It's rare that I'd want to watch a commercial a few times over but this is funny ad with some nice visual trickery. That's some pretty smooth matching. I'm on a horse. Hahahaha.

Labels: Commercial

David Baker, the Program Chair for Digital Aimation and Game Design at Ferris State University posted this piece on his Facebook page.

Tony Sarg was an early animator who worked in cut paper. Nancy Beiman, writer of 'Prepare to Board' found this little gem. Very natural animation... and low tech and simple yet appealing story. Computer animators take note!

Labels: 2D, Film Short, Retro

Besides the awesomeness of the song and that they've done a great job looking like The Beatles, I'm impressed with how well they were able to recreate the look of early 60's television.



Via Marc Pelletier. Thanks Marc!

Labels: Music Video

This is the kind of work I'd like to do, if I were a filmmaker. This is just amazing (and I guess Nuit Blanch does not mean 'blanched nuts'.;-) Be sure to watch it in HD by double clicking the movie. See the Making of below.

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

The Making of Nuit Blanch

Making Of Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Labels: Film Short

Susan Bradley did the titles to Ratatouille (which I adored), Motorcycle Diaries (the movie that made me want to see South America like no other film before it), Dark Water (wow, what a depressing film!), The Matador and others. Her title design style and prowess are well knows. Check out the interview at thunderchunky.co.uk.

Labels: Interview, Titles

You can see the entire ad lineup and time of appearance at USA Today.

From a mograph perspective I think the ad for the Honda Crosstour by Elastic is probably going to shine through, but since many ads aren't public until the Bowl, who knows what will show up?

Honda Accord Crosstour "Squirrel"


Kia's 2010 Sorrento (teaser ad)


"Punxsutawney Polamalu"- truTV


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Compete against the ad pros at Hanon McKendry "ad peeps vs. net tweeps" for the best of each quarter. Voting begins at the end of the first quarter, Superbowl Sunday @ Superadbowl.com. twitter: @superadbowl

Labels: Commercial, Superbowl

Fun with green screen. Is that Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend? Yes, I think it is. Fun song and video. Not the best keying job. One of the guys keeps losing an ankle. Still, I like the studio shots a lot.

Labels: Music Video

I've really been enjoying this series of funky, stylistic commercials for the Honda Accord Crosstour. Here's the full lineup so far! See more of Elastic's work at http://www.elastic.tv/

Honda Accord Crosstour "Squirrel"

Honda Accord Crosstour "Squirrel" from Elastic on Vimeo.

Honda Accord Crosstour "Snow Trip"

Honda Accord Crosstour "Snow Trip" from Elastic on Vimeo.

Honda Accord Crosstour "Instruments"

Honda Accord Crosstour "Instruments" from Elastic on Vimeo.

Honda Accord Crosstour "Boxes"

Honda Accord Crosstour "Boxes" from Elastic on Vimeo.

Labels: 3D, Character Animation, Commercial, Experimental

Our friend Topher Welsh has done it again- 32 Fantastical Demo Reels is a stunning roundup of visual eye candy inspiration featuring a wide range of styles and talent.

View All 32 Entries Here at AEtuts+.

GKASTER Motion Demo Reel

GKaster Reel may 2009 from gkaster on Vimeo.

Steffen Knoesgaard Showreel 2010

Steffen K Showreel2010 from Steffen K on Vimeo.

Labels: Demo Reel, Experimental

Fabulous song and fun video, directed by Jan Urbanovski. Stop motion, tracking, miniatures, Trapcode Particular, and all around quirkiness. I love it!

Labels: Music Video

PederInterview from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.

Nick Campbell of Greyscale Gorilla has a chat with Peder Norrby about starting Trapcode and how Shine came about, among other things. Check it out!

Labels: Interview, trapcode

The Art of the Title Sequence has recently posted an interesting article on the opening and end credit sequences for Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" produced by Danny Yount/Prologue.



"The sequence creative director Danny Yount, a self-taught Emmy-winning designer/director produced main titles for Six Feet Under and The Grid while at Digital Kitchen. He currently resides at Prologue Films and has created titles for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man and RockNRolla."

Check out the entire entry and interview at The Art of the Title Sequence.

Labels: 2D, Experimental, Film Short, Movie Trailer

Unique interactive outdoor installation art, great example of collaboration.

night lights from thesystemis on Vimeo.

"In this installation YesYesNo teamed up with The Church, Inside Out Productions and Electric Canvas to turn the Auckland Ferry Building into an interactive playground. Our job was to create an installation that would go beyond merely projection on buildings and allow viewers to become performers, by taking their body movements and amplifying them 5 stories tall."

More information and story/background can be seen at http://www.yesyesno.com/night-lights and Vimeo.

Labels: Bizarre, Experimental, Installation, Interactive

Ctrl.Alt.Shift is a movement for a new generation fighting social and global injustice. These films were made by members of the community to raise awareness of issues they care about.

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Film Competition Winner: 1000 Voices from Ctrl.Alt.Shift on Vimeo.

"A verbose and politically correct bureaucrat gives a lecture to a group of teenagers on the merits of the UK's efficient and humane asylum system, whilst meanwhile, in the same building, detainees, imprisoned indefinitely in different 'Removal Centres' across the UK, leave messages in vain on an abandoned telephone answering machine in the ministry basement. Their messages detail the horror of the life that they have escaped due to conflict." Written and Directed by: Tim Travers Hawkins More Info.

Labels: Competition, Experimental, Film Short

This one has been popping up on my radar all over the place. It's full CG! Pretty darn impressive.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Fullscreen it, please.

A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects
are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.

Credits:

CG

|Modelling - Texturing - Illumination - Rendering| Alex Roman

POST

|Postproduction & Editing| Alex Roman

MUSIC

Sequenced, Orchestrated & Mixed by Alex Roman (Sonar & EWQLSO Gold Pro XP)

Sound Design by Alex Roman

Based on original scores by:

.Michael Laurence Edward Nyman. (The Departure)
.Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns. (Le Carnaval des animaux)

Directed by Alex Roman

Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AfterEffects and Premiere.

http://www.thirdseventh.com/

Labels: 3D