cinema, puppetry, animation and other fearless creatures

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Thursday 29 September 2016

The Storm Whale in Winter (2016)



Credits 

Animated trailer for Benji Davies' picture book "The Storm Whale In Winter".

Publisher: Simon & Schuster.

Design: Benji Davies
Direction: Moth Collective
2D Animation: Ester Rossi, Jennifer Zheng, Joe Bichard
Compositing: Moth Collective & Joe Bichard
Music: Pierre O'Reilly
Sound: Marian Mentrup

Tuesday 27 September 2016

A Morning Stroll (2011)


Director: Grant Orchard
Writer: Casper G. Clausen (story "The Chicken")

Producer: Sue Goffe
Executive producers: Pam Dennis / Sue Goffe / Philip Hunt
Assistant Producer: Janine Murphy
Music & Sound Design: Nic Gill 
Film editing: Nic Gill
Production Design: Grant Orchard
Animation: Sander Jones / Perrine Marais / Florian Mounie / Max Stoehr / Lucas Vigroux
Additional animation & Artwork: Kaye Lavender / Gemma Mortlock / Grant Orchard / David Prosser / Gergely Wootsch
Modelling:  Anna Kubik / Gemma Mortlock / Daniel Garnerone / Vincent Husset / Adam Avery / Cristobal Infante / Gergely Wootsch
Rigging: Adam Avery / Fabrice Altman / Lucas Vigroux / Cristobal Infante
Texturing: Anna Kubik / Daniel Garnerone / Vincent Husset
Visual EffectsFabrice Altman / Rob Chapman / Cristobal Infante
Lighting & Compositing: Will Eagar  / Anna Kubik
Pre-visualization  & Layout: Anna Kubik
CG supervisor: James Gaillard
Production coordinator: Ren Pesci / Anna Kubik
Technical support Director: Fabrice Altman
Production company: Studio AKA

Sunday 25 September 2016

El Hotel Eléctrico (1908)



Credits

Director / cinematographer: Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (Segundo de Chomón)
Starring: Segundo de Chomón  ("Bertrand") / Julienne Mathieu ("Laure")
Distributed by Pathé Frères

Saturday 24 September 2016

Shiny (2016)



Credits

Written / Directed / Edited / Produced by Daniel Cloud Campos & Spencer Susser
Production Company: Blue Tongue Films
Director of Photography: Spencer Susser
Lead Animation: Daniel Cloud Campos
Additional Animation by: Spencer Susser
Composer: Michael Yezerski
Sound Design/Re-recording Mix: Derek Vanderhorst
Sound Effects Editor: Marc Glassman
Sound Editor: Jacob Houchen
Colorist: Trevor Durstchi 
Original song: "It's So Shiny" Written & Performed by Paul Musso
Visual Effects: Spencer Susser & Daniel Cloud Campos
Voices: Daniel Cloud Campos / Spencer Susser / Tamara Levinson-Campos / Stormi Henley

Thursday 22 September 2016

HULU "Hulu / A Brief History..." (2016)



Credits

Director: Justin Harder
Executive Producer: Matthew Marquis 
Producer: Kevin Gallagher
Design: Justin Harder, Stephen Kelleher
Animation: Song Kim, Matt Everton, Justin Harder, Thomas Smolenski , Andrew Embury, Ashley Becerra
Audio: Sounds Red
Music, Sound Design, Mix and Voice by: Keith Ruggiero
Hulu Advertising Video Producer: Michael Graham

Friday 16 September 2016

Find a Penny (2015)



Credits

Animation: Eric David Haddad
Sound design & voice acting: Tom Gatewood
Music: Wubbaduck (used under a cc license)

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Thursday 15 September 2016

World Baking Day 2014 (2014)



Credits

Director & Designer: James Curran
Producer: Alex Halley
Production Manager: Leo Green
Animation: James Curran, Felix Massie
Sound FX: Wake The Town
Production Company: Partizan Animation
Agency: Lean Mean Fighting Machine
Client: Unilever

Wednesday 14 September 2016

PIRAQUÊ "O Mundo Pira - Goiabinha" (2016)









Credits


Created by: Jarbas Agnelli and Fabio Meneghini

Producer: AD Studio
Production: Térreo Estudio
Directed by Jarbas Agnelli
Co-Director: Doug Bello
Cinematography: Nidin Sanches
Animation Direction: Térreo Estudio
Animation: Lucas Emanuel Britto
Animation assistant: Matthew Jesus and Nidin Sanches
Production Design coordination: Borys Duke
Production Design Team: Natalia Vaz / Carmen Guerra / Marcelo Amp / Ligia Mie Jeon
Puppet building: Matthew & Luke Jesus Emanuel Britto
Rigger: Matthew Jesus
Finishing: AD Studio
Soundtrack: AD Studio

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Land (2013)


Credits

Directed & animated by Masanobu Hiraoka
Music & Sound design: Aimar Molero
Voice: Marina Herlop

Monday 12 September 2016

Lego Dance (2013)



Credits

Director / Animator: Annette Jung
Sound: Extract from "Bad" video, by Michael Jackson
Production Company: Talking Animals

Thursday 8 September 2016

Stanley Pickle (2010)



Credits

Director: Victoria Mather
Writer: Orhan Boztas (based on a story by Victoria Mather and Keaton Henson)
Producer: Justine Watson
Cast: Drew Caiden ("Stanley") / Haruka Abe ("Bluebell") / Nadia Morgan ("Mother") / Gareth Brierley ("Father")
Director of Photography: John Lee
Production Design: Luke Hull
Editor: James Griffiths
Online Editor & Color Grader: Nikolas Almpanis
Sound designer: Dario Swade
Composer: Jean-Marc Petsas
Special FX & CGI Artist: Kassiani Koufaki
Visual FX Supervisors: Manuel Perez, Nikolas Almpanis
Digital compositors: Patrick Hearn / Allar Kaasik / Belgin Kaplan / Giacomo Mattucci / Dillan Nicholls / Andy Quinn / Andrew Scattergood / Dean Ewen Lettman
1st Assistant Director: Ben Barrowman
Animator: Andy Biddle
Animation assistants: Ed Jenkins / Richard Phelan / Claire Ransom / Ellena Pomares / Nandita Jain
Movement Director: Neil Bettles
Gaffer: Sam Alberg
Grip: Tony Shults
1st Camera Assistant: Andrew Bradley
2nd Camera Assistant: Brian Lockyer
Sparks: Munir Malik / David Ansah / Claire Buxton / Caroline Bridges
Motion control operator: Dan Goldschmied
Costume Design: Natalie Moggridge
Costume Assistant: Ines Alfonso
Hair & Makeup: Julie Burnett / Anayanzi L'Eplattenier
Model Maker: Marco Restivo
Scenic Painter: Claire Munford
Prop Maker: David Mather
Construction: Jim Saunders / Terrence Stone
Taxidermist: Derek Frampton
Art Department Assistants: Anna Rootes / Simon Walker
Voice Artists: Drew Caiden / Haruka Abe / Kate Burdett
Foley artist: Paula Boram
Vocals: Melanie Pappenheim
Violin: Kokila Gillett
Flute: Candice Hamel
Saxophone: Hannah Marcinowics
Production Co-ordinators: Tim Parkinson / Neil Stewart
Production Company: National Film and Television School

(c) National Film and Television School  2010

Tuesday 6 September 2016

TWININGS "Drink it All in" (2016)







Credits


Project: Drink it all in
Client: Twinings
Brief: Get more people drinking Twinings English Breakfast tea each every day
Creative agency: Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Creative directors: Colin Jones / Phil Martin
Copywriter: Toby Allen
Art director: Jim Hilson
Agency planner: Ila De Mello Kamath
Agency account handlers: Tom Vick / Rebecca Tickle / Georgie Mew / Prachi Virani
Agency producer: David Riley
Media agency: Maxus
Media planner: Laura Gao
Production company: Blinkink
Director: Parabella (Dan Ojari / Mikey Please)
Production company producer: Kev Harwood
Post-production company: Blinkink
Telecine: Electric Theatre Company
Audio post-production: Wave
Digital design company: Blinkink

Saturday 3 September 2016

But Milk is Important (2012)



Credits

Directors: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris
Writers: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris
Producers: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris
Puppets: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris
Sweater knitter: Martha Mantzaris
Sets and Props: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris / Julija Scura / Frode Munkhaugen / Sirid Garff / Helga Fjeldså
Animation: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris / Sirid Garff Vejrum / Frode Munkhaugen
2D Animation: Ole Christian Løken
Music: Phil Brookes
Sound: André Parklind
Voice Actors: Adam Diggle / John  Lapiana / Britt Myer
Cinematography: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris
Film Editing: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen / Anna Mantzaris
Visual Effects: Marq Persson
Production company: Volda University College

Friday 2 September 2016

Absolut Panushka (1997-1998)




"These animated works were curated by Christine Panushka for the Absolut Panushka web site in 1997-1998. They were the first streaming media on the web."

Absolut Panushka archives

Credits

ABSOLUT PANUSHKA- Festival Films / 1998 Collection
Produced by Swell Productions in association with TBWA Chiat/Day
Program Director: Christine Panushka
Creative Director: Debra Callabresi
Producers: Debra Callabresi / Kellylynn Moren
Sound Design: Fausto Caceres

ABSOLUT PANUSHKA - Festival Films /1997 Collection
Produced by TROON Ltd. in association with TBWA Chiat/Day
Program Director: Christine Panushka
Executive producers: Chris Tragos / James Yaffe
Senior Creative Director: Ed Hynes
Creative Director/ Producer: Debra Callabresi
Sound Design: Fausto Caceres
Line producer: Jamie Venable

Animators / Directors:
James Duesing (United States)
Alexander Marinov (Bulgaria)
Erica Russel (England)
Tânia C. Cançado Anaya (Brasil)
Jan Lenica (Poland)
Nedeljko Dragic (Croatia)
Caroline Leaf (United States)
Ishu Patel (India)
Jules Engel (United States)
Stuart Hilton (England)
Faith Hubley (United States)
Lejf Marcussen (Denmark)
Jonas Odell & Stig Bergqvist (Sweden)
Pritt Pärn (Estonia)
Michaela Pavlatová (Czech Republic)
Alison de Vere (England)
Amy Kravitz (United States)
Jerzy Kucia (Poland)
Piotr Dumala (Poland)
Bärbel Neubauer (Germany)
Paul Glabicki (United States)
Christine Panushka (United States)
Vibeke Sørensen (United States)
Bériou (France)
Paul Menno De Nooijer (Netherlands)
Kihachiro Kawamoto (Japan)
Nina Shorina (Russia)
Oksana Cherkassowa (Russia)
Kathy Smith (Australia)
Steven Subotnick (United States)
Marjut Rimminen (Finland)
Nobuhiro Aihara (Japan)
San Wei Chan (China)

Thursday 1 September 2016

Padre (2013)



Credits

Idea and Direction: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso
Screenplay: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso
Screenplay advisor: Patricio Plaza
Pre production: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso / Silvina Cornillón / Patricio Plaza / Natalia Acosta
Storyboards: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso / Patricio Plaza
Stop motion Animation: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso
Production (France): Dora Benousilio
Production (Argentina): Santiago 'Bou' Grasso / Patricio Plaza
Cinematographer: Sergio Piñeyro / Juan Maglione
CGI Clock: Gervasio Rodriguez Traverso (Trexel) / Pablo A. Diaz (Trexel) / Marcelo Maccarrone
CGI Birds: Mariano Antico (Barraca Post) / Federico Gimeno / Miguel Alejandro Cortina
Post production: Diego Gambarotta / Javier Ignacio Luna Crook / Hernán González / Guadalupe Labaké
Montage - Editing: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso / Patricio Plaza
Armatures: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso / Florentino Grasso
Puppet matrices and constructions: Ariel Bernachea
Art assistants: Ariel Bernachea / Sebastián Hojnadel / Christian Davies / Maru Tomé / Diana Rasco / Mauro Rodriguez Santos / Ana Flores
Costumes and Graphic Design: Natalia Acosta
Portraits Illustrations: Sebastian Dufour
Music: Lucas Nikotian / Federico Mier
Sound mixing and editing: Alexandre Lormeau
Foley:  Patricio Plaza / Romain Anklewicz
Foley recording: Stephane de Rocquigny
Auditoriums: HLC
Laboratories: Sylicone
Color correction: Isabelle Laclau
Collaborators: Gustavo Goglino / Agustin Pecchia / Leonardo Crisóstomo / Humberto Taglialegna / Eugenia Mindurry / Facundo Marsilli
Production Companies: OpusBou / Les Films de l'Arlequin

Filmed in opusBou (Bariloche, Argentina) and Can Can Club (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
© Bou - Les Films d'Arlequin - ARTE France

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