Faster!!!
Faster, mommy! Faster! They’re gonna buy all the best toys and leave us with the scum.
A nicely animated spot, the work of Todd Hemker and Soyeon Kim at Yellowshed.
Presto mamma! O gli altri si comprano tutti i giocattoli belli e a noi lasciano quelli brutti.
Uno spot ottiamente animato, opera di Todd Hemker e Soyeon Kim [...]
You are interested in the unknown…The mysterious. The unexplainable.That is why you are here…
The aliens are here. And they want brains. Or they bring them here. I’m not sure. But the video is craptastic!
Brainbug is an electronic dance music outfit from the Venice, Italy, headed by musician Alberto Bertapelle.
Nightmare was their single released in 1996. [...]
Sorry, there was a lot more to come today, but my Internet connection stopped working and left me offline for several hours.
This will teach me to prepare a special Halloween themed day when in fact I don’t give a damn about Halloween.
Spiacente, c’era molto altro in serbo, ma la mia connessione ad Internet ha [...]
HD Video available in the underneath links
Another short snippet Jurriën Boogert; in fact, a six second loop, repeated three times.
Un altro corticino di Jurriën Boogert; in effetti è un loop di sei secondi ripetuto tre volte.
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HD Video available in the underneath links.Warning: nudity!
It doesn’t matter if you get the meaning of life or not. You’re going to live nonetheless. Same goes for death.
But when social norms take the place of identity, is that still life what you got there?
And, by the way: why do I always catch with these silly [...]
I get eaten by the worms.
Tom Geraedts gives us his own version, visually speaking, of this Radiohead song.
“We travel the world, and we will always meet new people. But the people that are already in your heart, will never fade away. The memories stay, even if you are all alone in the end.”
Tom Geraedts ci [...]
Warning: explicit lyrics.
I guess I’ll be whistling this tune over and over in the next days. I just can’t help…
Paul Steel is a British musician. Honkin’ is featured on its debut album, April & I, released on March 2007 on Ray Gun Records.
The music video has been directed and animated in stop motion by Andy [...]
There are chains upon your children
This little insight behind the scenes of Brandon McCormick’s Awake ‘O Sleeper has been produced, directed and edited by Luanne Dietz. Her photographs are also available here.
Breve incursione dietro le quinte di Awake ‘O Sleeper di Brandon McCormick, prodotta, diretta e montata da Luanne Dietz. Anche le fotografie che ha [...]
In the memory of Mahmoud Hakimi (1921-2007).
Your mind can be a prison. Or freedom. Not that this has something to do with this film.
Khoda is a psychological thriller by Reza Dolatabadi, made over two years to produce over 6000 paintings.
Produced by Adam Thomson and Reza Dolatabadi. Written by Reza Dolatabadi and Mark Szalos Farkas. Animation [...]
The city tyrant will face his nemesis in a little girl who will fight for life “without speaking a word…”
A lovely short movie directed by Sander Alt and produced at Dutch studio Revolver. Written by Jorrit Stollman.
Animated at Urrebuk by Paco Vink, Kaspar Guyaux and Elsa Kroese. Compositor: Michael Wesselius.
Sound and music by Roald [...]
Well I request you be my friendWe’ll spend some time taking drugs.
Apparently, new generation music players will let you change clothes, hair and demeanor at your will.
The spot has been directed by Alan Bibby and produced at Stardust. Edited by Andrew Borin.
Creative agency: BBDO, New York. Creative directors: Susan Credle, Darren Wright, David Skinner, Patrick [...]
International design.
The world leaders find out a better way to spent their time. Even though they say “every solution breeds new problems.“
The spot has been directed by Benjamin Wolff and produced at Markenfilm. Director of photography: Lutz Hattenhauer.
Creative Agency: Scholz & Friends. Creative directors: Oliver Handlos, Wolf Schneider, Matthias Spaetgens. Copywriters: Edgar Linscheid, Fabio Straccia. [...]
Even in the moment of his death, his last thought was for Annabel Lee, the one whom he loved…
The short movie is based on story and illustrations by Evan B. Harris. Animation and visual effects by Fashion Buddha.
Loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s Annabel Lee. Music written and performed by Peter Bowhan.
Tagged blood, clouds, Edgar Allan Poe, Fashionbuddha, heart, music sheet, piano, pipe, ship, tentacles, underwater, whales, windHD Video available in the underneath links
The ill fated (damn fate, is always ill) story of two lovers, “wine, guns and repercussions.”
The band is called Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau and is led by Seth Bedford.
The Ballad of Lettice Finding and Oscar Cutlet is featured an their debut full length album, eponymous like all debut albums.
The [...]
La La La La…
As he finds his voice, Tone gains confidence and grows his musical stem and flag. Yes, it’s always about dimensions…
The spot was directed by Steve Small at Studio AKA for creative agency AMV BBDO.
Sing Up is a charity which aims to encourage kids in involving with singing and music.
Appena trova la [...]
Mars attacks…
Another student project by Gareso, already here with the fake spot for MTV, Birds.
“There is no 3D, all the candies were photographed (more than 50 bucks in candies) [...] There is some green screen footage.”
Trivia: his assignment “was supposed to be a realistic visual effects meteor destroying Auckland.” Eheheh…
Altro progetto scolastico di Gareso, già [...]
A pixilation horror story about the struggles of an old man (David Goldsmith) “against a peculiar videocassette recorder and an army of tape.”
A short film by Toast Films, that is the collective work of Andrew Goldsmith and Jeremy Blode.
Tagged alcohol, Andrew Goldsmith, Jeremy Blode, pixilation, stop motion, tape, Toast FilmsA short making of featurette for one of the best music video seen so far this year. Enjoy, and watch the video once again.
Breve filmato sulla realizzazione di uno dei migliori video visti finora, quest’anno. Godetene tutti e ripassatevi il video.
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Tagged Sean PecknoldWake up, it’s time to… I dunno, but it’s time.
An opener for Annecy 2004 made by Christelle Abgrall, Anaïs Chevillard, Virginie Hanrigou and Bernard Ling at the Gobelins school.
Sveglia, è tempo di… Non lo so, ma è tempo.
Trailer per Annecy 2004, opera di Christelle Abgrall, Anaïs Chevillard, Virginie Hanrigou e Bernard Ling presso la [...]
An old man, named Mario Lupo González Fábila, and his xoloscuincle xoloitzcuintle dog, Kerdoc, accidentally fall in a hidden magic forest which turns out to be the devil’s cave.
Austin TV is a mexican indie instrumental band comprised of Chiosan, Oiram, Rata and Xnayer.
Shiva is the second single from their latest album, entitled Fontana Bella [...]
We got five years, my brain hurts a lotFive years, that’s all we’ve got.
The lonely protagonist (Lee Pace) “is slowly flooded out of the ground floor of his home as he drinks tea and irons his pants. He calmly ascends each adjacent level as the water rises, only to finally be surprised by his ultimate [...]
Tagged bathtub, Dabhand, David Bowie, laptop, Live Earth, polar bear, Rushes, Sustainability, waterA sense of duty is useful in work,but offensive in personal relations.People wish to be like, not to beendured with patient resignation.
from: The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell (1930)
A short film shot in the East End of London, “featuring a dance piece choreographed by dancer Lizzie Sells, inspired by vulnerability of yourself, and those [...]
Tagged dance, newspaperA butterly is the main character in this music video made at Walter Robot for Bill Barminski’s music project.
Una farfalla è la protagonista nel video realizzato presso Walter Robot per il progetto musicale di Bill Barminski.
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Nothing new going on: in fact the game seems to be a clone of Gears of War (new trailer out, by the way) and even the spot looks machinima style like GoW spots.
As usual with this cinematics, no information about who made it. Will add if and when I’ll [...]
Every human has rights.
Animated short for Amnesty International “aiming to help persuade those in power to protect human rights.”
Directed and animated by Andy Martin. Illustrations and additional animation was done by Simon Russell. Music By Handymartian.
Un corto animato per Amnesty International “che mira a persuadere le persone di potere a proteggere i diritti umani.”
Diretto ed [...]
Fight Injustice
Heavy handed but effective visual metaphor of the social injustices and the exploiting of the working class.
A spot directed by Andreas Hasle and produced by Brigitte Baudine at Caviar Content.
Editor: Stijn De Coninck at Condor Post Production. Director of photography: Patrick Otten. Sound and music: Sonicville.
Creative agency: VVL/BBDO. Creatives: Jef Boes, Jan Ockerman. Agency [...]
“What if your entire world is someone’s school project?” Old idea, but very nice artwork. Too bad is so short.
Animation by Tomin Vladimir AKA Myaka; music by Vitaliy Zavadskyy AKA Neo. Made for SlashThree.
“E se l’intero universo fosse un progetto scolastico?” Idea vecchia, ma piacevole da vedere. Peccato sia tanto breve.
Animazioni: Tomin Vladimir alias [...]
‘cause all at once air so thinAnd there’s nothing left to breath in.
Seeing things like that after the rain gives a whole new meaning to the term acid rain.
After the Rain is featured on Little Dragon’s debut album, as well as the previously featured song Twice.
Music video directed by François Vogel and produced [...]
HD Video available in the underneath links.
Don’t worry, it was just a dream. Soon you’re going to wake up, back to your boring life and your shitty job.
“A tale of macabre absurdity, The Gloaming plunges this unwitting protagonist (Randall Rickert) into a cycle of nightmares.”
A nightmarish short movie directed by Andrew Thomas Huang at School [...]
That’s so blog-on-visual-arts-and-entertainment!
The GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) joined with The Advertising Council to launch the a public service advertising campaign designed to address the use of anti-gay language among teens.
This spot, starring Wanda Sykes, was directed by Kevin Smith (not sure if he’s that Kevin Smith…) and produced at Backyard Films.
Director of [...]
This is your cat. That is your cat on drugs.
Song taken from Mike Monday’s album, Songs Without Words: Pt.1 released on Om Records in September 2008.
Illustration, design and art direction by Drunk Park AKA Seb Godfrey. Animation and co-direction by Joe Hamilton.
L’erba gatta e i suoi effetti sull’organismo…
Brano trato dall’album Songs Without Words: Pt.1 [...]
Gravity is dead you see
Loving is like dreaming. Sometimes you wake up all wet.
Laura Veirs is an American singer and songwriter. Galaxies is on featured her 2005 album entitled Year of Meteors.
The music video has been directed by Terri Timely, that is Corey Creasey and Ian Kibbey.
Amare è come sognare. A volte ti svegli tutto [...]
The complete title is “Peripetics or The installation of an irreversible axis on a dynamic timeline.”The short “entails six imaginations of disoriented systems that take a catastrophic turn”.
Peripetics is a piece in six acts made by Zeitguised for the opening exhibition at the Zirkel Gallery. Sound design by Zeitguised with Michael Fakesch.
Il titolo completo [...]
Things never are as bad as they seem…
What’s the use for a sand castle when you can have a whole sand city? Even though, I would not build it under the water…
A teaser for the next chapter of Bioshock, which was included as an extra in the Playstation 3 version of the first game.
The song [...]
And the truth is that I’ll probably do it again.
A music video “about history repeating itself”. Words changes as the colors of the photographs, but they always mean the same thing.
The Herd is an Australian hip-hop group comprised of Ozi Batla, Urthboy, Berzerkatron, Unkle Ho, Traksewt, Sulo, Toe-fu, Rok Poshtya and singer Jane Tyrrell.
2020 is [...]
Better video available in the underneath links. (Recommended)
“A hyper condensed journey through live action, 3D, animation and hand crafted sequences.” It’s basically a title sequence for every science fiction movie ever made.
The ident for Sci-Fi Movies is part of a graphic package developed by creative agency Dixon Baxi which includes shorter idents and more. Check [...]
Die Zeitung für Leser
Vienna based agency Himmer, Buchheim & Partner approached Strukt to create “spots for TV and movie theaters matching their newly launched campain for the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard.”
The one posted above is the version for cinemas. More can be found clicking here.
Animators: Andreas Koller, Markus Wagner. Stop motion (for the newspaper): [...]
Stop Global Warming
In the words of the author: “Sometimes the simplest messages are the most powerful, so I’ve tried to present a child-like view of a serious problem.”
Green to Blue is a stop animated short made by Elizabeth Klein for the Climate Matters video contest held by Brighter Planet. It ended at the third place.
Music [...]
Pressing matters bear.Through trials and time,I keep my feet right in line for flightso we never recognize.
A flower headed soldier struggles to do his job while he’s costantly being stalked by his nemesis.
Central and Remote is featured on Grizzly Bear’s album Yellow House, as well as (the previously posted) Knife.
The music video has been directed [...]
Kind of makes me wish I had a tail…
Here is a viral short for a social networking site which “it’s aimed at getting you away from your computer and on-line social networking sites”. (Source: The Clerkenwell Kid)
The spot has been animated and directed by Rohitash Rao and produced at Curious Pictures. Music by The Real [...]
Biscuits have feelings too!
When a bunch of kids step over the forest, a bunch of fairy creatures will fight for a bunch of biscuits.
A spot designed and directed by Shy the Sun (Ree Treweek and Jannes Hendrikz) with producer by Nina Pfeiffer.
Produced and post produced at Black Ginger by Tracy-lee Portnoi. Animation supervisor: Darrin Hofmeyr. [...]
The Mob Squad is a group of 3 characters whose adventures are part of the Mobbed campaign, a collaboration between MTV Asia and Motorola. “Dysfunctional behaviour is their main activity.”
In this episode of the series, the blonde guy finds out the perils of sex over the internet.
Direction, design, editing and compositing are the work [...]
A religious man who have walked with God.
He’s back!!! Another episode of the series, where Grip Wrench is trying to take the step from Governator to Presidator.
Created, written and animated by Rex Crowle and produced at Duke.
Theme song by Daniel Pemberton. Music and sound design: David Kamp. Voices: Colin MacFarlane, Kareem Ettouney and Johnny Hopper.
E’ [...]
Videotronic Violence!
Grip Wrench is a Vietnam veteran who turned himself into a stuntman for action movies. Unfortunately, when he’s in the middle of a stunt, his war memories and his sad childhood come back to haunt him.
In this episode, Grip will help a couple of kids to cross the road safely. Frogger style.
The short movie [...]
Will she fit in?
The “story of an outrageously tall giraffe. She has trouble fitting into daily life until eventually she manages to find a more suitable home.”
A short film by Joseph Mann. Music written by Jonathan Smith. Poster and credits by William Goldsmith.
“The animation has been created using a 2D real-time cut out technique [...] [...]
Warning: the film contains some graphic content.
In outer space nobody can see your face. That is, if you don’t have a face anymore.
A short movie by Tyson Ibele; like Coffee Break and Legacy, it was made for the Uplift Universe Contest held at CG Society. The film won the Compositing and Editing award.
Nello spazio nessuno [...]
Pizza Hot!
If the world ever needed something to discoutage pandas from procreating, well, here it is!!!
Good Breeding is a short movie written, directed and animated by Alex Berry while studying at the RIT.
The music was created and produced by Unique Tracks, and features and excerpt from Décembre: Noël (December: Christmas) from Les saisons (The Seasons) [...]
Something between a canon and a rhapsody, this music video will tell the sad story of the black dog by means of a series of flipbooks.
An Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England.
The video has been directed by Stephen Irwin at Small Time Inc. Music by Sorenious Bonk.
The short [...]
Can’t get a piece of peace of mind in this world. Not even on another world. There’s only one solution: chicks!!!
A viral video (also known as Drag and Drop World) directed by Pat Beirne and produced by Jon Stopp at The Viral Factory.
Animated by Pat Beirne, assisted by Gemma Manger, David Shute and Eleonore [...]
This nicely rendered humorous scene is the work of Mike Safon. Too bad is so short.
Humour robotico nella breve, brevissima scena resa ottimamente da Mike Safon.
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Three short and sweet clips for MTV produced at Pepper Melon by Fernando Sarmiento and Tomas Garcia.
Art Directors: Leandro Feuz and Juan Molinet. Creative Consultants: Fernando Sarmiento and Tomas Garcia.
Rigging and Animation: Ignacio Godoy. Modeling: Leandro Feuz and Ignacio Godoy. Compositor: Ignacio Godoy.
Sound Design: David Kamp. Art director and produced on MTV side was [...]
TAG: Tutti i post su MTV: Artista del mes.
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TAG: Tutti i post su MTV: Artista del mes.
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TAG: Tutti i post su MTV: Artista del mes.
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…bring change
Make your squeaky wheels squeaking and maybe something good will turn out. Or maybe not. Who knows?
A spot directed by Man vs Magnet (AKA Matt Smithson) and produced at Curious Pictures.
Creative directors: Julie Lamb Gaboriau and Phil Gable. Animators: Adam Stockett, Justin Winslow.
Music and Sound Design: Mutant Jukebox. Audio Mix: Big Yellow Duck.
Fa cigolare [...]
HD Video available in the underneath links
Don’t judge a book by its wrinkles…
kaBOOM is a short film animated and directed by Jordan Wan, his Graduate film at Sheridan College. Music by Brian Seligman.
Enjoy this feast of good design in High Definition. I’m signing off for today…
Non giudicare un libro dalle sue rughe…
kaBOOM è un corto [...]
I can make love longer than Prince.
Ok, but I’m better than Don King…
The music video has been directed by Jonas & Francois and produced at 75 TV.
Illustrators: Sophie Bouxom, Claudine Bes, Natasha Pomarat, Nils Paubel, Jonas & Francois.
Ok, ma io sono meglio di Don King…
Il video è stato diretto da Jonas & Francois e prodotto [...]
“…the ultimate exploitation machine, powered by human beings, ravaging the land, sucking nature on one side and spitting consumer goods on the other.”
Spot directed and animated by Guilherme Marcondes and produced by Hana Shimizu at Hornet Inc.
It “was one in a series of six (each directed by a different person) promoting some of the [...]
Colour like no other.
The follow up to Threads moves in India to reach for the tipping point.
Spot directed by Nic Finlayson and produced by Phil Liefting at Film Construction. Executive Producer: Roy De Giorgio.
Creative Agency: Bates141, Singapore.
Il seguito di Threads si sposta in India per toccare il punto di non ritorno.
Spot diretto da Nic Finlayson [...]
A faceless creature is struggling to find his own identity, carving masks for himself.
Masks is a short movie designed, written, directed and animated by Piotr Karwas. Piotr’s recent work can be found at Hideout Films.
Produced by Andrea Osterhorn at Filmakademie Baden Württemberg. Edited by Stephan Krumbiegel and Piotr Karwas.
Music by Piotr Karwas, produced by [...]
There is no charge for awesomeness…
The uber cool intro sequence for Kung Fu Panda, “designed and laid-out at Dream Works Animation under the direction of Jen Yuh Nelson with Production Designer Ramone Zibach and Art Director Tang Heng“. Animation was then made at James Baxter studio.
Kung Fu Panda was directed by John Stevenson and Mark [...]
I’d like to dedicate this video to Abby Normal and her brain (in a box). The song is by Avec Pas d’Casque, our guests recently.
Music video directed by Joël Vaudreuil and Stéphane Lafleur and produced at Dare To Care Records. Direction of photography: Jonathan Decoste. Editor: Joël Vaudreuil.
Vorrei dedicare questo video ad Abby Normal [...]
I wanna do it one more time
Adventures in spacetime…
The Woodhands are Dan Werb, Paul Banwatt and Roger Leavens. I Wasnt Made for Fighting is featured on Heart Attack.
The music video has been designed and directed by Asif Mian and produced by Rich Hutchins at Spy Films. Art director: Danny Kelley.
Post produced at Evaq. Edited by [...]
Or just don’t.
The idea behind this spot is as old as the outer space, but it never ceases to amuse me, especially when it’s rendered so well.
The spot was directed by Stylewar and produced at Stink. Creative agency: DDB Amsterdam.
Post production and visual effects: Swiss.
L’idea di base di questo spot è vecchia come lo spazio [...]
A commercial for a car show. Directed by Matt Lambert at Die Lamb. Produced by Kristian Boserup at Frame by Frame. Director of photography: Dan Hersey. Sound design: Ben Boysen AKA Hecq.
Spot di uno show automobilistico. Diretto da Matt Lambert alias Die Lamb. Prodotto da Kristian Boserup presso Frame by Frame. Direttore della fotografia: [...]
A penny here and a penny there.
A penny saved is a penny earned (which you can mindlessly waste on useless but entertaining things.)
A spot directed by Johan Skog and Niklas Frøberg and produced at Moland Film.
Advertising agency: SMFB, Oslo. Creative Director: Stig Bjølbakk. Art Directors: Hans Martin Rønneseth, André Koot. Copywriters: Stig Bjølbakk, Hans Magne, [...]
Chega um dia em que todo mundo descobre como é fácil voar.
A caterpillar is yearning and then learning to fly. Just like one day the whole world will…
The spot has been directed by Nando Cohen and produced at Vetor Zero.
Creative agency: Almap BBDO. Creative directors: Marcello Serpa and Cássio Zanatta.
Un bruco desidera e poi impara [...]
Vrei să pleci darnu mă, nu mă iei,nu mă, nu mă iei,nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Thou shalt never (ever) Numa Numa, unless required by the game you are playing…
Spot directed by Minivegas. Post production: Hectic Electric. 3D models by Jelmer Boksma. Animator: Daniel Callaby. Creative agency: Et Cetera.
Dutch tagline: “And that’s why you [...]
E poi c’era la marmotta…
You have probably wondered why in the world are there people who chases storms. Well, now you know.
Spot directed by Martin Krejci and produced by Blake Powell and Fraser Lawson at Stink Films.
Creative agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, London. Creative directors: Tim Hearn and Anton Crone. Copywriter: Alice Gnodde. Art direction: Larissa [...]
Once again, Raffaella Traniello and her pupils (now eight year old) from the Roncaglia Primary School, went under water to tell us a little stop animated story.
This movie was especially made for Filmfesken, the junior section of the Nordkapp Film Festival, where it won the first prize.
Produced with free open source software only: the [...]
The part following the first.
Shadow Puppets: Balinese style shadow puppets.
Soon We’ll Be Found: Let’s not fight.
Ark: 30 Trackbacks, 30000 Downloads (roughly). People loved it. If you don’t, you’re not people. :D
Global Warming: according to Quercus.
Damaged Goods: only a preview, but…
Breast Awareness in the Workplace: learn how to ask for T-shirts properly.
Snow Angel: from a [...]
I’m again leaving you for a couple of days, and these links from last month will try to fill the gap.
The Pursuit: music video by Jesse Ewles.
A Curious Thing: A short movie by Edward Newiss.
Build: animated logo by HI-Sim.
Jazz Festival: enjoy responsibly.
Gorbachev: our hero saves innocent (well…) girls from the child eating communists!
Pièces détachées: [...]
Higher quality video available in the underneath links! (highly recommended)
Yes, that’s what I said, very soon.
Xologola seems different every time you watch it: kind of like the images are trying to suggest you something but you’re not able to get it. Or maybe it’s the opposite: you try desperately to give things a familiar shape, [...]
Candela Latitudes is the latest movie from Michael Robinson, in fact this should be the first time it appears online. We’ll feature more from him very soon.
Michael says: “The ribbons and line work in it were created by shooting lasers against different pieces of glass and recording the distortion with a DV camera.”
“The globules [...]
I can guarantee the closest shave you’ll ever know.
The Art of the Title Sequence just posted a special feature on Bill Morrison, creative director at Th1ng.
Here’s his work for the opening sequence of Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in gorgeous HD.
Check the original post, Morrison on Morrison, for more, including [...]
Make the most of now.
Were you listening to me, folks? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
The spot has been directed by Ringan Ledwidge and produced by Sally Humphries at Rattling Stick.
Creative agency: BBH, London. Creative Director: Nick Gill. Agency Producer: Davud Karbassioun.
Director of Photography was Franz Lustig. Edited by Richard [...]
Objectionable contents! Viewer discretion strongly advised.
“A lonely fellow is watching a plane in the sky. Suddenly a cheerful bird attracts his attention, which marks the beginning of a dramatic relationship, bringing us straight to the origin of all creation.”
Terminal 11 is electronic musician Mike Castaneda from Phoenix, Arizona. His music can be found on Cock [...]
Was i the dog you wish you’d always had?
Here goes like: “Time goes by in the year of the dog. Seasons and hearts may change.”
The Lovely Sparrows is the indie band formed in 2005 by singer and songwriter Shawn Jones.
Year of the Dog is featured on their first album, entitled Bury the Cynics and released [...]
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Using 3D animation, illustration and stop motion, the video portraits a wild werewolf while hunting, an amphibious minivan and the edge of the world.
Nutmeg is an indie rock band from the northern parts of Sweden and Finland.
The music video, a perfect match for the song, has been directed by [...]
Explore. Just Protect Yourself. (Once again)
And here’s the female version, so that sexual equity is (literally) respected. Hooray!
Spot directed by Minivegas and produced at La Pac. Animation and visual effects: Minivegas.
Creative Agency: TBWA, Paris. Creative directors: Erik Vervroegen and Michel De Lauw. Copywriter: Xander Smith. Art Director: Jonathan Santana.
Music: Future Perfect. The poster image below [...]
Explore. Just Protect Yourself.
The their 2008 campaign, AIDES parted ways with Wilfrid Brimo and tried to develop the concept from last year spot into something more uhm… less… Uh, you know what I mean…
Spot directed by Minivegas and produced at La Pac. Animation and visual effects: Moving Picture and Minivegas.
Creative Agency: TBWA, Paris. Creative directors: [...]
A little experiment by Jurriën Boogert with 2D creature placed in a 3D space. Maybe this will make into a complete short, maybe not; but I like it. Music by Clark.
Piccolo esperimento di Jurriën Boogert con creature 2D poste in un ambiente 3D. Forse ne farà un vero e proprio corto, forse [...]
Updated the post for the video directed by Laurent Seroussi with a new clip.
Also: added cinematography credits for Jess Hall and animator credits for Drew Lightfoot.
Aggiornato il post per il video diretto da Laurent Seroussi con una nuova clip.
Inoltre: aggiunti i credit per Jess Hall (d. fotografia) e per Drew Lightfoot come animatore.
REFERENCE: Il [...]
I want to be like waterand never need a doctorand carve the earth without my tools.
HD Video available in the underneath links.
A fan music video directed by Charles Huettner for the song by the Animal Collective. It’s about what you see but about what you feel.
“This video is 3 minutes and 22 seconds long, that [...]
The concept of this video was that “of creating a light space modulator — a mechanical, kinetic sculpture that demonstrates and harbors movement and light.” Read more about the production process. And also watch Moholy Nagi’s kinetic sculpture.
“Boston’s Passion Pit is the brainchild of Michael Angelakos. The Chunk of Change EP was originally put [...]
*gnam*
“A hard look at the feeding relationships between aquatic life and inanimate objects in an attempt to celebrate the Five viewers’ unabashed love for all forms of visual entertainment.”
One of the clips commissioned by agency Dixon Baxi for the rebranding of United Kingdom TV channel Five.
This one has been produced at Buck.
“Uno sguardo alle relazioni [...]
*gulp*
Ah, the attractive power of beer. No, we’re not talking about beer goggles; neither this is about ornamental refrigerator magnets, but a yet undiscovered force of nature.
The spot has been directed by Fredrik Bond and produced Ran Holst at Sonny London.
Director of Photography: Crille Forsberg. Edited by Tim Thorton-Allan at Marshall Street.
Post production by Scott [...]
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As requested by Jener Gomes, I’m posting this spot for Adidas New Zealand, dating back August 1999.
It’s a montage of the All Blacks (New Zealand national rugby team) performing the haka, the defining and famous war dance, alternated with shots of the aboriginal peoples. Classic!
The spot has been [...]
Simply Unique
In fact, a car made of paper would be totally unique. Even though I guess you’d need a lot of them, especially when it rains.
The spot was produced at Sehsucht.
In effetti, un’auto fatta di carta sarebbe davvero unica. Anche se ne servirebbero parecchie, specialmente quando piiove.
Lo spot è stato diretto prodotto da Sehsucht.
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Tagged car, Liberty Statue, paper cuts, Sehsucht, Tour EiffelSo let it rain…
Sarhaan is a desert hermit who uses music as his principal means of communication. “He has didgeridoo as well as a djarbooka.” (Source: Animwatch)
He was expelled from the village by the chief, Haidar, who thought the music could be a bad omen.
Time passes. Oni, the son of Haidar is ill. He needs [...]
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Yesterday one of our videos have been taken down after a DMCA notification. What about sending a message next time, uh?
Should I think about moving from Blogger? Not that I want to violate copyright on a regular basis. I just don’t want to have my blog removed.
Also: those whose have an FTP account on [...]
Mi hermana y Charly se conocieron de pequeños.Nosotros vivíamos en el 1A y ellos en el Bajo B.
Homosexuality and heterosexuality are the past. The new thing is autosexuality: being a couple with yourself.
This is the net result of the story Maripaz (Carmen Ruiz) will tell us, the story of her sister Tere (Guadalupe Lancho) who [...]
And here’s another little bit of science fiction comedy. No words of introduction needed. Just watch it!
Directed by Neil Stubbings at Le Mob studio, Lost and Found won the 2008 Onedotzero_ch audience award.
“I plan to make several funny short clips about those weird pink aliens,” says Neil. The films “may or may not [...]
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Zero.
I never manage to get the point of these credit cards commercials, but the animation is so very nice.
The spot has been directed by Christian Bevilacqua and produced by Barry Hughes at Therapy Films.
Creative agency: McCann Erickson, New York. Creatives: Michele Raso, Robert Frost.
Non riesco mai a cogliere il senso di queste pubblicità per le [...]
How many blondes, brunettes, happy and melancholics,green-eyed, speedy, freaks, religious, trendy, low-lifes.
Our hero is struggling to find the perfect girl who’s worthy of his, erm, ice cream.
Maraveyas is Kostis Maraveyas‘ band comprised of himself, Nikos Papavranousis, Ilan Manouach, Angelos Papadatos and Gregorio Danis.
Που να βρω μια να σου μοιάζει (more or less: Where to find [...]
“But I saw it and it was a crow!” I insisted.“You saw nothing, you fool,” [...]“What you saw was not an agreement from the world.Crows flying or cawing are never an agreement.That was an omen.”“An omen of what?”“A very important indication about you…”.
Carlos Castaneda, “Viaje a Ixtlán”
“Long before asphalt covered the primeval land, crows and [...]
Tagged airplane, birds, Calarts, Gobelins, lepresage, making of, snakeTAG: Tutti i post su Le presage.
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Please get back to me.
The short movie is based on actual messages Yoni received on his answering machine… I can hear you pain!
Made by Yonny Zafrani at the Shenkar College of Design and Engineering.
SUBTITLES: For every clip I listed whether or not english subtitles are included: SOFT means that you can switch subtitles on and [...]
Do you hear the Lion roar?
“A Hero (Jackson Walker) comes from the wilderness to cry out to the captives, pleading for them to awaken” and set free from the Villain (Barry Bishop).
A musical movie directed by Brandon McCormick at Whitestone Pictures. I am amazed at the quality he is able to keep on all his [...]
I hope you guys like soup.
Since you liked One Dozen Monkeys, and I liked it too, here’s another music video from the Here Come The 123s podcast.
A curious bird will put to test the nerves of an ichthyosaur who is trying to balance 9 bowls of soup… but then, why?
The video has been directed [...]
Ask me about my motherAnd I’ll tell you that I love her
When tragedy rises from the sea, there’s nothing you can do: time and tide wait for no man.
The short movie has been written, directed and animated by Andrew Gibbs and produced at Hidden St. Productions.
“This film was made using traditional cut-out animation. Everything is [...]
You need a bottle of whisky to party with friends but it just takes a flower to win the heart of the beast.
Leerone is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. Care for Some Whiskey is featured on her latest album entitled Imaginary Biographies and released in 2007 for Fussy Music.
The music video has [...]
Harmless Fun!
So, as I told T. I looked into the variable frame rate issue and apparently found the solution to be very easy. Also, I readily found a great clip to experiment with.
Crush Hour is the pilot episode of Bana Panic!, a series of online cartoons set in the peaceful Bana Republic. Well, not so [...]
She loved the flowers.
Chet Harvey (Greg Hernandez) tries to get a date to impress his mother Bernadette (Carol Vnuk). But you love nobody like you love yo mama.
A short movie presented at the DVX Love Fest 2008 (previously here: No Peeking, 6″ 45rpm EP), written and directed by Stephen Gurewitz.
Director of photography: Adam Ginsberg. [...]
Nuclear Conflict Inevitable?
“In 2030, patrolling alien spaceships received a powerful radio wave, originating from the blue planet. A recon mission has been sent to investigate the disruption, to question and possibly capture one of the inhabitants of the planet also known as humans…”
A short film by Ark’s director Grzegorz Jonkajtys. Unline Ark, being an entry [...]
Create. Enjoy. Destroy.
As a young boy peers through the glass of his mother’s car, he sees a city unfold and build before his eyes: “eggs rain down from the sky and hatch into fire-breathing dragons, while spiked balls crash upon the highway, narrowly missing his car.”
The spot has been directed by Peter Sluszka and produced [...]
We would have injected vitamin C if only they had made it illegal!
Mors tua vita mea they said…
The funny short short is part of an ongoing project involving anthropomorphic vitamin pills.
“A pair of vindictive vitamins from the medicine mafia prod a petrified pill toward his deadly demise.”
Directed by Döppler, that is Ryan Dunn and [...]
Always expect the unexpected!
Even without Telepods, when flies mess with you, it might have weird consequences on yourself and the time-space continuum.
The first five short films produced at Boolab for the Black Thinking website. Motiono grapher also posted the second short called Scratch me.
The Fly and the Eye has been directed by Denis Kamioka AKA [...]
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What’s not magical about that?
Yes, indeed to send mail in shape of origami would be a cool idea. Gotta keep that in mind for the next time.
The spot has been directed by Nando Costa at Nervo. Illustrator: Betsy Walton. 3D graphics: Jeff Norombaba, Thiago Costa, Joshua Cox. 2D graphics: Brian Merrel, Alphonse Swineheart.
Creative directors: John [...]
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If you thought english spelling was way sick, this short segment will change your mind: in fact, it’s totally fucking crazy.
This is kind of a teaser for a longer movie which is being finished by Erich Weiss for House Industries.
It features 102 year old “Ed Rondthaler, living legend, former president of the American Literacy Council, [...]
Artrois
“Le Passage is an interactive animated short film inspired by early 20th century poster design and constructivist cell animation.” In fact, it also reminds of Line Rider and some previously posted visual essays.
“The film guides you through the content of the Artois website. The story is told through a character, the brewmaster, as he takes [...]
Forces of nature might scare you, but you know: it’s for your own good!
The previous installment in the Fuel TV Signature Series, was based on the artworks by Roy Gonzalez.
Animated at Ka-chew and/or Titmouse. Music by Los Sueños feat. Jimmy Z.
La forza della natura può spaventarti, ma lo sai: lo fa per il tuo [...]
Mongoloid he was a mongoloidNobody even cared.
Beware the pigeons. Turns out that those flying rats do the right thing sometimes.
A new installment in the Fuel TV Signature Series, based on the artworks by skateboard artist Todd Francis.
Animated at Ka-chew. The music comes from a 4-track recording of Devo’s Mongoloid provided by Mark Mothersbaugh. (Source: Fuel [...]
Would you like to do a number with me?
“Building on their previous success working with Passion Pictures’ director Pete Candeland, Harmonix invited him to helm the trailer for Rock Band 2“.
Writers: Pete Candeland, Lee Gingold, Giles Dill. Produced: Anna Lord. Head of Computer Graphics: Jason Nicholas.
Motion capture: Audiomotion Studios Ltd. Facial capture: Image Metrics. Telecine: [...]
J’ai sauvé la peau d’un p’tit oursPis son coeur, je l’ai pas voléJ’ai tué le chasseur avant qu’il shooteEt l’ours m’a consolée.
Cuddle the bear!
Tricot Machine were previously here with the music video for Les peaux de lièvres.
This video has been directed by Joël Vaudreuil. Director of photography: Étienne Deslieres.
Coccola l’orsetto!
I Tricot Machine sono stati [...]
The film tells the story of a race that takes place in the meadow. Little creatures that take part in it will try to win by any means.
Bugs’ Race is a 3D animation short created by Ania Jurkiewicz and Andrzej Ellert, two students at the Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology in Warsaw, [...]
HD Video available in the underneath links (highly recommended)
Not Safe For Work
“A girl (Ana Barcia) looking for a perfect day, enjoying the peace of a silent home: wine, good reading, a bath… it almost could be that good but a simple thought brings her reality back.”
Hogar (hearth) is a short movie written, directed and produced [...]
eis tous aionas ton aionon
A doxology is a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian worship services.
Doxology is also Michael Langan’s short movie, created at Rhode Island School of Design, which incidentally was featured on the first episode of Cartoon Brew TV.
“Before reaching spiritual enlightenment, one sweater-vested young man (Michael Langan) must face [...]
It’s a scientific fact that 97% of all humansfeel trapped and paralyzed by their lives.
Sam (Max Goldblatt), a man addicted to faking his own death, strives for glory while his abandoned son Paul (Jeff Delauter), a boxer who thinks he’s from the future, falls in love with his half-sister Elizabeth (Elizabeth Behl), the world’s greatest [...]
Tagged apocalypse, love, Ray Tintori, surrealism, swordOne monkey stayed behind and nowthat monkey rides a bike around with me.
Time for another nice video from the Here Come The 123s podcast. This time you’ll get Donkey Kong as if it would have been made by Terry Gilliam. Or perhaps not.
The video has been directed by Pascal Campion. It was part of episode [...]
Dejás de pensar sólo en llegar.
Balloons visualize what people would rather be doing instead of being stuck in the gridlock. Not comic balloons. Inflatable balloons.
The spot was directed by Nico & Martín and produced by Fernando Damiano at Awards Cine.
Executive Producer: Alfredo Perez Veiga. Director of photography: Hugo Colace. Editor: Natacha Valerga.
Creative agency: Publicis Graffiti. [...]
Tonight the hills are watching heras she runs towards the seayeah she runs so she be free.
A delicate story about a fox who saves a human children just to find out that she’s not exactly what might appear.
An hommage to Russian animation told mixing different kinds of animation, this video was meant to be here [...]
Alabarda spazialeeeeeee!
Just a crazy sequence for a role playing game called Super Robot Wars Z, in which all the mechas from lots of robotic anime series battle with some unknown enemy.
The full list of anime present in the actual game: Overman King Gainer, The Big O, The Big O 2nd Season, Zambot 3, Daitarn 3, [...]
The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it…The musk is in the deer,but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass.
Habir
I run as a musk-deer runsin the shadow of the forestmad with his own perfume.The night is the night of mid-May,the breeze is the breeze [...]
Tagged butterfly, eyes, nature, Pota Tseng, SVA, swing, Tagore, treesFolk, ou: comment disséquer l’être humain avec un simple micro.
Not Safe For Work (Non adatto al posto di lavoro.)
Folk, or: how to dissect human beings with a simple microphone.
The spot is part of a campaign for the French radio Nova from creative agency Young & Rubicam, Paris. A click will show you the whole series [...]
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Once he was blind but now he can see he was just covered in sheets of paper all over.
The spot has been directed by Nic Finlayson and produced by Phil Liefting at Film Construction.
Executive producer: Roy De Giorgio. Director of photography: Ian Paul. Editor: Sam Brunette.
Creative agency: Razor Junior, Sydney. Creative director: Josh [...]
Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing a person on their back with the head inclined downward and pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages.
The Stuff of Life is the second video in the Unsubscribe Me campaign produced at Dark Fibre Films for Amnesty International.
Directed by Marc Hawker. [...]
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