Full interview with Legendary puppeteer and director Frank Oz.
Discusses his life with Jim Henson, being Yoda, directing movies, and the Muppets.
April 30, 2015
April 29, 2015
Saving Joule
This is the trailer for a 12 minute short film following a robot's quest to power his ship and re-join his lost fleet. Shown exclusively at Mishkat Centre for Renewable Energy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Spring 2015.
Animation / Compositing - Pete Mellor, Chris Sayer, Jason Arber
Illustration / Art Direction - Luke Best, Spencer Wilson, Miles Donovan / Peepshow Collective
Director - Pete Mellor / Peepshow Collective
Producer - Miles Donovan
Music Editing / Sound Design - Simon Keep / Holkham Sound
Client - The Edge Picture Company / KCA
Animation / Compositing - Pete Mellor, Chris Sayer, Jason Arber
Illustration / Art Direction - Luke Best, Spencer Wilson, Miles Donovan / Peepshow Collective
Director - Pete Mellor / Peepshow Collective
Producer - Miles Donovan
Music Editing / Sound Design - Simon Keep / Holkham Sound
Client - The Edge Picture Company / KCA
April 28, 2015
A Survivor's Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio
For any Animation Students out there wanting a bit of insight on what to expect in the studio environment.
Download the PDF version here.
Feel free to use for any educational purposes.
Download the PDF version here.
Feel free to use for any educational purposes.
April 27, 2015
Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement
Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Animators study movement in film in unique ways, because they themselves are a unique sort of filmmaker; carefully crafting each frame, examining the art of motion for the purposes of recreating it in meticulous frame-by-frame fashion.
Watch this essay on studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of motion in film history.
Watch this essay on studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of motion in film history.
April 26, 2015
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April 23, 2015
Megalizer II
Music by: "edIT"
Animated by:
Vic CHHUN - [00'05"]
William LABORIE - [00'25"]
David MAINGAULT - [00'40"]
Leyla KADDOURA - [00'55"]
Faouzi HAMMADI - [01'10"]
Anne-Lou ERAMBERT - [01'25"]
Raphaël CHABASSOL - [01'40"]
Abdel Raouf ZAIDI - [01'55"]
Yvon JARDEL - [02'10"]
Thierno BAH - [02'25"]
Viviane KARPP - [02'40"]
Jeremy PIRES - [02'55"]
Delphine DUSSOUBS - [03'10"]
Jonathan Djob NKONDO - [03'25"]
Mehdi TEBBAKH - [03'40"]
Mohamed FADERA - [03'55"]
Organised by: Vic CHHUN & Mohamed FADERA
Compositing by Vic CHHUN & Pierre MORIN
Its predecessor:
Animated by:
Marion DELPECH, Faouzi HAMMADI, Thierno BAH, Vic CHHUN, Leyla KADDOURA, Mehdi TEBBAKH, Nicolas UGHEN, Benjamin CULOT, Yannis BOULTADAKIS, Mohamed FADERA, Viviane KARPP, Abdel Raouf ZAIDI et Rony HOTIN.
April 22, 2015
April 21, 2015
Scenic Tours Rebrand launch film
Studio: The Magnificient Itch
Directed by Stefan Wernik
Produced by Guy Jamieson
Compositing by Jason Morice
3D Animation by Arthur Collie
Art Design and 2D Animation by Alexander Watson
April 20, 2015
How Do Film Tax Credits Work?
This one uses Nova Scotia Canada as an example, most of the regions in the U.S. and Europe work the same way.
ODD
Producer: Anna Széles
Account Manager: Andi Grósz
Director: Árpád Hermán
Art Director: Roland Budai
CG Supervisor: Igor Bóka
Modeling: Zoltán Bogdán
Lighting / Shading: Miklós Polgár
3D Animation: Bea Ujj
Sound Design: Studio H
April 17, 2015
Spike Jonze: The Aesthetics of Whimsy
Despite the fact that the look of his films often takes a back seat to bizarre stories and quirky characters, Spike Jonze has crafted a uniquely whimsical visual style over the course of his four feature films. Making the most out of simple elements such as lens flares, floating camera movement, centered framing, and wide-angle close-ups, Jonze creates an atmosphere that appears to be lifted straight from the pages of a fairytale storybook. His camera is fascinated with the mundane; intently exploring fabrics and materials, finding beauty and significance in the obscure and unnoticed. Dust particles floating in a beam of sunlight become hypnotic. The delicate plaster of marionettes feels as lifelike as human flesh. The matted fur wrapped around a child strikes us with an overwhelming sense of marvel and nostalgia.
In his first two films, Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), Jonze used a much more subdued sense of whimsy to express the playfully dark atmospheres. His two most recent works, Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013), are saturated with the whimsy aesthetic, mirroring the wonderment and childlike fascinations associated with the films. Jonze utilizes the aesthetic in order to stitch together worlds suitable for his equally whimsical characters.
MUSIC: "Igloo" and "The Moon Song" by Karen O
Films used:
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Adaptation (2002)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Her (2013)
Originally featured at: blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/watch-spike-jonzes-aesthetics-of-whimsy-a-video-essay-20150306
In his first two films, Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), Jonze used a much more subdued sense of whimsy to express the playfully dark atmospheres. His two most recent works, Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013), are saturated with the whimsy aesthetic, mirroring the wonderment and childlike fascinations associated with the films. Jonze utilizes the aesthetic in order to stitch together worlds suitable for his equally whimsical characters.
MUSIC: "Igloo" and "The Moon Song" by Karen O
Films used:
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Adaptation (2002)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Her (2013)
Originally featured at: blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/watch-spike-jonzes-aesthetics-of-whimsy-a-video-essay-20150306
April 16, 2015
'Story of Genki' by David O'Reilly
This is the story of Professor Genki and was a part of Tim and Eric's "Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax".
Trailers for upcoming animated short films
"After the End" by Sam Southward:
"Papa" by Natalie Labarre:
"Deep Space" Bruno Tondeur:
"Bulb" Niels De Vries:
"The Seven Red Hoods" by Leo Verrier:
"Limbo-Limbo Travel" by Zsuzsanna Kreif & Bori Zétényi:
"Papa" by Natalie Labarre:
"Deep Space" Bruno Tondeur:
"Bulb" Niels De Vries:
"The Seven Red Hoods" by Leo Verrier:
"Limbo-Limbo Travel" by Zsuzsanna Kreif & Bori Zétényi:
April 15, 2015
April 14, 2015
Adult Swim - Idents
'Rainbow Coaster' by Ivan Dixon
'Protein Power' by Greg Sharp
'Muscles vs Skinny' by Ivan Dixon
'Gravy' by Greg Sharp
'Player Hater' by Ivan Dixon
'King Of The Jungle' by Greg Sharp
'Having a Laugh' by Ivan Dixon
'Protein Power' by Greg Sharp
'Muscles vs Skinny' by Ivan Dixon
'Gravy' by Greg Sharp
'Player Hater' by Ivan Dixon
'King Of The Jungle' by Greg Sharp
'Having a Laugh' by Ivan Dixon
April 13, 2015
Memorable Scenes in Animation History: 1928
An unofficial demo reel from famous old american animators like Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rollin Hamilton, and Vet Anderson.
April 12, 2015
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April 09, 2015
'Milkshakes' by Frederik Storm
Music by: Simon Jonas Larsen (soundcloud.com/simon-jonas-larsen)
Director, animator, and stuff maker: Frederik Storm (frederikstorm.com)
Co-Editor and stuff maker: Sophie Refshauge (woolypolygon.com)
Horse Clap animator: Frederik Troels-Smith (frederiktroelssmith.tumblr.com)
"What started as a fun animation experiment ended up as a full fleshed 3:50 minutes music video, based on a track by Simon Jonas Larsen. Being more of an abstract piece, the running theme throughout is the hard working horse who has a mental meltdown at work, which results in some rather strange hallucinations.
The looks which draws from the work of animator David O’reilly made it possible to create a lot of content in a very short time, while still having something that felt interesting and fresh.
The project was directed by Frederik Storm, who also edited, designed, animated and build the assets. He had help from Sophie Refshauge Møller, who was co-editor and also created and came up with ideas for shots. Finally Frederik Troels-Smith, did the horse clap animation in the end."
April 08, 2015
The 12 Principles of Animation
The 12 Principles of Animation as described by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book “The Illusion of Life”. Since it can be hard for starting animators to find resources, and the resources that are out there don’t go very in depth, Alan Becker decided to start a video series dedicated to each of the 12 Principles of Animation!
1. Squash & Stretch
2. Anticipation
3. Staging
4. Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose
5. Follow Through & Overlapping Action
6. Slow In & Slow Out
7. Arcs
8. Secondary Action
9. Timing
10. Exaggeration
11. Solid Drawing
12. Appeal
Humanités
Creative and Production by MOVEMENT™ • Art & Animation Direction by Célia Rivière • Illustration by Théo Guignard • Music by Sacha Galperine
April 07, 2015
THE ART OF MURDER - a Storyboard to Old-Time Radio
Storyboards by Peter Huggan
Soundtrack in public domain at archive.org
A nice exercise for any storyboard artist to practice with; find an old radio play, and storyboard it! What a great idea.
Soundtrack in public domain at archive.org
A nice exercise for any storyboard artist to practice with; find an old radio play, and storyboard it! What a great idea.
Vandroid - Graphic Novel Trailer
Written by Nic Nicola and Golden Wolf
Directed and Produced by Golden Wolf
Creative director: Ingi Erlingsson
Art director: Ewen Stenhouse
Producer: Ant Baena
Design: Ewen Stenhouse, Pedro Vergani, Marie Ecarlat, Max Englehart, Bjørn-Erik Aschim
Animation: Peter Dodd, Tim Whiting, Christoffer Elsborg Kramme, Thomas Purrington, Henry Purrington, Max Englehart, Justine Waldie, Sim Marriott
Compositing: Alex Fernandez, Mike Tyler
Music by Ed Banger Records
Additional Sound Design by Echoic
