Dinner

It's dinner time for this little dog. Another great animation from Bird Box Studio.


More Info:
birdboxstudio.com
www.puppyclub.com

Tedsday - Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. Full bio »

"Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.” 

Ken Robinson

Honda - Go Everywhere

Ned Wenlock created this spot with DDB South Africa and Honda, in the same style as his previous, and great work Apache.


MoreInfo: nedwenlock.com

Ira Glass on Storytelling

David Shiyang Liu did  this video that ilustrate a fragment of a recording from Ira Glass.


Source audio(part3): http://youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY
David Shiyang

Talks - Alfred Hitchcock - Masters of Cinema

Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1899-1980) is undeniably the world's most famous film director. His name has become synonymous with the cinema, and each new generation takes the same pleasure in rediscovering his films, which are now treasures of our artistic heritage. Hitchcock started out in the British silent cinema of the 1920s, which reached its peak with successful thrillers such as "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), "Sabotage" (1936) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938). Recognized as a 'young genius', Hitchcock moved to Hollywood and set about reinventing cinematic tradition,combining the modern with the classic in films such as "Vertigo" (1957), "North by Northwest" (1959)and "The Birds" (1963). Hitchcock gave talented actors such as James Stewart and Cary Grant the chance to play enduring antiheroes and imprinted the public imagination with the myth of the 'blonde', as embodied by Grace Kelly, Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren.


More Info: Complete Interview from 1972
 Imdb

From Love to Bingo Getty Images

Patient research work involving more than 5 thousand photographs resulted in a 1 minute film that AlmapBBDO created to advertise Getty Images, the world leading image database for creating and distributing visual contents. The film is surprising when showing 873 images in 15 images per second, sufficient speed to transform the series into a video that, without any text, tells a beautiful story. All photos, without any exceptions, are from the Getty Images archives.

Copywriter Sophie Schoenburg and art director Marcus Kotlhar worked 6 months researching images, improving the script and building each scene so they would not only be understood, but would also touch viewers. Sometimes, for example, a scene would look perfect on paper, but the images chosen to depict it were not sufficient or did not perfectly match up to offer the right movement and sense. And hence the research had to be restarted. The film was directed by Cisma, via Paranoid BR, along with Marcos Kotlhar, the art director at the agency.

For this creation team, the purpose was to adhere to the concept that Getty Images has so many images that anybody is capable of telling any story they want by only using their archives. In the film "Do amor ao Bingo em 873 imagens" [From love to Bingo in 873 images], a storyteller in the corner of the screen describes the images used. The Getty Images logo appears at the end of the story, but the storyteller continues to turn until reaching the exact number of images in the Getty Images archive.




Credits -- Film

Advertiser: Getty Images
Title: From love to bingo in 873 images
Product: Getty Images
General Creative Director: Marcello Serpa, Luiz Sanches
Creative Director: André Kassu, Marcos Medeiros, Renato Simões
Art Director: Marcos Kotlhar
Copywriter: Sophie Schoenburg
Producer: Paranoid BR
Executive producer: Egisto Betti
Direction: Cisma, Marcos Kotlhar
Animation: Split Filmes, Marcos Kotlhar
Rtvc: Vera Jacinto, Gabriel Dagostini, Diego Villas Bôas
Soundtrack / Voice-Over Artist: Kito Siqueira
Editor / Assembler: Marcos Kotlhar, Jonas Brandão
Finishing Editor: Split Filmes
Service: Cristina Chacon, Marina Leal
Media: Paulo Camossa Jr
Approval: Renata Simões

FridayFun - Life is calling

Spec commercial by Hanna Maria Heidrich.

FILMACADEMY BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG 2011/2012
www.jillschwarzer.com/

Tedsday - Tim Brown on creativity and play

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).

Tim Brown is the CEO of the "innovation and design" firm IDEO -- taking an approach to design that digs deeper than the surface. Full bio »

"It’s not an ‘either/or,’ it’s an ‘and.’ You can be serious and play.”

 Tim Brown

More Mad

The Zoosters need YOUR help! Find the penguins, navigate your way through Europe, and escape the clutches of Capitaine DuBois in Madagascar 3: Furry vs. The Fuzz Video Adventure!
Hit Start, to watch more!


More Info:
Website: http://bit.ly/KtYv7f
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/KzauPI
iPhone/iPad App: http://bit.ly/JR2MR1
DreamWorks: http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/

Cocaine Unwrapped

"Cocaine Unwrapped" anti-drug social campaign created by Leo Burnett London and produced by Stink.
The goal of the campaign is to raise awarness of the impact that cocaine production has on people across the world. Different places, different people and different situations all have the common element... cocaine chain of production.
Animated film directed by Tomek Baginski is one of the two in the campaign.
The second is a Rohan Blair-Mangat live-action short - "One Line One Life" (vimeo.com/42328869)


More Info:www.cocaineunwrapped.com
Agency: Leo Burnett London
Production house: Stink
Postproduction studio: Platige Image
Director: Tomek Bagiński
CG Supervisor: Grzegorz Kukuś
Producer: Agata Socha
Art director/Concept Art: Piotr Jabłoński
Compositing: Alan Uran
Rendering: Mateusz Bargiel, Grzegorz Kukuś
Animatic: Damian Nenow
Modellers: Mateusz Gajewski, Artur Owśnicki
Textures: Bartłomiej Walendziak
Additional Technical Director: Mateusz Popławski
Offline: Adam Kałuski
Conforming: Piotr Popielawski
DOP:: Kamil Pohl
Camera assistant: Maciej Żak
Make-up artist: Monika Bagińska
Cast: Karolina Mann

This American Life “The Invisible Made Visible”

The show kicked off with an animated intro created by Claire Keane, Vincent Rogozyk and Chris Sonnenburg. Claire and Vincent also created the curtain animations that appeared on screen throughout the show.

More Info:
thisamericanlife.org/blog

Concept: Claire Keane, Vincent Rogozyk & Ira Glass

Art Direction & Illustrations:  Claire Keane
Character Animations: Chris Sonnenburg
Music Composer: Jason Holstrom
Editor & Motion Graphics: Vincent Rogozyk

Talks - Walt the Man Behind the Myth

From Mickey Mouse to MARY POPPINS to Disneyland and beyond, Walt Disney touched the hearts of millions with his special brand of magic. In this revealing portrait, you'll discover the man behind the myth as never before. Inspired by daughter Diane Disney Miller and hosted by Disney legend Dick Van Dyke, the film features all-new interviews with friends, family, collaborators, and experts plus never-before-seen home movies. Through good times and bad, including a brush with bankruptcy during World War II, Walt remained a driven innovator and perfectionist behind studio gates and devoted family man at home. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, WALT: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH offers the most intimate look yet at the man whose legacy continues to inspire the world.

More Info: Imdb

FridayFun - Billboard Magazine: Guitar Pee

How you promote a magazine of music? in Brazil they have crazy/cool ideas! :)



More Info: www.billboard.com
Advertising Agency: AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Creative Director: André Kassu, Marcos Medeiros

Madagascar 3 - Clips

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED, flying into theaters June 8th!

Starring: Ben Stiller (Alex), Chris Rock (Marty), Jada Pinkett Smith (Gloria), David Schwimmer (Melman)






More Info:
Website: http://bit.ly/KtYv7f
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/KzauPI
iPhone/iPad App: http://bit.ly/JR2MR1
DreamWorks: http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/

Tedsday - Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...

In 2009, Simon Sinek released the book "Start With Why" -- a synopsis of the theory he has begun using to teach others how to become effective leaders and inspire change. Full bio »

"If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”

Simon Sinek

Cat & Toast

Commercial for Flying Horse energy drink. Great! :)

More Info:
www.flyinghorse.com.br/
Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Brazil

Disassembled

Because everyone has a bad day now and then.

More Info:
imaJunation.com
Twitter.com/imaJunation
A short by: JUNAID CHUNDRIGAR
Music by: JORIS HERMY
Sound design by: ERIK GRIEKSPOOR
Hulk explosion: THIJS VIEGERS

Colosse - A Wood Tale

In this short film, Yves explores his child obsession with puppets and all things robotic.

Thoughts from the director Yves Geleyn:

“I’m a huge fan of Jim Henson’s work. I have always wanted to work with puppets but never had the chance to do so before. I’m also a huge fan of robots; they were in all my childhood movies, cartoons, and comics. The robot from Paul Grimault’s The King And The Mockingbird; Brad Bird’s Iron Giant; and Goldorak, a Japanese cartoon, were inspirations for me. It was these two passions of puppetry and robots that drove me to create this short film, with a bird in it of course (can’t lose my bad habits).”

Also check out the making of here
More Info: www.hornetinc.com

Talks - Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures

The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.



More Info: imdb
watch it while its online and/or buy it here:www.amazon.com

Happy Mother's Day

Brave: Featurette 'Happy Mother's Day'

Book People Unite

Reading lovers are coming together to help us get books into the hands of kids who need them the most. Remember visiting Narnia, playing Jumanji, and eating Green Eggs and Ham? Books can have an incredible effect on children’s lives, yet there’s only one book for every 300 kids living in underserved communities in the U.S. So we’ve brought together some of our most beloved literary characters to help make this film and rally Book People for the cause.

MoreInfo:
bookpeopleunite.org

FridayFun - A Short Film Called Hands

I always love this ad for Guinness by Michael Schlingmann. enjoy:

Tedsday - Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything

The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.

Rory Sutherland stands at the center of an advertising revolution in brand identities, designing cutting-edge, interactive campaigns that blur the line between ad and entertainment. Full bio »

 

"The circumstances of our lives actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.”  

Rory Sutherland

The Complete Animade Lernz

Some time ago we talk about this tiny tutorial, now they put all together in one clip, here you go:


More Info: animade.tv

Child’s Own Studio

Child’s Own Studio is a web site where you can buy a custom made soft toys based on children’s drawings, each one as unique as the child who drew it.
Great idea and this is a great example of how a drawing is translate to three dimensions  in a very good way!
I love this place:

www.childsown.com

Fore more Pictures go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/childsown/show/

Talks - The Sweatbox

A rough-cut of an unreleased 2002 documentary chronicling the creation of a troubled animated feature.
Disney has kept The Sweatbox locked out of sight for the past decade, you can watch it now:

More Info:cartoonbrew.com
ps:make your self a copy, before is too late :)

London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay trailer - BBC

This is the launch trail for the BBC's Olympic Torch Relay campaign.
Animation was produced at Studio AKA by producer Sarah Caddy, production manager Jane Hunt, director Kristian Andrews, animation producer Sharon Titmarsh, previs artist Anna Kubik and Sander Jones, animators Sander Jones, Boris Kossmehl and Marie Verhoeven, 3D modelling team Adam Avery, Cristobal Infante, Ali Matar, ICE particle FX team Fabrice Altman, Rob Chapman, Cristobal Infante, Olly Nash, Doug Kennedy, compositing team Daniel Garnerone, James Gaillard, artist Daniel Garnerone, and editor Nic Gill.

More Info: studioaka.co.uk
Director KRISTIAN ANDREWS

FunFriday - Vinnie Jones' hard and fast Hands-only CPR

Vinnie Jones shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. The Hollywood hardman is starring in a British Heart Foundation TV advert urging more people to carry out CPR in a medical emergency.




More Info:bhf.org.uk/heart-health

Tedsday - Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed

Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time.

Ric Elias is the CEO of Red Ventures, a marketing services company that grew out of Elias' long experience in business. Full bio »

  "I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter with people that [do] matter.”  

Ric Elias

iphone- diorama

Nice video by Japanese director and character designer Takashi Ohashi and composer Yuri Habuka.

iphone- diorama from Mike Ko on Vimeo.

More Info: takashiohashi.com