Salesman Pete

Thatnks for this Chris! This is a bit special. Following up from an earlier post, the full version of this highly polished student short film is now online.

I can't help but feel that with a more coherent story this would be an instant classic, like French Roast. As it is, it's visually stunning with some great action sequences, but gets a little lost in the flashy editing at key points which leaves you wondering what's going on.

Take nothing from the achievement though, great work from all involved and clearly worked by a talented and passionate team.

View their other project, "Meet Buck", on their promo website:

http://www.salesmanbuck.com/

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.

iPad Light Painting

Inventive use of the iPad to extrude stop-motion type 'into' 3d space.

Il etait une fois (Benjamin Lacombe)

Lovely animated promo for this French Illustrator's pop-up book depicting various fairtales.

Between Bears (Eran Hilleli)

Beautiful abstract student piece, will update properly later.

Red River Bay (Gobelins, for Annecy 2010)

Nice work from some of the current Gobelins crop for an Annecy 2010 promo. Is that chalk pastel?

Behold, the iCade!

Retro, spritey, old-school arcade goodness always has a place here! This isn't real... yet. Not unthinkable though, and the related article shows how an April fool's day hoax may not be that unrealistic after all.

Here's the site:
- http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/iCade.shtml
and related artical with something similar working...
- http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/09/its-real-ipad-arcade-well-at-least-its-not-fake/

Alphabet (Pavel Pavlov)

I haven't posted any true graphic design work in a while, so here goes! Animated alphabet by Sofia based Pavel Pavlov, who incidentally has a nice website too.

Morning (Nikolai Stepanovich)

Just cos it made me smile.

Rango trailer (Dreamworks)

Johnny Depp as a lizard in the Mojave desert? Has to be good!