Toolfarm Inspirations Archive

Via Oscar Dante

Labels: Documentary

A bit of trippiness for your humpday.

CHOP CUP from :weareom: on Vimeo.

Design and Direction :weareom: - weareom.com
Lighting by David Lee - davidleedop.com
Production by studioset - studioset.tv
Post Production by :weareom: - weareom.com
Sound by Alin Flaidar - studioset.tv
Starring Vlad Grigorescu - vladgrigorescu.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43038809@N02/

Making of coming soon

Labels: Experimental

The Seed from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

"A two-minute animated voyage through nature's life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed.

The film was kindly funded by Adobe, made using their CS4 range of software. It was produced at Nexus Productions and features a soundtrack by Jape. It was made using a mixture of stop motion papercraft and 2D drawn animation."

Making of video:

Making of 'The Seed' from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

Full credit list available on Vimeo.

Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Experimental, Film Short, Music Video, Retro, Stop Motion

I love these videos. So full of great information, flying at you a million miles per minute. The info graphics are lots of fun and it's one you'll want to watch a couple of times. Be sure to watch the HD.

Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. Design and development by XPLANE, http://www.xplane.com.

Labels: Documentary, Film Short, Typography

Via Wired Magazine: "One of the nice things about the demise of the music business,” says Moby, sipping tea at a sidewalk cafe in downtown Manhattan, "is that a big production doesn't matter any more. Like in 1998, it seemed the criteria for determining the worth of a music video was how big the production was. Now the only thing that matters is the idea." -Moby



Read the full interview at Wired.

Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Experimental, Film Short, Music Video, Stop Motion

Monsters: 091 Tourists from Volstok Telefunken on Vimeo.

Labels: 2D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Experimental, Film Short

This one has been making the rounds. Very funny stuff here. Who knew Kermit had moved from in front of the camera to the other side of production.

Labels: Humor

This video was made for classroom use, I'm thinking for a 5th grade class. It's a nice collection of clips. Here's the rundown:

1900 - The Enchanted Drawing
1903 - The Great Train Robbery
1923 - The Ten Commandments (Silent)
1927 - Sunrise
1933 - King Kong
1939 - The Wizard of Oz
1940 - The Thief of Baghdad
1954 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1956 - Forbidden Planet
1963 - Jason and the Argonauts
1964 - Mary Poppins
1977 - Star Wars
1982 - Tron
1985 - Back to the Future
1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989 - The Abyss
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1993 - Jurassic Park
2004 - Spider-Man 2
2005 - King Kong
2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 - The Golden Compass
2008 - The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Labels: Documentary, Film

Making of Video:



Directed/created by the crew at Tiny Inventions.

Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Experimental, Film Short, Music Video, Stop Motion

According to the description on Vimeo, this group from Mexico City used Nuke, After Affects, 3dmax and Photoshop and created this cool piece in only 2 weeks. The agency: BBDO Mexico
Producer Company: Lemon Films

Labels: 3D, Commercial

Interset open. from Alex Mikhaylov on Vimeo.

View Alex Mikhaylov's profile: http://www.behance.net/AlexMikhaylov

Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Experimental, Film Short