Love & Theft

The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner, welcomes you to the 6th NFB Online contest. Vote for your favorite short film.

Director: Andreas Hykade
Length: 7'05
Origin: Germany

"And I'm still carrying the gift you gave, it's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved, it'll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity." (Bob Dylan)

Andreas Hykade was born in 1968 in Altoetting. From 1988-1990 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, followed by studies at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy from 1992-1995. Since 1992 he has been working as a freelance filmmaker and since 2000 as a professor of Animation at the School of Arts and Design Kassel. His films include: The King is Dead (1990), We Lived in Grass (1995), Ring of Fire (2000), Tom & the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam & Honey(series, since 2003), The Runt (2006), The Bunjes (2007), and Love & Theft (2010) among others.

29.90 - Israeli Spaghetti

This stop motion spot from Israel, for local telecom giant Bezeq, seems (too?) heavily inspired by PES’s masterpiece, Western Spaghetti

Via: http://motionographer.com/

The Butterfly Circus - El Circo de la Mariposa (Complete)

Un inspirador Cortometraje ganador del concurso anual de cortos que organiza www.thedoorpost.com con un mensaje de esperanza, de motivacion, de reto. Me hizo llorar la primera vez que lo vi. The Butterfly Circus
Director: Joshua Weigel
Executive Producer: Nathan Elliott
Executive Producer: Jon and Esther Phelps
Executive Producer: Bob Yerkes
Associate Producer: Natalie Burkholder

License to Dream

Project Name: Brizo Faucets "License to Dream"
Length: :30, :15

Client: Brizo

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore
City/State: Indianapolis, IN
Creative Director: Carolyn Hadlock
Associate Creative Director: Trevor Williams
Art Director: Uriaha Foust
Writer: Scott King

Production Company: Brand New School
City/State: Bicoastal, USA
Creative Director: Jonathan Notaro
Art Director: Mario Sader
Executive Producer: Danny Rosenbloom
Head of Production: Devin Brook
Creative Director: Jonathan Notaro
Designer: Ricardo Villavicencio, Teri Chung
2D Animation: Tim Regan, Ghazia Jalal, Stieg Retlin
Rotoscoping: Sergei Martirosov
Compositing: Tim Regan
Editing: Matt Torti
Producer: Jen Glabus
Director of Interactive: Justin Bakse
Interaction Designer: Greg Schomburg
Production: Rachel Morris

Music Track: "Little Bird" from Goldfrapp

Audio: Earshot Audio Post
City/State: Indianapolis, IN

Replay - Amazing Animated Short Film

In a destroyed world, the only glimpse of hope is the memory of a forgotten past. But be careful not to let your dreams control your mind...This is Replay an amazing animated short film.

Animation by anthonyvoisin
http://www.aniboom.com/animator-portf...

More: AniBOOM on Youtube.

Alfred Hitchcock presents The Birds - Aniboom Style

You've never seen ""Alfred Hitchcock:The Birds"" like this before:
http://www.aniboom.com/animator-portf...

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé

The official world premiere of Beyoncé's new video, "Why Don't You Love Me"

Directors: MELINA & Bee Z
Executive Producer: Beyoncé for Parkwood Pictures
Producer: Dina Ciccotello
Editor: Clark Eddy
DP: Paul Laufer

Writers: Solange Knowles / Beyoncé Knowles / Eddie Smith III (Bama Boyz) / Jesse Rankins (Bama Boyz) / Jonathan Wells (Bama Boyz) / Angela Beyince

Published By: EMI April Music, Inc. o/b/o / Solange MW Publishing (ASCAP) / B-Day Publishing / EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) ASCAP / Crampton Bowl Publishing BMI / Angela Beyince Music (ASCAP)

Google Chrome Speed Tests

These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times. If you're interested in the technical details, read on!

Equipment used:

- Computer: MacBook Pro laptop with Windows installed
- Monitor - 24" Asus: We had to replace the standard fluorescent backlight with very large tungsten fixtures to funnel in more light to capture the screen. In addition, we flipped the monitor 180 degrees to eliminate a shadow from the driver board and set the system preferences on the computer to rotate 180 degrees. No special software was used in this process.
- 15Mbps Internet connection.
- Camera: Phantom v640 High Speed Camera at 1920 x 1080, films up to 2700 fps


"Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?"

Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text first and images second. Chrome actually paints the page from top to bottom, but to eliminate a shadow from the driver board, we had to flip the monitor upside down and set the system preferences in Windows to rotate everything 180 degrees, resulting in the page appearing to render from bottom to top.

"Why does the top one third of the page appear first on the weather.com page load?"

Sometimes only half the buffer gets filled before the video card sends its buffer over to the LCD panel. This is because Chrome on Windows uses GDI to draw, which does not do v-sync.

"The screen wipes are so smooth - how was that achieved?"

The screen wipes up in a gradated wipe because LCD pixels take around 10ms to flip and gradually change color.

For behind-the-scenes footage of how this video was made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oarMX...

Call of Duty : Black Ops - Debut Tease Trailer

Publisher: Activision
Developer: Treyarch
Release Date: Nov 9, 2010
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, TBA

Activision finally reveals the teaser trailer for the next Call of Duty game.

We get down in the dirt and behind enemy lines with Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops Debut Tease Trailer.

Terminator attack to apple: Apple retail store was attacked in Beijing on Jan 27, 2010

A terminator t600 was sent by Microsoft to attack Apple retail store in Beijing, but poor t600 used up all his energy on the way to China......
Is he able to accomplish the mission?

Toy Soldier (Cartoon Network)

Toy Soldier (Cartoon Network) from Animatório on Vimeo.

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Creative Director: Hernán La Greca;
Creation: Eduardo Bragança e Daniel Xavier;
Executive Producer: Luis Carlos Reis

Production Company: Animatório
Direction: Animatório
CG Supervisor: Paulo Pinho
Producer: Ana Mendonça

Photography Director: Will Etchebehere
Rigging: Richard Maegaki, Rogerio Miyagi, Daniel Ho
Tracking: Henrique de Freitas
Animation: Alexandre Martins
Render: Paulo Pinho
Composition: Paulo Pinho, Paulo Ferreira, Guilherme Ferreirinha
Audio: Soap Box (Atlanta)

Stop-Motion Lego Star Wars Trilogy In Just Two Minutes

The original Star Wars saga as told by a kid with one heck of a LEGO collection.

Appropriate for the 4th, this very well produced and funny LEGO animation gives Star Wars its due on Star Wars Day!

HP "Serena Williams"

Serena Williams Life revolves around her PC. by Stardust Studios.

Step Into Blue (Bombay Sapphire)

A Short Film for Bombay Sapphire

Ford 2011 Mustang

Stardust was tapped by ad agency Team Detroit to launch the new Ford 2011 Mustang with a drool-worthy cinematic spot for TV and cinema. The commercial highlights the Mustang’s speed, bold lines and fuel efficiency through sexy camera work, motion type and an authentic aesthetic. The :30 version aired Wed., April 28th during American Idol on FOX, while the :60 premiered in cinemas on April 30th.

PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Client: Ford Mustang
Title: _PG
Length: 60-seconds
Airdate: 4/28 TV; 4/30 cinemas

Agency: Team Detroit, Inc.
EVP, Chief Creative Officer: Toby Barlow
EVP, Group Creative Director: Eric McClellan
Creatives: Adam Hull, Nick Flora, Ron Schlessinger, Arty Tan
Producer: Bob Rashid

Production Company: Stardust / Santa Monica, CA
Director: Jake Banks
Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco
Head of Production: Josh Libitsky
Line Producer: Paul Ure
Director of Photography: Max Malkin

Design & Animation Company: Stardust / Santa Monica, CA
Post / Editorial Producer: Alex More
Designers: Neil Tsai, Gretchen Nash, Bill Bak, Ling Feng, Juliette Park, Angela Ko
Compositors: Alan Latteri, Chris Howard
Animators: Jason Lowe, Giancarlo Rondani, Joseph Andrade, Kevin Ta, James Yi

Type/Element shoot: Stokes-Kohne Associates Inc.

Editorial Company: Cut + Run
Editor: Frank Effron
Post / Editorial Producer: Alex More

Telecine: New Hat
Colorist: Beau Leon

Music Search Company: Agoraphone
Music Supervisor: Dawn Sutter-Madell & Jasmine Flott
Song: Band of Skulls "Light Of The Morning"

Sound Design & Mix: 740 Sound Design
Executive Producer: Scott Ganary
Sound Designer : Andrew Tracy
Sound Designer : Eddie Kim
Mixer : Mike Franklin

Vehicle Drivers: Brent Fletcher, Kelly Hine

10 Cinematic Beatles Rock Band Animations

Credits:
The Intro & Outro are writen & directed by Pete Candeland.

The 8 rules of Fight Club and The Big Lebowski - Kinetic Typography

The Eight rules of Fight Club. Kinetic typography experiment for a college project. First attempt so don't be too harsh :)



Scene from the The Big Lebowski in Typography. Thanks to Jesus Quintana, The Dude and Walter Sobchak.

Polynoid Reel 2010

This is our 2010 reel- enjoy and let us know what you think!
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This is for anyone who happens to be a member of a fabulous band called "LCD Soundsystem": Please don't be upset for editing your really awesome song. We had to do it to make it fit to our reel length. If you're not happy at all, please let us know and we take it down immediately.

Lots of love, Polynoid!