The Monk and the Monkey (Brendon Carroll)

Nice little short from some students at Ringling.



Breakdown:

Kahani. Final Year student film (Meg Park)

From Cartoon Brew:

"Kahani is short film created by student Meg Park in her final year at Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Park definitely shows talent in color design, effects and pacing – in some ways her making-of video is more inspiring than the finished film."

Making of video here:


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Monsters

I saw this by chance at the Cambridge Film Festival last night. After the film I heard a lot of interesting comparisons; lost in translation with extra terrestrials, Close Encounters of the Third Kind for starters. Personally I felt it was to Cloverfield what Contact was to Independence Day; a quietly paced, thought-provoking film, far from the action-horror which the trailer portrays.

I'd actually strongly suggest not watching the trailer or reading reviews as spoilers abound, just watch it for yourself. It'll divide opinion as a film, but it shows just what can me achieved on a limited budget with a little imagination. There's a sense of atmosphere and spectacle to this that transcends a lot of recent flashy blockbuster set pieces. I loved it.

Buck bring paint swatches to life for Sherwin-Williams

American studio Buck bring a great concept for paint manufacturer Serwin-Williams. Colour swatches are animated representing a range of environments and the creatures, houses and vehicles within. This ispart of a larger campaign, so we can look forward to a few more of these.

**UPDATE!**

Nice breakdown & interview on Motionographer.

Banish Headlice, 23 Lunes style!

Cracking lighting, shading, critter design and frantic animation in this headlice shampoo commercial from Spanish all-rounders 23 Lunes (www.23lunes.com - Translated link)

Robin George's "Tezcatlipoca"

Good Tip Francesco, cheers! Beautiful cat animation and an ambitious 3 minute short. I know where I'm going if I need an animated leopard! Click the image for the online quicktime...

Red Rabbit, Short by Egmont Mayer.

Red Rabbit from Egmont Mayer on Vimeo.

Looks like a lot of work went into producing this short, well worth watching with some some really nice touches

Caterpillar ad for AMF

Beautifully made animation from The Mill. Animation, Lighting, texturing all spot on!

And the making of...