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.

‘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



Mother Russia Bleeds



Directed by: CRCR
Production: Wizz Design
Animation: Rémi Bastie, Vic Chung, Nicolas Dehghani, Leyla Kaddoura, Paul Lacolley, Nicolas Pegon
Sound Design: Chez Jean
Music: Fixions

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



Parabella Animation Studios



PARABELLA STUDIOS is the combined studio of Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, based in East London. Visit here for more info.

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