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Pivot

When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter.

Rendered in an extremely stylized low polygon fashion, Pivot is a short film where every personal story comes to its natural end which also is the natural beginning of somebody else story.

The film was designed and animated by: Kevin Megens, Floris Vos, Arno de Grijs, André Bergs. Music and sound design by Alex Debicki. Script by Jan Eduards.

Produced by Arnoud Rijken, Michiel J. Snijders and Chris Mouw at il Luster Producties and by Karlijn Landman at NPS.

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Honda: Grrr

“Can Hate Be Good?” Why not!

The commercial is from 2004, but I just caught on it again and decided it was time to post it. After all, it never gets old.

The spot was directed by Smith & Foulkes and produced at Nexus. Creative agency: W+K London. Song performed by Garrison Keillor (as Be Nice to the Pigeons).

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Tasali: DJ

Think of a DJ, then think of potatoes. I guess the next thing you’ll think are not potato chips, but still…

The spot has been directed by André Chammas and produced at Fantastic Film Factory. Animation Director: Gianfranco Gaioni AKA Kobayashi. Creative agency: DDB, Dubai.

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The Lovely Sparrows – Take Care

The Lovely Sparrows is an indie rock band currently on Abandoned Love Records and founded by Shawn Jones. Take Care is a cover of a song by Big Star recorded in a pause during the sessions for their upcoming new album.

The music video has been directed and animated by Eric Power at Clear Productions.

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AREV MANOUKIAN – Nuit Blanche

“Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.”

The amazing short film has been directed by Arev Manoukian, who also was editor, director of photography as well as producer with Stephanie Swedlove.

Actors: Michael Coughlan and Megan Lindley. Visual effects: Marc-André Gray. Music: Samuel Bisson.

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Nuit Blanche: The Making Of

A making of featurette for the short film Nuit Blanche by Arev Manoukian. Warning: heavy spoilers!
Better seen after the film.

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Röyksopp – This Must Be It

Forgot the civilization. Forgot electricity. Forgot technology. Forgot dresses. Into the wild you’re not gonna need anything else than a willing spirit. And a good drum set.

This Must Be It is the third single from Royksopp’s third album, Junior; featuring vocals by Karin Dreijer Andersson, it has been released on November 2, 2009.

The music video has been directed by Filip Nilsson and Andreas Nilsson. Produced by Kalle Wettre at Folke Film and by Streetgang.

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WWF: Knock-on Effects (Dominoes)

“While going about his daily life, Colin has concerns of his own that he wants to express. By the simple act of writing, Colin and others like him can have a far-reaching impact on the wider world.”

Wyld Stallyons worked in collaboration with directors Yann Benedi and Celine Desrumaux to produce this animated video that is currently featured on the WWF site.

Creative agency: Bostock and Pollitt. Music: Paul James at Wafer Audio.

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NIK SKAVINSKY – Food Fiction

Some random funny stop animation, involving candies, a Zorki 11 photo camera and retro gaming. And more food.

Made by Nik Skavinsky (of SlackLabs) during a week-end, using a Canon HG20.

Music: C.A.P.I.P. by 64revolt; Ya Ubivayu Sebya by Nrktk. Sound effects taken from Freesound Project.

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Central Office of Information: Breathe

“Shot in a water tank four meters deep in Pinewood Studios,” this PSA for COI “compares the experience of death by smoke inhalation to that of drowning in a bid to convince Brits to regularly test their smoke alarms.” (Source: ‘boards)

The ad was produced by Tim Page at creative agency Rainey Kelly and Matt Fone at Blink; MPC provided the post production.

Directed by Dougal Wilson. Editor: Joe Guest at Final Cut. Directors of photography: Mark Silk (underwater) and Alex Barber.

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Tom Fun Orchestra – Bottom of the River

For how many rocks you put in their shoes, they won’t stay sleeping with fishes. It’s just a matter of time.

Bottom of the River is another song from Tom Fun Orchestra’s 2008 album entitled You Will Land with a Thud. Previously here: Throw me to the Rats.

The music video has been directed by Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney. Produced at Trunk.

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Cage the Elephant – Back against the Wall

Finally, all those damn dwarfs will get what they deserve. But wait, weren’t they only seven? Gotta ask Snow White…

Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Kentucky and originally known as Perfect Confusion. Members: Matt Shultz, Brad Shultz, Jared Champion, Daniel Tichenor, Lincoln Parish. Back against the Wall is a single from their self-titled debut album, released in 2008 for Relentless.

The music video has been directed by Isaac Rentz and produced at Draw Pictures. Director of photography: Marc Ritzema

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FLYING V – Virgile

Virgile is a very shy guy who’s trying to date a charming girl by turning himself into funny and manly characters.

This is the first movie from Flying V, the directing duo comprised of Clément Soulmagnon and Gary Levesque, two classmates from the 2008 Supinfocom promo. Produced at Wizz Design.

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Joshua James – Weeds

And the moral of the story is that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Not necessarily of this story, that is…

Joshua James is an American folk singer currently based out of Provo, Utah. Weeds is a single taken from his latest album, entitled Build me this.

The music video has beed directed by Julian Costa. Director of photography: Cole Webley.

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HP: Flea Circus

Nothing seems to be going right for this band of merry fleas, but their mishaps create a far more entertaining performance.

The spot for HP’s Wobulation has been directed by David Daniels, Jim Clark, Ray Di Carlo at Bent.

While the fleas were all created and animated in computer graphics, the set and props are entirely real: designed using similar computer graphic tools, they were then printed using a 3D printer

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