Friday, July 31, 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer
Based on the Roald Dahl story and directed by Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox looks like a fun ride! It's done in a very old school stop motion style like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, which I adored as a kid.
I can definitely tell that is George Clooney doing the voice. Also featuring the voice of Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray as the skunk and Owen Wilson.
I can definitely tell that is George Clooney doing the voice. Also featuring the voice of Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray as the skunk and Owen Wilson.
Labels: Movie Trailer, Stop Motion
Flashback Friday: Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending
Normally these Flashback Fridays show videos from years past, but this week we're going to feature a crazy, trippy acid flashback video! From the comments on Vimeo, I have gleaned that the music is a remix of "The Party" from Justice. Another comment explains that Birdy Num Num is a line from the movie "The Party" with Peter Sellers from 1968, which you can bet had its share of peace and love. This animation does have a retro feel, even if it's not 30 years old.
This is a pretty amazing piece of animation.
This is a pretty amazing piece of animation.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time - Great Scott!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Don't crash.. it might actually hurt.
555 KUBIK- Facade Projection
555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.
"How it would be, if a house was dreaming." This is absolutely amazing.
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Experimental, Installation
Tron Legacy Trailer
Tron Legacy Trailer:
HD Download Here: http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx
Original Tron Trailer (1982):
HD Download Here: http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx
Original Tron Trailer (1982):
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Experimental, Film, Movie Trailer
Jack Black, check! Rock, check! Video game, check! Awesome, CHECK! (NSFW because of language)
This game will be released on the PS3 and 360!
Rubbubs by DUCK
An animated short directed by Jan Chen of DUCK in Los Angeles. I wouldn't exactly say this is NSFW, but it could be. I mean, the film is full of animated condoms! Well executed and very cute, each character has its own personality.
Labels: 3D, Character Animation, Film Short
Saturday, July 25, 2009
KiD CuDi feat. Kanye West & Common - Make Her Say
Really nice editing and cinematography. I love the simplicity of the split screen. Watch a better quality video here.
Labels: Music Video
The Good Look :: Julune 2009 Edition, Bundle 2
We like to spread our influence in all sorts of places! We're sponsoring a segment on The Good Luck where I'll give Sum, the producer, a couple of links to great new motion graphics on the web. This month the Toolfarm segment is featuring Jib-Jab's awesome Barack Obama video. The show looks slick! It's new, fresh, fun.
The Good Look is a showcase of music, art, video and fashion. Part 1 of the Julune edition can be found here, where Toolfarm has another video pick (Marco Brambilia's Ascension).
The Good Look is a showcase of music, art, video and fashion. Part 1 of the Julune edition can be found here, where Toolfarm has another video pick (Marco Brambilia's Ascension).
Labels: Music Video, Podcast
Friday, July 24, 2009
Diary Farmers of Canada stereoscopic 3D ads
3 Spots for the Dairy Farmers of Canada that were all done with stereoscopic 3D, by Toronto's Headgear Animation and Due North Communications. Read an article about their process at BoardsMag.
Straw
Kid Kong
Jump Rope
Straw
Kid Kong
Jump Rope
Labels: 3D, Commercial
Robogeisha Trailer
U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Yes, the song title sounds like a country song, but it's U2, who always has great videos. This video, no exception, is written and directed by David OReilly and designed by Jon Klassen. David OReilly also did the MIA visuals. I love MIA.
Labels: Music Video
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Trailer
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Film, Movie Trailer, Technology
Street Tests with Trapcode Particular v2
Amazing use of Trapcode Particular v2, excellent tracking.
Want to give it a try? Download a free trial here!
street tests from Najork on Vimeo.
Want to give it a try? Download a free trial here!
Labels: 2D, 3D, Experimental
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Yellow Sticky Notes by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Director and animator Jeff Chiba Stearns was controlled by sticky notes for 9 years. He went through 2300 sticky notes and brought them to life. Wow. I love the morphing and animating of the content on the sticky notes. Amazing.
He's half Japanese (just like my daughter), and an advocate for HAPA, hence, his site hapanimation.com. HAPA is Half Asian People's Association, a worldwide organization for people of mixed Asian ethnicity.
Comments from the director:
He's half Japanese (just like my daughter), and an advocate for HAPA, hence, his site hapanimation.com. HAPA is Half Asian People's Association, a worldwide organization for people of mixed Asian ethnicity.
Comments from the director:
Labels: 2D, Experimental, Film Short
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Franz Ferdinand - Can't Stop Feeling
Sometimes simplicity makes the best videos. No visual effects, no 3D renders, just lots and lots of wipes and clever timing. Genius.
Via @aetuts on Twitter
Via @aetuts on Twitter
Labels: Music Video
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Harry Potter vs. Voldemort Rap
Bill Cammack, with the dreadlock help, IM'd me this video this afternoon. Now, you probably won't get half the jokes if you don't know anything about the Harry Potter series, but I've read the first 6 and I thought it was hilarious!
It has some great visual effects, like Voldemort apparating, wand effects, and a silly ending. Love it! The rhymes are also freakin' funny! I must say, Harry does sound a bit like Mike D from the Beastie Boys.
It has some great visual effects, like Voldemort apparating, wand effects, and a silly ending. Love it! The rhymes are also freakin' funny! I must say, Harry does sound a bit like Mike D from the Beastie Boys.
Labels: Film Short, Humor
Monday, July 13, 2009
Video Games by Musclebeaver
This is a bizarre but awesome history of video games from Pong to Pac-Man to Super Mario and to a bunch of games that came out after I stopped playing. It's pretty funny stuff and very well done. The Pong sequence is too long, in my opinion, but stick it out. It really picks up at the end of Pac-Man. Musclebeaver says:
Every game character in this prologue was reinterpreted, redrawn (...one pixel at a time), and animated frame by frame. First I drew every animation step of all characters with the smallest sized (1x1) pen in Photoshop at 72 dpi. (without bicubic interpolation). Then I composed everything in AfterFX. There were a lot of issues I had to cope with to keep the detailed REAL pixel look/ratio.(e.g . scaling, camera and motion blurs...)
NSFW! Scene of Mario humping Lara Crofts leg and she's enjoying it!
Video Games from MUSCLEBEAVER on Vimeo.
Labels: Bizarre, Experimental, Film Short
Saturday, July 11, 2009
3D Video Projections by NuFormer
NuFormer, a Dutch multimedia agency, created these amazing 3D video projections on transparent screens. Very impressive, especially the shattering effect that make the buildings look as though they are crumbling apart.
Labels: Bizarre, Experimental, Installation, Technology
Friday, July 10, 2009
District 9 Trailer - Directed by Peter Jackson
SOUR - Hibi no neiro (Everyday Sounds) and Omokage no saki (Beyond your memory)
Hibi no neiro means 'everyday sounds'. One of the perks of living in a Japanese household is that I always have a translator! This video is amazing. The timing of the webcams is impressive. Very creative work! Directors: Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura and Masayoshi Nakamura.
Here's another from the band that uses Stop Motion and animated headphone cables. I am very intrigued by the originality in their videos.(
Here's another from the band that uses Stop Motion and animated headphone cables. I am very intrigued by the originality in their videos.(
Labels: Music Video, Stop Motion
Galactic Mail
Very nice graphical style to this piece by Jonathan Vuillemin and Douglas Lassance (aka Motraboy and Asterokid), using XSI Softimage.
Galactic Mail from Asterokid on Vimeo.
Labels: 3D, Film Short
Thursday, July 09, 2009
HP Invent by Tom and Matt
HP - invent from Tom and Matt on Vimeo.
Response to D&AD Student Awards brief set by Hewlett Packard.
"Present an idea which promotes HP Workstations ability to bring to life anything the creative mind can conceive."
Labels: Commercial, Student Work
Evian Rollerskating Babies & Making of...
CGI babies have come a long way since the creepy dancing baby on Ally McBeal. My six year old wanted to know how the babies learned to dance and skate so well!
And the Making of:
And the Making of:
Labels: Commercial
Monday, July 06, 2009
Virgile by Flying V
Very entertaining and cool piece about a guy named Virgile trying to impress a girl. Flying V is Clement Soulmagnon and Gary Levesque, two classmates from the 2008 Supinfocom prom. This is their first film short.
Virgile from Flying V on Vimeo.
Labels: 2D, Character Animation, Film Short
Hellmann's short film (Eat Real. Eat Local)
A gorgeous infographic piece on eating local.
Hellmann's short film (Eat Real. Eat Local) from Yoho Yue on Vimeo.
Labels: 3D, Documentary
James Cameron Stereoscopic 3D camera
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Glasshouse Reel 2009
I don't tend to put a lot of reels up here, but one of my former students emailed me and asked about this one. Very nice work. It flows really well. Students, please look at this one for inspiration on how to edit your reel!
glasshouse reel 2009. from glasshouse on Vimeo.
Labels: Demo Reel
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
2012 Trailer 2
Oh, it's the end of the world! I'm sure we'll all wake up on December 22, 2012 with nothing worse than a hangover. The VFX look pretty freakin' phenomenal in this film, not to mention John Cusack, who is my celebrity crush. Via@themediamogul
Labels: Movie Trailer
Trapcode 3S Training Trailer
Is it arrogant to put our own stuff up here? Nah. The training will be out in early July. Here's a promo piece I put together for it, which uses Professional Video Templates Pictures Flow Template and features music from the band King Tut. Thought you'd like the artistic approach to the promo. I listen to a lot of electronic music, so yes, the audio is supposed to be like that. :-)
Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm
Watch it in HD at YouTube or Vimeo
Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm
Watch it in HD at YouTube or Vimeo
Labels: Commercial, Experimental
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