Ryan, Kyle Mowat, Eric Cheng, Laura Yilmaz, Craig Yamamoto, Ben Conkin, Song Kim
AE Animation & Compositing: Nick Petley, Simon Ekstrand Appel, Anthony Madlangbayan, Zach Eastburg, Esteban Esquivo, Jake Portman, Ariel Costa
3D Artists: Wing Lee, Florent Raffray

February 11, 2015

James - "All I'm Saying" by Péter Vácz



Interview on how I made the film in 3 weeks on directorsnotes.com/2014/11/04/peter-vacz-james-all-im-saying/

Watch the making of images on facebook.com/peter.vacz.director

- Credits -
Director: Péter Vácz
Producer: Sam Hope
Produced by: Picasso Pictures
Animation: Péter Vácz
Special thanks to:
Tim Booth, Mette Ilene Holmriis, Rózsa Vácz & Mahdi Khene

Interview with Story Artist Guy Bar'ely

February 10, 2015

Episode 1 of 'Doris & Mary-Anne Are Breaking Out Of Prison' by Ben Levin

'Frozen' Animation Tests by Randy Haycock





"Colorimétrie en mouvement" by Nicolas Ménard



"Colorimetry in motion" shows translations between those amalgams of shapes. Éric-Renaud Houde designed an app capable of animating the shapes and modify some of their parameters. By recording the generated animations, it was possible to produce a choreography that accompanies the book. The film was designed to loop in a gallery space. You can find the code for the app here: github.com/colorimetrie/colorimetrie

February 09, 2015

'Le Gouffre' (The Gulf) by Carl Beauchemin, Thomas Chrétien, and David Forest at Lightning Boy Studio


Le Gouffre is the first animated short film produced and directed by Lightning Boy Studio, a young creative team based in Montreal. The film tells the story of two spirited travelers who come across an incredibly wide chasm on their journey and decide to build a bridge to cross it. Released in February 2015, the project had first gained a lot of attention following the huge success of its Kickstarter campaign, which allowed the creators to finance the movie's post-production. Many were impressed by the passion and determination of the small team of three animators, who spent more than two full years creating the 10-minute film.
As of now, Le Gouffre has been selected in more than 40 festivals around the world and won six awards, three of them for "Best Animated Short".
- CREDITS -
Directed by : Carl Beauchemin, Thomas Chrétien, David Forest
Music : Dan Cullen, Deryn Cullen
Foley and Sound Design : Mark Donis
Animation and Rigging : Carl Beauchemin
Art Direction and Animation : David Forest
Visual Effects and Compositing : Thomas Chrétien
Voice Actors : Nicolas Charbonneaux, Charles-André Gaudreau, Élisabeth Forest
Final Sound Mixing : Jean-Pierre Bissonnette
Online : Birck Fulham

Interested in supporting them on their next projects? Here's how you can help!
legouffre.com/support/
The Making Of:

The Journey Behind Le Gouffre from Lightning Boy Studio on Vimeo.

"Walking" by Ryan Larkin - 1968 (NFB)

"Forgot" by Stephen McNally

"Forgot is a short film about memory, emigration, longing, Jesus kitsch, cocktail sausages and children's television. Forgot explores the shape of memory, telling the story of a life through its effacing. A non-linear narrative that flashes between childhood and maturity, as it all slips away. From what we long to remember, to what we'd sooner forget."

Jean Claude Van Damme in "Licks of Justice"



Made with these DRM free clips!

February 04, 2015

IMO ~ Shipshape by Trunk Animation



Credits:
Directors: Alasdair + Jock
Animation: Stuart Doig, Alasdair Brotherston, Layla Atkinson, Lesley Dart
Illustration: Jock Mooney
Compositing: Alasdair Brotherston
Composer: Daniel Pemberton
Sound Design and Mix: Marty O'Brian @ Fonic
Whistling: Jock Mooney
Voice Over: Joanna Scanlan
Producer: Richard Barnett
Commissioner: Karine Langlois and Lee Adamson
Client International Maritime Agency (IMO.org)

The History of Frame Rates

"Plug And Play" by Michael Frei

The Mighty T

'A Different Perspective' by Chris O' Hara

February 02, 2015

February 01, 2015

Winning Results from The Annie Awards

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Special Production

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Voyager Pictures LLC
Best Animated Short Subject

Feast
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial

Flight of the Stories – Aardman Animations
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

Tumble Leaf
- Amazon Studios
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience

Gravity Falls – 
Disney Television Animation
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production

The Simpsons
 – The Simpsons
Best Animated Video Game

Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft
Best Student Film

My Big Brother 
- Jason Rayner


INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik – Big Hero 6 – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – Edge of Tomorrow – Sony Pictures Imageworks
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

Justin Nichols – Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production

Fabio Lignini – How to Train Your Dragon 2 
- DreamWorks Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
 – Weta Digital
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Video Game

Mike Mennillo – Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Benjamin Balistreri – Wander Over Yonder 
- Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – The Book of Life – Reel FX
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Aaron Springer – Disney Mickey Mouse 
- Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Dean DeBlois – How to Train Your Dragon 2
 – DreamWorks Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Christopher Willis – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production

John Powell, Jónsi – How to Train Your Dragon 2
 – DreamWorks Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Narina Sokolova – Mickey Shorts
- Disney
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall – The Boxtrolls
 – Focus Features/Laika
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Joaquim Dos Santos – Legend of Korra -Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Truong “Tron” Son Mai – How to Train Your Dragon 2
 – DreamWorks Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Bill Farmer as the voices of Goofy and Grandma – Disney Mickey Mouse
 – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher – The Boxtrolls
 – Focus Features/Laika
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Darrick Bachman – Disney Mickey Mouse
 – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Phil Lord & Christopher Miller – The Lego Movie
 – Warner Bros. Pictures
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Illya Owens – Disney Mickey Mouse
 – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

John K. Carr – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation


JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award (for Lifetime Achievement)
Didier Brunner, Don Lusk and Lee Mendelson

June Foray Award (for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation)
Charles Solomon

Ub Iwerks (for technical advancement that has made a significant impact on the art or industry of animation)
DreamWorks Animation’s Apollo Software

Special Achievement Award (recognizing the unique and significant impact on the art and industry of animation)
The Walt Disney Family Museum