In animation, in order to help bring our characters to life, (among other things like the 12 Principles of Animation, etc), we study ‘facial performance and nonverbal communication.’ In affect animators are actors, and as actors we learn a lot goes into a good performance; subtleties of how the body moves, how its weight shifts,…
Watch this video now: Celebrating 50 years of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Directed & Animated by Bernard Derriman.
Coincidentally enough I had a conversation with someone yesterday about space, time, the ‘big bang theory’, and the origins of man… …now here with the answers is… painter/stop-motion animator Blu with his new short film “BIG BANG BIG BOOM”, a 10-minute “moving” painting showing the evolution of the earth, from big bang to eventual nuclear…
So ever since the Gorillaz’s first music video (“Clint Eastwood” 2001), I’ve been a big fan of both the Gorillaz animated music videos, and the London, England animation production studio that made them Passion Pictures. Now, from the creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett‘s multimedia creation Gorillaz is back, bigger and higher tech than ever…
CREATION OF THE UEFU EURO 2008s CAMPAIGN Ok, so some of these have been around the block, as well as sitting on my list for ages, but still no less fun and impressive. TV Network Cuatro commissioned Barcelona, Spain-based, audio-visual specialists, Kotoc to make the idents for the UEFA Euro 2008 promotional pieces,with the following…
I’ve featured a bunch of Patrick’s Boivin‘s videos in the past… Click here to see related post: “Hot Wheels Interactive YouTube Video” Click here to see related post: “Stop Motion Animation Awesomeness” Click here to see related post: “Iron Baby” … and yesterday I posted Patrick Boivin‘s short film At-AT Day Afternoon with which I…
LOL! This is great (: Another one from French Canadian autodidact director Patrick Boivin, quote, “When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got… A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker” (Alla Star Wars). Enjoy! Watch the video now: Also, for more awesomeness from this director, check out…