12/29/2010

Google Adwords - Thank You



AKQA San Francisco asked PostPanic to help create a unique 10th anniversary thank you film to more than 1 million Google AdWords clients worldwide. The agency's idea was to individually address each of the clients by incorporating their company name in the film visuals. PostPanic took on the challenge of creating the main film which would then be handed over complete to Google's customization agency for clients' name integration. Director Mischa Rozema developed AKQA's script to include a fictitious Google research department trying out ambitious experiments to feature each advertiser. A combination of live action and vfx, the footage was filmed by PostPanic in around Google HDQ in California, before being brought back for post in Amsterdam.

Water Sculpture



Shinichi Maruyama creates sculptures by throwing water. Check out Water Sculpture and KUSHO. An interview and image gallery are at The Morning News.

12/23/2010

Stone Sour - Hesitate



The official video for "Hesitate" taken from Stone Sour's latest album AUDIO SECRECY, available now! Directed by PR Brown.

Dënver - Los adolescentes



The official video for "Los adolescentes" taken from Dënver latest album "Música, gramática, gimnasia".

Videoclip del single "Los adolescentes" del disco "Música, gramática, gimnasia" de Dënver.
Dirigido por:
Bernardo Quesney
Milton Mahan
Producido por:
Pía Cárdenas
Mariana Montenegro
D de Foto: Nicolás Durán
D de Arte: Carolina Soto
Vestuario: Constanza Diaz
2010

1884: Yesterday's Future



A film by Peculiar Pictures
Description taken from their website:
A story of outstanding heroism in the face of deception, subterfuge and treachery. Conjuring up the belief that it was made forty years before film was even invented, 1884: Yesterdays Future tells of a future that might have been but never was. Directed by Tim Ollive, the film is a mix of animation, puppetry and two dimensional and three dimensional computer generated imagery (CGI) set against backgrounds created using stunning artwork, model sets and period photographs from the Hulton Picture Library division of Getty Images. Combine these idiosyncratic production techniques with a script of mind boggling ingenuity and you have a hilarious comedy film the like of which you will not have seen before. So, put your tongue firmly in your cheek, stiffen your upper lip and prepare to be shaken and stirred by 1884: Yesterdays Future.

Terry Gilliam presents '1884 Yesterdays Future'... Animation test..

I'm Good / Robot



Robot is a band for personals Ads.
Robot is John Miller and Takuji Kogo.
I'm Good / Robot ( original )
http://artonline.jp/2008/Im_good.html

Miles Kane - 'Come Closer'



Here's an exclusive first look at Miles Kane's new music video for his current single 'Come Closer' (out on February 21st). The track is from his debut solo album, set for release in April 2011.

According to Miles, this song is "a good first proper single, because it has all the elements. A bit sexy, a bit sleazy, and with cool guitars." Well, he certainly played up the sexy bit thanks to his friend, the sultry Daisy Lowe, as a hypnotic dancing girl.

The Best Viral Videos Of 2010: A Retrospective


Videogum put together their annual retrospective of the best viral videos of the year. The edit is a delight in itself, as you see big memes and their spinoffs as well, all sewn together by the catchiest video soundtracks found on those videos. See a list of the clips used at Videogum, with links to the originals. Link

12/22/2010

Mass Effect 3 Trailer



First game cinematic trailer for Mass Effect 3

Basically: "If Shepard doesn't come back soon, there won't be a world to save."

Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution - Director´s Cut Trailer [HD]



Title: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Release Date: February 2011
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Label: Square Enix
Genre: Action RPG
Age Rating: M

WikiRebels - The Documentary Full Version



Sweden's public service television, SVT, is releasing this one-hour documentary chronicling the history of WikiLeaks.

From summer 2010 until now, Swedish Television has been following the secretive media network WikiLeaks and its enigmatic Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange.

Reporters Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist have traveled to key countries where WikiLeaks operates, interviewing top members, such as Assange, new Spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson, as well as people like Daniel Domscheit-Berg who now is starting his own version - Openleaks.org!

Where is the secretive organization heading? Stronger than ever, or broken by the US? Who is Assange: champion of freedom, spy or rapist? What are his objectives? What are the consequences for the internet?"

12/21/2010

Happy Holidays



STARRING
Amin Mammadov
Marilyn Heidecker
Brent Lilley

DIRECTED BY
DANIELS (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)

12/20/2010

Helios



Helios is a short movie by Juan Behrens about Galileo’s discovery and how it's altered the way humans perceive themselves in the cosmos

“Galileo was not the first person to invent the telescope but was the first to turn one toward the night sky“

During the 17th century, the Roman Catholic church believed that the earth was the center of the universe and people who tried to prove them wrong were in danger of being accused of heresy. Helios is the story of how an idea found his innovator, triggering a series of consequences in time. The date is 1609, Italy, late night at Galileo Galilei’s workplace watching the sky, studying celestial bodies focusing on the moon. He prepares to see this unexplored world with his customized telescope while some of his sketches and notes rest on the floor. After a gentle approach to the telescope, he sees the moon through it, a celestial body full of enigmas and intriguing for any human eye. After a moment, a bright light invades his scene but he does not notice it. This light resembles the silhouette of the invention, this enigmatic form splits into three muses.

These three muses approach Galileo and start touching his back, rest next to him and point to the sky. Galileo start watching the moon different, he start spotting data out from the moon he did not see before, now he seems to understand how the moon works and why. He draws what he sees, prepares himself to present this to the cardinal Bellarmine at the church proving that the earth is not the center of the universe but orbits around the sun just like the moon around the earth.

Galileo’s discovery fundamentally alters the way humans perceive themselves in the cosmos. Visually, the scene transition to schematic graphs that represent each belief, they merge and present a montage of the inventions that resulted from this epiphany.

Gmail Mobile in Stop Motion



Making of a and original 30-second animation done in stop motion and Papercraft by Jess3 for Gmail Mobile

Enigma



Enigma, an impressive 42 minutes Sci movie by Frontier Studios.

Kings Of Leon-Pyro (Official Video)



Music video by Kings Of Leon performing Pyro. (C) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

Nothing To Fear



By Simon Russell
simonrussell.blogspot.com

Music by Ólafur Arnalds.
Published by Nettwerk One Music
‘Raein’ & ‘Erla's Waltz’ used with kind permission from Erased Tapes.
©2010 Erased Tapes Records.
olafurarnalds.com/​

Music by Ben Ash
'West Bourne'
©2010 Ben Ash
candle.org.uk/​

Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light (NSFW)



Para Scissor Sisters, de su álbum Night Work editado por Polydor.

Una producción de CANADA (lawebdecanada.com)
Dirigido por Nicolás Méndez.
Producido por Oscar Romagosa & Alba Barneda.
DOP de Marc Gómez del Moral (marcgomezdelmoral.com)
Dirección de arte de Roger Bellés (rogerbelles.com)
Vestuario de Carolina Galiana.
Maquillaje de Gina Ros.
Gráficos de NO DOMAIN (no-domain.tv)

Modern Times



Cool futuristic independent project by BC2010 titled, Modern Times. Check out the “making of” video too.

Cassius, I Love you so

The Deep



Metal objects of the past come to life in the depths of the sea.

SHORT stories: http://www.youtube.com/show/shortstories?s=1

12/14/2010

OK Go GPS Parade (Back From Kathmandu)



OK Go, known for its innovative music videos, participated in a project called Dance Through Your City. The band led a group of 100 people on a 8.5-mile journey through Los Angeles. GPS navigation devices tracked their process and inscribed their name in a process resembling “a giant Etch a Sketch.”

Eskmo - We Got More (Official Video)



Official video for 'We Got More', taken from the album 'Eskmo' on Ninja Tune.

Slash Ft. Fergie - Beautiful Dangerous



Slash Ft. Fergie - Beautiful Dangerous

The top 10 most watched videos on youtube 2010



See what the world watched on YouTube in 2010 with YouTube Rewind: http://www.youtube.com/rewind

Re-watch the year's most popular videos and use the interactive timeline to see the moments that defined YouTube in 2010.

Top 10
#2: Tik Tok Kesha Parody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7n8Gq...
#3: Greyson Chance 'Paparazzi' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxDlC7...
#4: Annoying Orange Wazzup - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_qGM...
#5: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Old Spice)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykV...
#6: Giant Double Rainbow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk...
#7: This Too Shall Pass OK Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFn...
#8: The Twilight Saga Eclipse Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2HIda...
#9: Jimmy Surprises Bieber Fan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKEQwv...
#10: Gymkhana Three, Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TshFW...

12/13/2010

Placebo – “Trigger Happy Hands”



“Trigger Happy Hands” from Placebo and director Andreas Nilsson checks in at 10 minutes long and featuring more clowns than music. The video follows a young clown’s journey to a rogue compound of renegade clowns, bent on destruction. The actual song is briefly heard around 5:15. See the original music video for “Trigger Happy Hands”, released last September, in the extended.

Hauschka - The Key



Music by Hauschka
"Children" from the album "Foreign Landscapes"

Beat! Beat! Beat! - We Are Waves



Music Video for Beat! Beat! Beat! - We Are Waves

Victoria' Secret 2010 Holiday Ad - Directed by Michael Bay



Directed by Michael Bay

La Senza presents "The Cup Size Choir"



La Senza presents The Cup Size Choir

Seven girls with bra sizes A to G make up the musical notes of the Cup Size Choir. Have a look, have a play at http://www.cupsizechoir.com and have a Happy Christmas.

Un regalo adelantado por parte de la marca de lencería La Senza que nos presenta The Cup Size Choir, siete chicas con distintos tamaños de bra´s, que van del A al G y que nos desean una Feliz Navidad.

12/09/2010

Animals As Leaders - Creeping Creature



Directed and Edited by Scott Hansen

Kanye West - Runaway (Full-length Clean)



Music video by Kanye West performing Runaway (Full-length Clean).

Owen Pallett Scores Celebrity Short Films



Composer to the indie stars (and solo artist in his own right) Owen Pallett is now composing for the Hollywood set. In a new series of minute-long, black-and-white videos from The New York Times Magazine, lauded actors including James Franco, Natalie Portman, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Michael Douglas, Jesse Eisenberg, and Robert Duvall recreate famous screen types and scenes against a white backdrop. Pallett composed old-school-score music for each one; the string pieces were played by the Czech FILMharmonic Orchestra.

Check out the shorts here: Magazine: 14 Actors Acting.

Vía: Pitchfork.

Meet Buck



Buck is an ordinary guy. Well...if you except the "deer head" thing. And today, Buck is gonna spend this cool Sunday afternoon with his girlfriend who's so happy to see him (she's pretty much always happy). But when Buck find out that her father is not the sympathic and tolerant guy he excpected, the Sunday afternoon turns really bad.

Transformers 3: Dark of the moon (Teaser Trailer)


TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON Trailer Teaser

Transformers 3 stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong, John Turturro, Frances McDormand, Peter Cullen, and Tyrese Gibson

12/08/2010

Daft Punk - Derezzed (Epic 'Tron' Video)



After months of rumors, hype, teasers, and bogus leaks, Daft Punk have finally released something from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack that we can sink our teeth into: the epic, neon-soaked, über-futuristic video for "Derezzed." Check it out below!

The video is a perfect synthesis of the original Tron's old school, eight-bit sensibility and the sequel's cutting edge 3-D technologies. "Derezzed" kicks off with Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter (in a rare filmed appearance) strolling into Flynn's Arcade (which figures in the original movie) and firing up a dusty Derezzed video game console. Daft Punk then assume the roles of the movie's main characters (played by Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde in the new film) and engage in a fierce jousting battle atop the movie's iconic light-cycles. Hot!

Tron: Legacy opens in theaters on December 17.

Goose – Can’t Stop Me Now



Cool video for “Can’t Stop Me Now” by Goose. Directed by Megaforce. Just keep climbing!

The Damned Things - We've Got A Situation Here



Music video by The Damned Things performing We've Got A Situation Here. (C) 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group

Baskerville - Reloaded



Animated Musicvideo for dutch duo Baskerville

"A scientific experiment goes terribly terribly wrong"

Song: Reloaded by Baskerville
iwantbaskerville.com
Written & Directed by: Marieke Verbiesen
marieke.nu

Reloaded



Animated Musicvideo for dutch duo Baskerville

"A scientific experiment goes terribly terribly wrong"

Song: Reloaded by Baskerville
iwantbaskerville.com
Written & Directed by: Marieke Verbiesen
marieke.nu

12/07/2010

Gorillaz - Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach



Gorillaz take a break from eye-popping animated videos for "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach", which features Snoop Dogg dressed in vintage navy threads and a top hat as he peers across the sea with a periscope.

The Illusionist - Official Trailer



A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.

Neon Indian - "Mind, Drips"



Lars Larsen is an electronics designer and multimedia artist in Austin, Texas. Larsen's work focuses on synergistic relationships between technology and subject, and the resurrection of forgotten pre-Computer Age technologies. Over the past few years, he and partner Edward Leckie of Sydney, Australia have been developing an analogue video synthesizer called the LZX Visionary in the tradition of esoteric video art tools used in the 1970's. The LZX Visionary manipulates and creates images in the same way a normal synthesizer does for sounds. Mind Drips is the first music video to utilize this unique synthesizer, and all of its visual effects are recorded in real-time using techniques such as abstract pattern synthesis, video feedback, and analog compositing.

Directed by Lars Larsen
Videography by Thomas Humphreys
Physical Effects & Construction by Jonah Lange
Starring Kaylan Drake Burnette
Special thanks to Scott Gelber, Malcolm Welbourne, Ben Aqua, Christine Aprile, Juan Cisneros, Katie Graham, Chad Allen, Tommy Blackburn, Michael Stein and many others

12/06/2010

Twilight Lovebite - Lavalier



Official music video for Twilight Lovebite, directed by Kendra Elliott.

Thought of You



Info on the full exhibition of art that includes animation and figurative works visit:
conteanimated.com

12/01/2010

30 Seconds To Mars - Hurricane



30 Seconds To Mars - Hurricane

The Killers - Boots

Dirty Deeds - Stupid People



MusicVideo for "Stupid People" by Dirty Deeds.

Photoshop in those days



Once upon a time theres was a young photographer who decided to try a whole new thing "photo-layered" photography. And thats how a Photoshop was born! An animation by Dovydas Augaitis.

Coldplay - Christmas Lights (Music Video)



Christmas Lights is out now in all digital stores - get it from http://www.itunes.com/coldplay . The video was directed by Mat Whitecross and filmed in London on Thursday November 25th, 2010.

Making Coldplay's Christmas Lights video



Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the video for Coldplay's new single, Christmas Lights. The track is released at 8pm GMT on December 1st.