The Sandpit

A day in the life of New York City, in miniature.

Original Music: composed by Human, co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong.

Please view in HD and full screen for best effect. For a description of the shoot, camera, lenses and workflow, please see here: bit.ly/aFmaPZ

End Scene

This video was made by Steffen Bygebjerg in 2009 for the song "End Scene". The track is taken from Troels Abrahamsen's album WHT also from 2009.

The animation work was made in Adobe After Effects. Each frame was then printed and the print was subsequently scanned back into the computer. The scanned frames were then assembled back into the original animation, now with a new rugged look, created by the visit in the physical analogue world. No effects added after scanning.

The Seed

An animation by Johnny Kelly. A two-minute animated voyage through nature's life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed.

Nobody Beats the Drum - Grindin'

Stop Motion Animation 'Grindin''

Director: Rogier van der Zwaag
Music: Grindin' by Nobody Beats The Drum
(available on the EP 'Focus' out on Satan's Circus)

This sequence of 4085 photo's was patiently created by Nobody Beats The Drum's VJ / visual artist Rogier van der Zwaag. If you want to see the director at work, check out The Making Of Grindin' or visit www.100procenthalal.nl

For more information and music by the Dutch Electro group Nobody Beats The Drum, visit www.nobodybeatsthedrum.com

Beatport store: http://vl.am/mB9
Itunes store: http://vl.am/FvO

Friskies "Adventureland" HD

Discover Adventureland!

A Journey to delicious and beyond. FRISKIES wet cat food unlocks a magical world of sensory stimulation for your cat.

Yellow by Neil Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp was slated to become the director for the Halo movie... However, plans changed and now he's the director for District 9. This was the last thing he directed before being hired on as the director for the movie.

adidas creates a film series celebrating color, customization and personal expression. Each director was given a blank canvas to create a short film based on their emotional and creative response to a given color - Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink, Black or White.

This film 'Yellow' by Neill Blomkamp illustrates what happens when a thinking machine integrates with society.

The Ostrich

In Ostrich, Lucas Zanotto crafts an animated short made up of string, construction paper, and good storytelling.

A short film by Lucas Zanotto

Music & Sound Design: David Kamp - davidkamp.de
Thanks for story input to Arno Dejaco - arinoteles.com
Thanks for support to dyrdee & Gios

LucasZanotto.com

1923

1923 is one of two new animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage. 1923 is based on Lesage's painting 'A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World' from 1923.

The second loop, 1925, is based on Lesage's painting 'A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World' from 1925. It will be available soon.

The films were created during 5 days in February 2010 with animators and CG artists at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark.

Director: Max Hattler
Technical Director: David René Christensen
Sound: Blake Overgaard
Previz/Layout: Thorvaldur Gunnarsson
Modelling: Thorvaldur Gunnarsson, Arnold Bagasha, Blake Overgaard
Animation: Casper Michelsen, Mikkel Vedel, Thorvaldur Gunnarsson, Blake Overgaard, Arnold Bagasha
Produced by maxhattler.com & The Animation Workshop
Length: 1'50" loop
Year: 2010

animwork.dk
maxhattler.com

Liars - Scissor

The official video for Liars' "Scissor" from the new album Sisterworld out March 9. Check out www.thesisterworld.com and www.liarsliarsliars.com for more!

Casiokids - En Vill Hest

Official music video for Casiokids - En Vill Hest.
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Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Editor: Kristoffer Borgli
Producer: Elle-Beth Lønnestad (Fantefilm)
D.O.P.: Håvard Byrkjeland
Animation: Ole-Magnus Saxegård
Grading: Håvard Albertsen (Hocus Focus)
Creative partner: Richard Eriksen

Life (Alchemy)

A little jump into existentialism.

Nocturne (E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2) by Frédéric Chopin

Mumford & Sons - The Cave

The new single from Mumford & Sons, out 28th Feb.

NOISIA - Machine Gun

For The first single "machine gun" from the long awaited NOISIA album "split the atom", we made this music video.

An abstract telling of mankind and it's self destructiveness, loosely based on the tale of Frankenstein's monster, which is exactly what a machine gun is.

The Muppets: Beaker's Ballad (Dust in The Wind)

Nuit Blanche

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

spyfilms.com - Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy. Watch the "Making of" here - vimeo.com/9076775

Couple years ago, it seemed everyone and their mother was shooting with a Phantom camera, capturing life’s minutiae in ultra slow-motion. While the results were often beautiful, without any genuine motivation, the practice felt empty. And so it passed.

But when slow motion cinematography has a point—ah, that’s something different, isn’t it?

I submit exhibit A, “Nuit Blance,” a short film directed by Spy Films‘ Arev Manoukian. Set in a film noir Paris, the film captures a surprisingly violent moment of connection between two strangers attracted to each other with such magnetism that neither panes of glass nor speeding vehicles can keep them apart.

The entire film is told in slow-motion, with sculptural explosions of glass and water enshrining the two would-be lovers like heavenly gossamer. The elongated seconds echo the longing each character feels for the other, and time itself seems to be an expression of their aching desires.

Directed by: Arev Manoukian
Produced by: Stephanie Swedlove & Arev Manoukian
VFX by: Marc-Andre Gray
Music by: Samuel Bisson
Starring: Michael Coughlan & Megan Lindley
Cinematographer: Arev Manoukian
Casting: Jeff Marshall
Assistant Director: Andrew Cividino
Production Designer: Arev Manoukian & Marc-Andre Gray
Art Director / Costumes - Dan Levy
Camera Operator: Jay Pavao
Camera Assistant: Max Armstrong
Gaffer: Alan Poon
Editor: Arev Manoukian
Compositor / Animator: Marc-Andre Gray
Effects Supervisors: Marc-Andre Gray & Arev Manoukian
Additional Compositing: Arev Manoukian
Matte Painter: Pat Lau
Colourist: Andre Chlebak

T-Shirt War

For this video, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal changed shirts over 100 times each, taking individual pictures of each unique shirt.

GET a SHIRT that we wore in the video (or design a replica in your size)! http://rhettandlink.com/tshirtwar

GET this SONG on our 27-song CD (it has vocals):
http://rhettandlink.com/music
or on iTunes:
http://bit.ly/uttp-itunes
or on Amazon:
http://bit.ly/uttp-amazon

Thanks to Rush T-shirts for printing all of the shirts. They came out amazing! They print faster than anybody out there: http://rushtshirts.com

Directed and Edited by Joe Penna: http://youtube.com/mysteryguitarman

Art and Sounds by Billy Reid:
http://youtube.com/verytasteful

TECHNICAL EXPLANATION FOR GEEKS LIKE US: We changed shirts over 100 times each, taking individual pictures of each unique shirt. The designs on the shirts are not photoshopped. They are real shirts for each frame of animation. The video was exported at 30fps, while the T-shirt animation moves at 6fps (with a few exceptions where it moves faster) So, for each shirt, we took 5 pictures, so the animation of us (Rhett&Link) moves at 30fps, but the T-shirt animations move a bit slower. There are a few places where the motion seems so smooth that it looks like video. That's because, in those parts, there was no changing in T-shirts, and Joe used burst mode to capture the frames, making it look very smooth.

COEUR DE PIRATE

Concert visuals design
naked-co.com

Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby

Music video by Kaiser Chiefs performing Ruby. (C) 2006 B-Unique Records Under exclusive license to Polydor Records Ltd. (UK)

In the rough

A funny cartoon made by blur studio

Dantes Inferno Go to Hell Super Bowl Trailer [HD]

Dantes Inferno Go to Hell Super Bowl Trailer [HD]
Developer: EA
Release: 2/9/2010
Genre: Action
Platform: PS3/X360
Publisher: EA
Website: www.dantesinferno.com/
Inspired by the real Dante Alighieri, but adapted for a new generation and a new medium, the hero of the game is a soldier who defies death and fights for love against impossible odds. The Italian mercenary Dante returns home from the wars to find that his beloved Beatrice has been murdered, and her soul pulled down into Hell by a dark force. He gives chase, and vows to get her back. For weapons, he wields Death's soul-reaping scythe, and commands holy powers of the cross, given to him by Beatrice.

"A.D." Teaser Trailer (ZOMBIE ANIMATION)

A.D. - a CG animated Horror-Adventure written by Haylar Garcia. The movie teaser was directed by Ben Hibon (Codehunters) and produced by Bernie Goldmann (300), Tarik Heitmann and Renee Tab.

Massive Attack

Eduard Salier and Digital District are Splitting the Atom for Massive Attack

Macro kingdom

I recently bought me the MP-E 65mm and played with it a little bit. It's a very special lens and you need a little bit of patience, but the results are breathtaking.

I'm looking forward to new adventures in the macro universe..


5DmarkII
MP-E 65mm

Edit:
thx for the feature vimeo :)

Zeus "Marching Through Your Head"

Stopmotion music video directed by Alan Poon and Adam Makarenko.
Shot on multiple formats but mainly Canon 5D MkII.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons

Music video by Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing Skeletons. (C) 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs DGC/ Interscope Records

Black and White

Animation Mentor graduation short film from Gabor Lendvai

Light Forms (2010)

A short experimental floaty & aimless animation by Malcolm Sutherland in 2010.
Soundtrack is also made by Malcolm Sutherland.