Nature by Numbers

A movie inspired on numbers, geometry and nature, by Cristóbal Vila. Go to www.etereaestudios.com for more info: theory behind, stills, screenshots, tutorials and workshops.

Navigators - My Place

Ok, this is just too fantastic – Prague-based designer Pavel Fuksa designed 178 fake vintage matchboxes for use in a new music video by Navigators. (via http://motionographer.com/)

I'm Here (by Spike Jones) - Short Film Complete

Spike Jonze's "I'm Here" - Short Film Trailer

I’m Here. A Love Story in an Absolute World. A Short Film by Spike Jones

"I'm Here" is a robot love story celebrating a life enriched by creativity. The movie is set in contemporary L.A., where life moves at a seemingly regular pace with the exception of a certain amount of robot residents who love among the population. A male robot librarian lives a solitary and methodical life — devoid of creativity, joy and passion - until he meets an adventurous and free spirited female robot. The film stars British actor Andrew Garfield (Boy A, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Social Network) and Sienna Guillory, one of Maxims 100 sexiest women.

I'm Here - Spike Jonze Short Film - Part 1/3


I'm Here - Spike Jonze Short Film - Part 2/3


I'm Here - Spike Jonze Short Film - Part 3/3

VIV Mag Motion Cover - iPad Demo

Together with co-director Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung, we produced a motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag - an all digital magazine, which would allow us to create content that will be able to live on the iPad and other tablet devices where digital magazines can live.

IBM Smarter Planet- “Data Baby”- (2010) :30

Creative production studio Motion Theory applies generative art techniques into a new TV commercial for IBM via ad agency Ogilvy & Mather/New York. Directed by Motion Theory’s Mathew Cullen, the :30 spot “Data Baby” is part of IBM’s “Smarter Planet” campaign and incorporates data-driven design derived from a newborn’s vital signs to convey that IBM’s technologies help analyze data to build smarter hospitals. “Data Baby” broke on network television on March 14.

Credits:
IBM “Smarter Planet”
Title: “Data Baby”
Length: 30 seconds
Air date: 3.11.10 cable
3.14.10 network

AGENCY
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather/NY
Executive Producer: Lee Weiss
Associate Producer: Rich Fiset
Sr. Partner/Worldwide ECD: Susan Westre
Sr. Partner/ECD: Tom Godici, Greg Ketchum
Creative Director: Rob Jamieson, Chris Van Oosterhout

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Motion Theory
Director: Mathew Cullen
Executive Producer: Javier Jimenez
Line Producer: John Marx
Director of Photography: Guillermo Navarro

POST PRODUCTION
VFX Company: Motion Theory
Creative Directors: Kaan Atilla, Mathew Cullen
Producer: Patrick Nugent
VFX Supervisor: John Fragomeni
Art Director: Angela Zhu
Design Leads: Paul B. Kim, Satomi Nagata
Designers: Heidi Berg, Leanne Dare, Kenneth Lee
Onset FX Supervisor: Sean Looper, Trevor Tuttle
3D/Nuke FX Lead: Marion Spates
3D/Lighting Lead: Trevor Tuttle
Pre-visualization: Trevor Tuttle
3D Artists/Animators: Brandon Lester, Gil Hacco, Casey Hupke, John Robson
Matchmover: Joe Cullen
Comp Lead: Danny Koenig
Compositors: Andrew Ashton, Chris Riehl, Daniel Raschko, John Stanch, Dorian West
Code Artist Supervisor: Keith Pasko
Lead Code Artist: Josh Nimoy
Code Artists: CJ Cenizal, Ekene Ijeoma, Jeremy Rotsztain
Finishing: Danny Yoon
Rotoscope Artists: Megan Gaffney, Gil Hacco, Rob Liscombe, Eva Snyder
Production Manager/HR Director: Tina Van Delden
Production Coordinator: Paul Pianezza
Production Assistant: Sarah Smith
Medical Consultant: Kathlynn Michelle Dominguez, MD, MPH

EDITORIAL
Editorial Company: String
Editor: Jeff Consiglio
Assistant Editors: Jeff Aquino

SOUND DESIGN + MUSIC
Sound Design Company: Sound Lounge
V/O: Forest Whitaker
Music track: “Boatfriends” by Black Moth Super Rainbow
Executive Music Producer: Karl Westman

Octavia - Acércate

Titulo: Acércate
Grupo: OCTAVIA
Älbum: Medular
Director: Martín Boulocq
Actriz Invitada: Andrea Camponovo
Marzo 2010

Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations

Swiss artist Zimoun builds sound installations that create a unique audiovisual experience. This video is a compilation of many of his projects, including listening to woodworms at work using a microphone, an automat with selections representing different cities, and pvc hoses flopping about under the force of compressed air.

Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations
Compilation Video V1.7 / Last update: March 2010

Zimoun's sound sculptures and installations are graceful, mechanized works of playful poetry, their structural simplicity opens like an industrial bloom to reveal a complex and intricate series of relationships, an ongoing interplay between the «artificial» and the «organic».

He is interested in the artistic research of simple and elegant systems to generate and study complex behaviours in sound and motion. He creates sound pieces from basic components, often using multiples of the same prepared mechanical elements to examine the creation and degeneration of patterns.

Website: zimoun.ch

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Music Matters - Blind Willie Johnson

Future Shorts is proud to present Matt Watkins' touching short animation inspired by Blind Willie Johnson, the first in a series of animations to launch the Music Matters campaign. Stay tuned to Music Matters on Facebook and Twitter @whymusicmatters.

Join Future Shorts for the very special Music Matters Launch Event at Cargo, London - 24th March. Amazing shorts, live music, live art and very special guests. Click here for all the details: http://bit.ly/bKslOs

Blind Willie Johnson (January 22, 1897 - September 18, 1945) was an American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of all of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions.

Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitarists, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music. His music is distinguished by his powerful bass thumb-picking and gravelly false-bass voice, with occasional use of a tenor voice.

Matt Watkins' short animation was inspired by Blind Willie Johnson.

Maggie and Mildred

Maggie and Mildred is the hand-stitched animated story of the friendship between two girls. These girls aren't your usual friends, however!

3D Pictoplasma Festival 2010 Opener

The official opener of the 2010 Pictoplasma Berlin Festival. To view in true 3D, please use your glasses.

3D controls are not yet available on this page. Click here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?v=G6sRxWUsIZE&user=pictoplasmaTV to watch the video on the channel page.

But Along the Way There is Danger
by Fons Schiedon
Sound Design: Bram Meindersm

Put on your Red and Blue Glasses! Here’s the 3D Pictoplasma Festival 2010 Opener by Fons Schiedon. More 3D options available in a drop-down depending on your preference and available technology. Pictoplasma opens April 9th in Berlin.

Via: http://motionographer.com/

The Beast File: Google

Meet Google. The noun that became a verb. The world's favourite search engine, and the company whose motto is "Don't be evil..."

Graphics by Patrick Clair, written by Elmo Keep and Jon Casimir.

Hungry Beast airs in Australia on the ABC, 9PM Wednesdays. More stories: abc.net.au/hungrybeast

Picasso's Guernica in 3D

A 3D exploration of Picasso's Guernica

Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War.

Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. Guernica in 3D was created by art student Lena Gieseke from the University of Georgia, USA.

Second Wind

Ian Worrel has drawn up this wonderfully meditative mixed-media short film, “Second Wind”. This spiritual journey of two friends becomes a story about life and death whose refreshing aesthetic consists of paper/pencil cell animation that has been comped and colored digitally. Though some scenes feel a bit rough, the story and style draw you in.

Being his final project for CalArts 2008, here’s some nice behind the scenes stuff.

Via: http://motionographer.com/

Playing with yourself... and others with Arnie Armadillo.

Learn how to take the punches!

Life can deal some low blows, and Arnie is here to teach how to take the punches. See Arnie take on a computer at chess, himself at swingball and summon the devil through Scrabble ®.
Following Arnies 2009 success, and despite his disappointment in a distinct lack of Brit nominations, he stars once again in a short advisory film in which he advises, to his own detriment, situations that one must avoid.

Find out how to avoid risk at: http://www.kpsol.co.uk/ArnieInfo?ref_tid=46

Epic Movie Trailer: Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer

The comedy duo BriTaNick created this trailer for a hypothetical movie that would be guaranteed to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. All of the dialogue is replaced with common movie tropes.

The 11th Best Picture Nomination of 2009.

Come see BriTANicK LIVE with their short film, "Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses" at the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX! March 12, 15, & 18!

Check sxsw.com for ticketing info!

Honk (official video)

Honk for mammogram awareness. A mammogram is the most effective way to detect breast cancer and increases the chances of a cure by 95% in case of early diagnosis. Every woman over 40 should get the exam on a regular basis.

Descendants

3D Core Team:
Heiko van der Scherm . . . Writer, Director, Design, Modeling
Bernhard Haux . . . . . . . . .Character TD Flower main actors
Goro Fujita . . . . . . . . . . . Supervising Animator
Felix Graf . . . . . . . . . . . . Animator
Holger Schönberger . . . . .Pipeline, Shading, Lighting, Compositing

Time Frame:
Production time (First script to final short) . . . 3 Years
Work time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Full time, 6 days a week
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.75 - 1.5 Years per core person

Man vs Magnet (2010 Reel)

This is a reel of directed and designed work, mostly at Curious Pictures and Nottoscale. I collaborated with some amazing folks on some of these. Hope you enjoy!

Song used is called Lions by Jonquil