12/18/2009

Helping Hands (Explained) - A glimpse into the future of Integrated Health Care Ecosystem



Trying to forecast the future of global healthcare is an ambitious undertaking, to say the least. Even trying to discuss the future of health insurance leads to heated debate and disagreement, as we've seen over the past few months. Not to be deterred, the team at Ergonomidesign took on this task, and created a short video outlining their vision of an Integrated Health Care Ecosystem.

The good news for our readers is that in this future scenario there seems to be plenty of work for product and interaction designers, in addition to actual healthcare professionals.

After over 40 years of pioneering work in the Life Science industry, we have been working for the past months to put together our take on the future of Life Science. Our story comprises not only scenarios and a clear picture of the eco-system in which Life Science might exist (in 2015) - but we have gone as far as prototyping glimpses of how interaction might occur with doctors and other medical professionals and services. The future concept and prototype was developed by the Life Science team at Ergonomidesign including user experience and interaction designers, design strategists, graphic designers, developers and health care professionals. Our challenge was to envision the future of Life Science and develop possible solutions for the world to test, use and reflect on.

The future of Health Care is a subject that has aroused intense speculation recently across different forums. Several interesting scenarios and points of view have been discussed. Professionals and designers alike have tried to make sense of a fuzzy future. Predicting possible futures for the Health Care industry is an ambitious task, fraught with great risk. There are far too many disparities in various global Healthcare Systems today that make it impossible to present one comprehensive solution that fits all. The industry is constantly affected by Government legislation, making their rate of development impossible to predict in isolation from external factors. Most importantly, Health Care is about us - ordinary people - for whom tailoring one universal solution is out of question.

Often the best way to predict the future is by attempting to design and build critical glimpses of it. Storytelling has usually been the most favored approach - usually giving rise to compelling and believable scenarios. The approach taken by us at Ergonomidesign was to bring in elements of prototyping at crucial moments in the scenario, in order to demonstrate key interactions actually taking place. Right or wrong is always subject to debate - a process of endless iteration.

Philco PC



Original industrial design by Dave Schultze | SchultzeWORKS designstudio.
For more information or to contact Dave, visit the data page schultzeworks.com/philcopc/

12/17/2009

The Story of Cap & Trade



The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about Cap & Trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

Placebo - Ashtray Heart



Official Video of Ashtray Heart. Release date on the 21st September world wide.

CD Single

1.Ashtray Heart
2.Fuck U
3.For What Its Worth (Losers Remix )

iTunes Digital Download (Available to buy 20th September)

1.Ashtray Heart
2.Fuck U
3.Hardly Wait
4.For What Its Worth (Losers Remix )
5.Ashtray Heart (Video)

12/15/2009

Google Chrome Features



Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. Click on the notice board in the video to see our other films.

There's something incredibly whimsical about Google Chrome's artsy new ad that making me smile. Maybe it's just because the "Speed" section of the ad keeps making me think of those crazy contraptions in Tom and Jerry cartoons. [Thanks, Emery!]

Using the same camera perspective trick employed by weareom for their “Chop Cup” viral (or sidewalk artist Julian Beever or Salvador Dalí or countless others, I’m
sure), Google crafted a series of elaborate analogue vignettes to tout the features of its Chrome browser.

Some of the ideas work better than others, with the obvious crowd-pleaser being the Speed demo. The subtext for all the vignettes is a celebration of DIY ingenuity, of making something seemingly simple through the complex combination of unlikely components. In many cases, the machines are human-powered, with hand-turned cranks and puppeted objects supplying the “animation.”

Mostly, though, the message is one we don’t often hear among the nerdified banter of browser battles: Surfing the net should be fun. It should be unexpected, but not because your browser crashes or because you contract a nasty virus.

12/14/2009

Lost - Perdidos: Promo 6ª temporada - Cuatro

El destino va a cumplirse. ¿Cuándo? En febrero. La partida empieza y termina en Cuatro.

Se acerca el comienzo de la sexta y última temporada de Perdidos. La serie ha sido un fenómeno, su final se prevee épico, y la expectación es mucha. Por eso Cuatro decidió anunciarlo a lo grande, con la promoción que podéis ver a continuación.



Cuando Carlton Cuse y Damon Lindelof vieron el anuncio, dijeron de él que era la mejor promoción de la serie que habían visto nunca. En su cuenta de Twitter podía leer: “¿La mejor promo de Perdidos que he visto nunca… es en ESPAÑOL?”.
Tanto les ha gustado, que han solicitado a la ABC que utilicen el anuncio para anunciar la temporada final en Estados Unidos.

Terry O’Quinn (John Locke) será el encargado de recitar el texto, inspirado en la obra de Jorge Luis Borges y en el poeta y matemático persa Omar Khayyam. Todo un éxito del que ya se han hecho eco durante esta semana los más prestigiosos diarios de Estados Unidos.

Si quieres saber más sobre este anuncio, te recomendamos visitar el blog de Perdidos dentro del web de Cuatro, en el que Iñaki Martikorena, director creativo del canal, y Gonzalo Tegel, guionista de autopromociones de la cadena, cuentan cómo hicieron el spot.

Y nosotros nos alegramos del éxito… ¡pero lo que queremos es ver ya los nuevos episodios!

Via: http://www.cinemaspop.net

12/11/2009

FIFA Puskas Award 2009- Top ten goals of the year



FIFA announced the ten goals nominated for the Puskas Award, given to the scorer of
the best goal of the year. The winner will be chosen by votes cast on the FIFA website and criteria for the award include the quality of the goal and the importance of the match in which it was scored.

Lucky



A creation from MIE. Commissioned by Twenty120.

Lucky is a film that was made for Twenty120 earlier in the year. Attentive readers may already have seen it, but it’s really too gorgeous and haunting to let it slip by and not give it its own full post. Its creator, EB Hu is a Director and Motion Designer based in London.

12/10/2009

These New Puritans - We Want War



Angular Records / Domino Records are proud to present the new video for These New Puritans 'We Want War', the first single from forthcoming album 'Hidden'. 'We Want War' is available on itunes and 7digital NOW to download. Available on 10" Jan 2010...

Directed by Daniel Askill
www.thesenewpuritans.com

12/09/2009

Full Moon Party & The TV Show: Music Videos of the Multiverse Apocalypse and the History of the Planet of the Apes





Director Sugimoto Kousuke creates action-packed, animated music videos overloaded with colorful visuals and global disasters. His "The TV Show" goes from hypnotically zen to multiversal meltdown, while "Full Moon Party" chronicles the rise and fall of civilization starring monkey kind.

Sugimoto's "The TV Show" is a feast for the eyes from the get-go, but watch all the way through to see its multiple realities bleed into one another.

12/08/2009

Beatles 3000



It's the year 3000 and archeologists have just discovered a group called The Beatles. One thousand years in the future, the legacy of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie remains.

1000 years in the future, the legacy of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie remains.

http://www.scottgairdner.com

Starring Ryan Mitchell, Perry Smith, Scott Gairdner, Brian Lyman, and Nick Mundy

Royalty-free music provided byhttp://www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com

Artwork by Erika Deoudes:
http://www.erikadudes.com
Gorlock drawing by Brian Engh:
http://www.dontmesswithdinosaurs.com
http:///www.youtube.com/historianhimself
Sgt. Petsounds cover by Katie Bode:http://www.katiebode.com
Sgt. Petsounds guitar by Perry Smith

Download Sgt. Petsounds mp3 here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zy5zznznmy1

the TV show



[映像] 椙本晃佑 [音楽] マナベタカユキ 2009年に自主制作したアニメーション・ミュージックビデオです。 [Director] SUGIMOTO Kousuke [Music] MANABE Takayuki This is an animation music video that produced independent in 2009.

Humunculus



Humble is proud to present, Humunculus, the first of an annual series of experimental films by our in-house directing collaborative, Hydra. Conceived of and directed by Sam Stephens, Homunculus is a dark and twisted fable of spontaneous generation and untrammeled id. Taking its title from the Latin word for "Little Human", the piece is an associative mashup between the two concepts behind the word: The first being middle-age alchemical beliefs that "little men" could be spontaneous generated from dead or decaying matter. The second being Carl Jung's usage as a personification of pure id. These ideas, combined with our love of Dutch still life's "beautiful decay," sowed the seeds for this unique little monster of a film.

The Hydra team assembled an entire still-life spread; fruits, cheeses, flowers, fish, and an uncooked pheasant. They then sealed it off in a 6x6 foot plexiglass box. 3 DSLrs, set at varying angles, were set to shoot a frame every 5 minutes for 11 days. Meanwhile, co-director Chris Mauch began to design a series of "little men," some cute and cuddly, some not so much. In Maya, Chris and our team of volunteer animators and modelers began to build and rig the creatures.

Over the course of 4 months, in between jobs and on weekends, Sam, Chris, and the team pieced together the sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing madcap narrative --a mixture of Tex Avery cartoons and H.R. Giger inspired body horror.

True to its subject, and to the surprise of its producers, what was to be a small 30 second blip organically grew into an entire HD short film. With the completion of the 12-tone score by Koven Smith and the surround sound mix by Joe Muiccio, we're pleased to premiere our furry little labor of love. Please enjoy...hopefully on an empty-ish stomach.

12/07/2009

Metal on Metal "BASTARD"



The brilliant Glue Society directs one suspenseful ping pong game for Metal on Metal’s Bastard. Don’t expect a happy ending.

Knacki Ball

Knacki Ball from Troublemakers.tv on Vimeo.



Title: Princess, Cowboy, Snowman
Length: 3 x 10 Sec
Client: Nestle Lactalis - Herta Knacki Ball
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Paris
Creative Director: Chris Garbutt
Art Director: Benoit Raynert
Copywriter: Arnaud Vanhelle
Agency TV Producer: Evelyne Callot

Production Company: Troublemakers.tv
Director / Art Director: Mato Atom
Executive Producer: James Hagger
Production Assistant: Aurelie Da Silva

Animation Studio: PandaPanther
Technical Director: Klvic Zodnik
Executive Producer PP: Lindsay Bodanza
Animators: Guy Barely, Nick Dubois, Danny Speck, Han Zhi Hu
Modelers: Don Dorfman, Joon Lee, Ari Hwang, Christina Ku
Riggers: Han Zhi Hu, Kyle Wagner
Lighting & Rendering: Michal Finegold, Kyle Raffile, Ari Hwang
Compositor: Bang Bang Chin

Sound Design: Supreme Music, Felix Müller

Voice Over : Soren Prevost, Tatiana Goussef

First Aired: 25.11.2009

12/04/2009

apes & androids - golden prize



Seattle directing duo that go includes cosmic loincloths, bouncing hoopties and those creepy True Blood eyes in their video for Apes & Androids’ “Golden Prize”. (Possibly NSFW.)

previously unreleased music video for apes & androids "golden prize"
directed by that go (noel paul & stefan moore)

dp: michael ragen
model: rose o'kane
clothing/style: brian lichtenberg
producer: rebecca davis
on-set style: carey denniston
art director: britta johnson
art assistant: matthew salton
makeup: jennifer popochock, ashley gray
gaffer: jack strain
mvp: tristan seniuk
grips: alex hagenah, erik stinson, matthew goodrich
stills: carey denniston
PA: deviny mo, natasha hodges
art contributions by: kate moross
doc cam: matt daniels, erik stinson
cadillac provided by: brandon kowalski of legacy car club

special thanks: kate moross, travis senger, sabrina coulston, mj mouncer, brandon kowalski, sean porter, mike prevette, GREY ANT, ryan rothermel, sean pecknold, matt daniels, thanh vi, unincorporated king county

11/30/2009

Minilogue/hitchhikers choice - short version



i made this stopmotion video for minilogue this summer, this is the short version.
all made on whiteboard so...no undo/redo
the long version will be available on the DVD.
released on crosstown rebels

www.minilogue.com
www.ljudbilden.com
myspace.com/ljudbilden
www.nosordo.com
www.crosstownrebels.com

11/27/2009

Ethav: Sleep



Music video for London based singer-songwriter Ethav.
Directed by: Domestic Infelicity (Sarolta Szabo, Tibor Banoczki).
domesticinfelicity.com
ethav.com
myspace.com/ethav

11/25/2009

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody and Octopus Garden


The Muppets with their own version of Queen's Bohemian Rapsody.

Classic Sesame Street - Octopus's Garden


This is the clip with the original English soundtrack, taken from a vinyl 45.

11/23/2009

Did You Know 4.0



This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com.

Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. Music by DoKashiteru, "Home Tonight." Design and development by XPLANE, http://www.xplane.com. You can follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/xplane

Flairs - Truckers Delight



I wouldn’t exactly label this as highbrow, more like highfun! It’s pretty crazy and leans heavily on the raunchier side of life. Directed by Jérémie Périn.

Definitely NSFW, but probably worth getting fired for!

Truckers Delight animated video clip directed by newcomer wunderkid Jérémie Périn who takes the song's title (a tribute to those little pleasures that the lonely truck- driver indulges himself in) and takes it to the next level. Think Spielberg's Duel + Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat Kill Kill! and Marc Dorcel's wildest fantasies. All warped into an 8-bit Sega era style graphic. And this clumsy and somehow pretentious description doesn't even come close to what you're about to see: it's très funny,très dirty, -très sexy. Très Flairs indeed.

Truckers Delight EP will be available in digital and 12" on November 23th. With 2 remixes by veteran Alex Gopher of French touch fame. Who's clearly has chosen the dance floor as his home turf. And Alixander III, taking some time off his duo Azari & III, who infiltrate the track with his science for cool grooves and his trademark modern take on the classic Chicago sound.

Download track on itunes : tinyurl.com/yzf59gc

11/20/2009

The pop-up book of phobias



The pop-up book of phobias shows real depictions of claustrophobia, fear for clowns and dentist, and much more.

N.A.S.A: Tom Waits + Kool Keith, Spacious Thoughts



Boing Boing presents a music video from the N.A.S.A project: "Spacious Thoughts," featuring Tom Waits & Kool Keith, directed by Fluorescent Hill. More on "the making of", and interview with artists: http://tinyurl.com/yh39eww

[ CREDITS ]

N.A.S.A. Project
online: myspace.com/nasa

Tom Waits:
online: tomwaits.com

Kool Keith:
online: koolkeith.co.uk

Record Label
Anti- records and Spectrophonic Sound

Director
Fluorescent Hill
online: fluorescenthill.com

Production Company
Fluorescent Hill

Executive Producer
Fluorescent Hill

Post Production
Fluorescent Hill

Creative Director
Fluorescent Hill

Design
Fluorescent Hill

Animation
Mark Lomond, Johanne Ste-Marie, Jacques Khouri

Modeler/Rigger
Jacques Khouri

SqueakEClean Productions Creative Director
Syd Garon

SqueakEClean Productions Executive Producer
Susan Applegate

11/19/2009

Balancing Act



This is a funny video. Artist Walter Wick stacks 117 objects on a single Lego block, then sends little wind-up creatures toward it to knock it over.

For more information, visit Walter Wick's Fan Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=105681349910

Pulp Fiction Super Mario Bros



Mario in Pulp fiction mode... this is a very old animation i made years ago,hope u like it!

Animator Jeremie Duval remixed Super Mario Bros. with the tone and sound of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Content warning: not for mushroom lovers.

11/17/2009

Strawberry Swing (An alternative video for Coldplay's)



An alternative video for Coldplay's Strawberry Swing, directed by Ross Neil and Matt Clark, with thanks to HSI London.

Show Reel



Showing some of the recent motion design by Anton Sakara.

The Black Dog's Progress



Dir. Stephen Irwin / UK / 2008

A tragic, darkly animated and powerful journey through the life of one dog as he travels from abusive home to even worse.

music by Sorenious Bonk

Funded by Animate Projects

See more from the director:
http://smalltimeinc.blogspot.com/
http://smalltimeinc.com/

Deliciously dark is how I’d describe Director Stephen Irwin’s latest offering.

A tragic, darkly animated and powerful journey through the life of one dog as he travels from abusive home to even worse.

On the audio side Sorenious Bonk did an amazing job scoring the soundtrack, creating a truly haunting atmosphere of unease.

Warning: because of the subject matter some folk might deem this as NSFW.

Pigeon: Impossible



Great animation by Lucas Martell. A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.

11/16/2009

Nokia N900: “Focus group” (el viaje comienza aquí)

Channeling the same rebel spirit as the recent Verizon adverts for the Motorola Droid, this viral for the Nokia N900 injects the nucleus of a narrative into what could be a fun campaign.

The turn to grittier aesthetics makes sense. Attempts to unseat the incumbent iPhone using the same glossy look as Apple only confuses customers; the trick is to differentiate the brands somehow. Trouble is, Nokia and Motorola have struck the same chord at more or less the same time.

The recently posted Droid “Stealth” spot directed by Rupert Sanders aims at creating the same sense of epic mystery as the Nokia N900 campaign, albeit with a much slicker production value. It’s the J.J. Abrams school of advertising, with phones instead of “mystery boxes.”

Who will win? At this point, it’s hard to say: but it seems that they’ll still be fighting for second place.

“Focus group” was directed by Jack Masters and conceived by agency Jack Morton. The Mill’s Bif (Fabrice Le Nezet, Jules Janaud and Francois Roisin) helmed the post-production efforts.

The Nokia N900 - the journey starts here

The release of the N900 sees the culmination of months of testing, tweaking and hard work, all to ensure that you get the device you have been hoping for.

The project however, has only just begun...

It's all of you out there - the developers, the fans, the consumers - who are going to dictate where the device goes and what it is capable of. Get thinking, be inventive, use your imagination and push the N900 to its limits. The work you do will make this device better - better than even we thought it could be. And that's how it should be.

Whether you want to participate and develop for the Maemo platform, buy the product or just learn more we want you to be involved...

El lanzamiento del N900 representa la culminación de meses de pruebas, reajustes y trabajo duro, todo ello para garantizarte que obtienes el dispositivo que has estado esperando.

Sin embargo, el proyecto no ha hecho más que empezar...

Sois todos vosotros, desarrolladores, fans y consumidores, quienes vais a establecer adónde se dirige el dispositivo y de qué es capaz. Piensa, inventa, usa tu imaginación y lleva al N900 hasta su límite. Tu trabajo hará que este dispositivo sea mucho mejor, mejor incluso de lo que habíamos pensado. Y así es como debe ser.

Independientemente de si deseas participar y fomentar la plataforma Maemo, adquirir el producto o simplemente obtener más información, queremos que te involucres...

BUY: http://shop.nokia.com/n900
PARTICIPATE: http://www.maemo.org/
LEARN http://www.maemo.nokia.com/

11/11/2009

MTV Plugs into Dreamworld



Client: MTV & Dream World
Senior Creative Johan Polhem
Written and Directed by Johan Polhem.
Shot on 35mm film by DOP, Danny Ruhlmann.
All post by Resolution Design.
Music by Lodewijk.

Johan Polhem directs this whimsical promo for MTV Australia and Dream World. (Post by Resolution Design.)

Clash of the Titans (2010) Teaser Trailer



The teaser trailer for the Clash Of The Titans remake has arrived. If you’re a fan of slow motion jumps and slow motion falls you’re in for a treat.

Trailer for 'Clash of the Titans' - starring Sam Worthington, Pete Postlethwaite, Mads Mikkelsen, Gemma Arterton, Alexa Davalos.

The ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.

Release Date: March 26th, 2010

Directed by: Louis Leterrier

Warner Bros. Pictures.

11/10/2009

The Office of Eden



Terri Timely strip for Pact in their short, “The Office of Eden”

This video was a collaboration between Terri Timely Studios and PACT. Terri Timely is the awarding-winning directing duo of Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasy. Let us know what you think at change@wearPACT.com.

11/09/2009

I AM

I AM from TronicStudio on Vimeo.



Tronic directed and animated this spot on the loss of nature in our increasingly man-made landscape. I AM shows a bleak future, where animals, now a recent memory, are constructed from detritus. This is their plea to us.
------------------------
I AM Interview 11/2/09
Vivian Rosenthal tronicstudio.com
Sebastien Agneessens formavision.info

11/06/2009

Flu Attack: How A Virus Invades Your Body



When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR's Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single cell into making a million more viruses.

11/05/2009

Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) 2009



Uruguayan’s Aparato Post did this pretty cool spec work with just 2 guys, 300$ and 6 month of time.

Robots gigantes invaden Montevideo!
Un cortometraje de 5 minutos dirigido y animado por Fede Alvarez

http://www.aparato.tv/

Giant robots invades Montevideo!
A 5min short movie directed and animated by Fede Alvarez.

11/04/2009

The Johnny 7 Combo - I Wipe My Nose On You (Music Video)



Stop motion music video for 1970's punk band The Johnny 7 Combo and their song "I Wipe My Nose On You".

I created an animated handmade poster using a tub of black paint, a tub of white paint, photocopied images of the band, lots of newspaper pages and a flattened cardboard box. The strict rules I imposed on myself also included the use of only natural light and avoiding any fancy computer effects or short cuts. This made me concentrate purely on the stop motion and give the piece a punk spirit an energy that I think suits the song and the band.

I hope you like the video, I hope you like the song and I hope you'll discover more about the 'Johnny 7 Combo'. They're out there if you look hard enough.

More at andymartin.info.

Jackson Vs Bean



Jackson vs Bean is a stop motion animation by Canadian Patrick Boivin.

10/29/2009

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER



Another Gobelins masterpiece: The Lighthouse Keeper (and be sure to check out the creators’ blogs for insight into their process)

This American Life story (Chris Ware animation)


This is an outstanding cartoon (by Chris Ware) depicting a This American Life story about kids who started a fake TV camera craze at their elementary school. As Graham says, "It's so amazing. Why can't there be more of this? I could watch HOURS of this."

10/28/2009

Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks



Music video for Peter, Bjorn & John's single "Young Folks" featuring Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes.

www.wichita-recordings.com

Fax of Death - Laurel Collective



The winning video for 'The Great Animation Challenge' competition Directed by Joe Lea

10/26/2009

AXA_EVOLUTION



For French Insurance company AXA, Tronic conceived, directed and animated this spot to address the desire to remain relevant in a constantly advancing world. The spot highlights the rapid evolution of mankind by showcasing an origami man transforming himself into some of the most important inventions throughout history. Ending with a question mark and a resolve on the AXA logo, the spot informs the public that the future is uncertain – but AXA is present now and through any changes to come.

10/22/2009

A Hole in the Place of Heart

A first personal independant sand animation film (frame by frame), made in 2004/2005.> Synopsis:When the violence of individuals generates the birth of a strange collective monster, anything is possible... A surrealist vision of inhumanity. (sand animation film)This film was screened in many festivals: Lille, Aubagne, Neufchâteau, Wissembourg, Vaulx-en-Velin, Norwich, Barcelone (l'Alternativa), Lyon (Les Inattendus), Traverse video Toulouse (France), Festival CurtaCinema Rio 2006, Hiroshima Festival 2006, Norwich Animation Festival 2005...

10/20/2009

Sony Ericsson MH907 - magic headphones



We made this for Sony Ericsson's new magic headphones MH907.

Director/Animaton/Clay/Characterdesign: Kristofer Ström
VFX/Compositing/Animation: Eric Buchholtz
Music/Soundeffects: Douglas Holmquist
Agency: Top Dollar
Campaign AD: Malin Olsson
Producers: Bart Yates, Nicholas Wakeham
Studio: Varelsen
BehindTheScenesFootage: Johan Sundell

varelsen.se
topdollar.se
soundofoo.com
sonyericsson.com/putyourearsincontrol

10/19/2009

Glo: Experience the Bible like never before (La Biblia de la era digital)



Available Fall 2009! Glo brings the Bible to life with HD video and documentaries, high- resolution images, zoomable maps, 360-degree virtual tours and much more. And its all easy to find and natural to use with Glos unique browsing lenses. Find what you need when you need it. Thats Glo.

1382 fotos de alta resolución. 7500 artículos enciclopédicos. 463 Tours virtuales. Más de 3,5 horas de video HD. 147 Mapas. 689 obras de arte.

More at http://www.bibleglo.com

Google Street View: The Movie (La Película)



Dos humanoides son contratados por Google para fotografiar todas las calles de Estados Unidos. Este es el plot. Es realmente genial el guión y la muuuy laboriosa realización.

Hershey's - 'Happiness Is...'



Client: Hershey's
Agency: Y&R
Production Company: Nakd / The Ebeling Group

Directors: Christopher Bahry, Alexandre Torres
Music/Sound Design: John Black, Cypheraudio
Illustration: Sebastian Onusfszak
2D Animation: Vini Nascimento, Leo Mateus
3D: Marcin Porebski, Vini Nascimento, Alexandre Torres
Editor and Compositing: Christopher Bahry
Producer: Samara Melanson
Assistant Producer: Valery Gore

10/15/2009

The Prospector



A man searches for riches in the desolate, wild landscape of Alaska.

Animation by Paxson Woelber. www.PaxsonWoelber.com

Created in Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe After Effects CS4, and Sony Vegas, with Wacom Intuos3 and Intuos4 tablets. Sound effects courtesy of SoundSnap.com. Completed over the course of one year, in about 350 hours, in Anchorage, Alaska, and New York, New York. Original frame size 800 x 450, 30fps.

10/14/2009

Toy Story 3 Official Trailer

http://www.disney.com/toystory

The creators of the beloved Toy Story films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives?

In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future. Lee Unkrich (co-director of Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo) directs this highly anticipated film, and Michael Arndt, the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine, brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities to the proceedings.

Toy Story 3 will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters on June 18th, 2010.

10/13/2009

"Wail to God" Music Video



The official music video for Ape School's 'Wail to God'. Animated/ Directed by Anthony F. Schepperd.

Anthony F. Schepperd’s “Wail To God” is a subversion of conventional animation. Suffused with an unorthodox style reminiscent of Bill Plympton, viewers are jolted by constant shifts in perspective, while the uncanny non-narrative plays out with a graceful continuity.

In “Wail To God,” there are none of the usual clichés. The darting changes in scale, color, and motion are freakishly cool, while the loose and frenetic line-work—moving with the ferocity of brush-fire—add another layer of unpolished appeal.

Voltage



For another way to visualize sound, over the summer Brazil’s Bam Studio sent us an animation imagining modular synths connecting to one another in an electrical, energy-filled trance. The animation is fantastic and injects plenty of traditional techniques into the digital work. Co-director William Paiva has added a making-of video showing just how much hand drawing went into the project. It’s actually quite beautiful to see just this layer.

Just like modular synthesizers, people connect with each other in order to achieve diverse objectives. In Voltage, robots, half-human and half-synthesizer, powered by a huge amount of energy, connect to each other in an electric and chaotic trance.

Directed by:
Filippe Lyra e William Paiva

Produced by:
Barros Melo Animation Studio

Director of photography:
Filippe Lyra e William Paiva

Animation:
Filippe Lyra
William Paiva
Marcio Vieira
Felipe Soares
Leo D.
Tony Farias

Design:
Filippe Lyra
Marcio Vieira
Felipe Soares
William Paiva
Natalia Franca

Illustration:
Filippe Lyra
Marcio Vieira
Felipe Soares
William Paiva
Natalia Franca

Editor(s):
William Paiva
Leo D.
Filippe Lyra

Sound:
William Paiva e Leo D

Music:
William Paiva e Leo D

Executive Producer:
Izabella Barros Melo

10/12/2009

JESUS2000



A hip short created by another crop of brilliant students at Gobelins by the names of Rémi Bastie, Jean-Baptiste Cumont, Clément Desnos, Jonathan and Nicolas Djob Nkondo Pegon. A cute idea that is carried along by energetic Flash animation, which seems to be a focus that is growing in popularity at Gobelins. Maybe we can look forward to a rise in flash animation quality for film and television in the coming years if this trend continues.

The Hyde Tube Festival



Directed by Albert & Mr. Hyde,
Designed by Mr. Cizo, and
Sound by Dîner Au Motel.
mrhyde.fr

The Hyde Tube Festival c’est 40 films courts de 1 à 10 minutes à voir durant la nuit du 15 Octobre 2009 de 20h à l'aube au cinéma :

La Pagode,
57 rue de Babylone
dans le 7ème arrondissement à Paris.

Il faudra nous confirmer votre présence au moins 2 jours avant l’événement.

The Hyde Tube Festival is 40 short films from 1 to 10 minutes to see during the night of October 15, 2009 from 8pm to dawn at the cinema:

La Pagode,
57 rue de Babylone
in the 7th quarter in Paris.

You must confirm your attendance at least 2 days before the event.

Choose A Different Ending: start (Video Interactivo: Seleccioná diferentes finales)



Choose A Different Ending is an interactive film that allows you to decide what happens next. You can interact with it, choose what to do and decide how it ends. In Choose A Different Ending you decide whether to live or die.

Logrado ejemplo de video interactivo donde el espectador selecciona alternativas. El uso de cámara “Point of View” colabora con el dramatismo.

10/07/2009

PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage



Designed by a team at the National University of Singapore, PhotoSketch is the latest and greatest in image creation systems. The full description of how it works can be found here, but the basic process is this:

Draw a basic object, name it and repeat this for any other objects you want in your picture, then name the background. PhotoSketch then searches the Internet for images that match the descriptions given, and after a bit of sorting out, you have all the elements necessary for seamless stitching. The possibilities seem endless. Check out the video!

We present a system that composes a realistic picture from a simple freehand sketch annotated with text labels. The composed picture is generated by seamlessly stitching several photographs in agreement with the sketch and text labels; these are found by searching the Internet. Although online image search generates many inappropriate results, our system is able to automatically select suitable photographs to generate a high quality composition, using a filtering scheme to exclude undesirable images. We also provide a novel image blending algorithm to allow seamless image composition.

Each blending result is given a numeric score, allowing us to find an optimal combination of discovered images. Experimental results show the method is very successful; we also evaluate our system using the results from two user studies.

Via: Gizmodo.

What is a browser?

Google has a pretty cool animated video clip explaining just what a web browser is, now I know what you might be thinking and I thought the very same thing, how can anyone in this day and age not know what a web browser is....you'd be surprised. After you get this basic reminder of what exactly the browser is, be sure to watch the second video below of Google employee Scott, who asks New Yorkers what the difference between a search engine and web browser is.



Back in April Scott, a Google employee took to the streets of Times Square in New York and asked the question, What is a browser? The responses people came up with are priceless. You might be shocked to know that less than 8% of the people asked on this day actually knew what a browser was.



Basic explanation of the web browser. Learn more at http://whatbrowser.org

Via: What Is A Browser | Google Creates a Cool Video Demonstration (http://great-ads.blogspot.com/)

The FRAY - Heartless



Music video for The FRAY covering Kanye West's Heartless
My role on this was VFX direction and compositing.

director - Hiro Murai
editor - Isaac Hagy
cinematography - IBIS (Clay Jeter & Will Basanta)
producer - Ross Girard
production - Partizan

Animation/VFX - Titmouse Inc

Animation Director - Allison Craig
VFX Director - Keith Kin Yan
Animator - Ryan Deluca
Animator - Tony Andrade
Animator - Dave Gerhard
Animator - Dave Vandervoort

Sweet Dreams



"Sweet Dreams" just received a Special Jury Award at SXSW 2009!
Sweet Dreams" by Kirsten Lepore
Music by Kirsten, Chelsea, and Megan Lepore

10/06/2009

Kinetic Wave Sculptures



Reuben Margolin, a Bay Area visionary and longtime maker, creates totally singular techno-kinetic wave sculptures. Using everything from wood to cardboard to found and salvaged objects, Reuben’s artwork is diverse, with sculptures ranging from tiny to looming, motorized to hand-cranked. Focusing on natural elements like a discrete water droplet or a powerful ocean eddy, his work is elegant and hypnotic. Also, learn how ocean waves can power our future.

Beethoven 5th Symphony (No. 5, graphical score animation, allegro)



Beethoven 5th Symphony 5 (graphical score animation)

FAQ

Q: What do the colors in the bar-graph score mean?
A: The colors show which instruments are playing. Here's a chart:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/Instruments_B5.pdf

Q: Please tell me more about the composer.
A: You can read about Beethoven here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven

Q: Who is playing this?
A: I licensed this recording from
http://www.royalty-free-classical-music.org/
It is performed by the Royalty Free Classical Music Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Keith J. Salmon. I don't know anything beyond that about the recording (like, whether it is a real orchestra or synthetic, who are its members, when and where was the recording made, etc.)

Q: Is there a way I could make bar-graph scores like this myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: First, check my "to do" list:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMToDoLis... ...
If the piece isn't listed, read the "Could you please do a MAM video of _________?" item on my main FAQ:
http://www.musanim.com/mam/mamfaq.htm... ...
and if you think I'd consider doing it, email me (stephen at musanim dot com).
.

SUPER MONKEY BALL: Google Chrome



速い + SUPER MONKEY BALL: Google Chrome アーティストテーマ

高速でシンプルな Google Chrome: アーティストテーマでスタイリッシュにカスタマイズしよう。

http://google.com/chrome/artists

http://www.supermonkeyball.com/

10/01/2009

9/29/2009

Dead All Along



Performed by Ceri Frost, cerifrostmusic.com
Film by Giles Timms, gilestimms.com

Enchanted by a pixie, a child called Yorick enters a magical kingdom, but when Yorick returns he finds his world ravaged by time.

The music video is set in a hand drawn pen and ink world inspired by Edward Gorey and animated in a cut-out style. Compositing and animation in After Effects.

Made at the Animation Workshop at UCLA's Department of Theater, Film and Television, 2009

Coca-Cola Zero Happy Kingdom



Agencia: Ogilvy Argentina
Cliente: Coca-Cola
Producto: Coca-Cola Zero
Titulo: Happy Kingdom
Director Gral Creativo: Gastón Bigio
Head of Art: Jonathan Gurvit
Directores Creativos: Javier Mentasti Christian Camean
Redactor: Mariana Peluffo
Director de Arte: Matías Lafalla
Director Reg. de Planning: Bernardo Geoghegan
Director de Planning: Eric Jakubavicius
Directora de Cuentas: Natalia Noya
Supervisora de Cuentas: Mariela Morando
Ejecutiva de Cuentas: Luisa Goldaracena
Jefe de Prod. audiovisual: Marcelo Ramos (Central de Producers)
Producción por la agencia: Laura Passalacqua
Productora: Passion Pictures
Director: Pete Candeland
Asistente de dirección: Giles Dill
Productor General: Debbie Crosscup
Productores Ejecutivos: Hugo Sands/Michael Adamo
Head of CG: Jason Nicolas
VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley
Technical Director: Julian Hodgson
Diseño de personajes: Ron Kurniawan, Pete Candeland, Dan Sumich, Mario Ucci
Animación y composición: Passion Pictures
Matte Painting / Fondos: Kim Frederiksen / Lukasz Pazera
CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman
Director de Arte: Mario Ucci
Lead Compositing: Niamh Lines
Editor: Jamie Foord / Dan Greenway
Sound Mix: Toby Griffin at The Jungle Group
Banda: Power Solo
Responsables por el cliente: Luis Gerardín, Javier Meza,
Guido Rosales, Guillermo Giménez y Brotons,
Ignacio Hyland, Pablo Mendonça Paz.

The Killers - Bones [Directed by Tim Burton]



Music video by The Killers performing Bones [Directed by Tim Burton]

9/28/2009

The UPS Store "Storm" and "Circus" (Psyop)



For their curtain call at the end of a brilliant four-spot performance for UPS, Psyop conjures a world that’s comparable to the cardboard-carved spectacles from previous spots that we know and love. Watch the other UPS spots: “Gladiator” / “Circus” / “West”.In “Storm”, color and texture become mnemonic devices triggering our emotional sense of UPS. The look, partly in credit to agency Doner, has moxy: It’s adaptable, engaging, and has held strong throughout the duration of the campaign.

The UPS Store "Circus" from PSYOP on Vimeo.

TOKYO



Con la cámara en la mano, con colores supercontrastados, Joan Jimenez muestra Tokio de una manera distinta.

9/25/2009

Papiroflexia - Origami



Papiroflexia (Spanish for "Origami") is the animated tale of Fred, a skilful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands.

Kuroshio Sea



Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona)

The main tank called the "Kuroshio Sea" holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

This was shot using a Canon 5DMKII with a 28-135mm lens.

The Fable of Annabell Lee



A haunting and beautiful animated tale of love lost at sea. Featuring hand-painted characters and backgrounds by folk artist Evan B Harris. Animated using After Effects and Maya.

C R E D I T S
Design and Animation // Fashionbuddha Studio
Story and Artwork // Evan B. Harris
Original Score // Peter Bowhan

9/24/2009

Street tests



Here’s a neat video of what’s possible with the Particular 2 plug-in for After Effects. Very imaginative street test!

Testing out Particular 2, ON THE STREET!
Sound design by skeletonsuit.com
Shot with a little Canon SD960.
Tracked with PFHoe Pro pfhoe.com
Quicktime at the Trapcode Gallery: trapcode.com/gallery.html

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)



Bologna-based street artist, Blu, has recently collaborated with David Ellis to push the ambitions and [sculptural] dimensions of his last hit, MUTO, with this latest hypnotic piece entitled COMBO.

As an artist who has made an international name for himself with his motion-paintings, this likely match seemed bound to happen between Ellis and his Italian peer. David brings his delicate illustrative sensibilities to Blu’s playful ingenuity, which includes physically breaking through walls to create his cast of characters, in this ten-day creation.

Much like in MUTO, the use of thoughtful, immersive and often unexpected sound-design adds another thick layer of narrative depth.

a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis
year 2009
http://www.blublu.org
http://www.davidellis.org
produced by studio cromie
http://www.studiocromie.org
music by Roberto Lange
http://www.robertolange.com
made at Fame festival 2009
http://www.famefestival.it

9/23/2009

9/22/2009

FIFA 2010 "How Big Can Football Get"



New TV campaign by Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam asks the question ‘How Big Can Football Get? for the EA Sports FIFA 10.

The new FIFA 10 advert stars football Wayne Rooney, Karim Benzema, Xavi, Theo Walcott, Tim Cahill, and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Credits:
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam
Client: EA Sports
Brand: Fifa 10
Executive Creative Director: John Norman
Executive Creative Director: Jeff Kling
Creative Director: Edu Pou
Creative Director: Joakim Borgstrom
Art Director: Barney Hobson
Copywriter: Rick Chant
Producer: Cat Reynolds
Director: Johnny Green
Production Company: Knucklehead
Planner: Jonas Vail
Account Team: Jesse Long
Account Team: Alex Bennet Grant
Account Team: Patrick Garvey
Account Team: Frederic Point
Business Affairs Manager: Barrie Williams

For those of you who can't wait to get their on this, FIFA 10 will be available in stores Europe October 2nd 2009 and in stores North America October 20. It is developed under the EA SPORTS brand by EA Canada in Burnaby, B.C.

9/21/2009

Ólafur Arnalds - Ljósið (Official Music Video)



Official music video for 'Ljósið' taken from Ólafur Arnalds - 'Found Songs' (2009) available on Limited Edition CD/10" Vinyl and Download here: store.erasedtapes.com

Director: Esteban Diácono
Label: Erased Tapes Records
Year: 2009
Album: Found Songs
Length: 3’30’’
Music written by: Ólafur Arnalds
Publisher: Nettwerk One
Copyright: © 2009 Erased Tapes Records.
Website: foundsongs.erasedtapes.com

An almost perfect example of some deep and subtle work with a flexible tool, creating magical results.

The new msn.ca butterflies



Beautiful butterfly transformations represent the ever-changing content on the new msn.ca. Get more information for all your conversations at www.msn.ca Microsoft joins forces with TAXI to create a national launch campaign for its new portal. The creative idea brings the msn butterfly logo to life through 3D animation, music, collage photography and simple headlines that remind us weve all got a lot to talk about.