Bric a Brac
Music moves everything…
Bric à Brac is a short film by Emeline Degand and Maud Bourotte, two students of the French school EESA.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
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Things We Think About Before Sleeping
Beautiful, evocative assembly of short shorts that illustrate what the individual artists think about before going to sleep.
I Met the Walrus
A six-minute animated film in which John Lennon talks about global conflict and the need for peace.
Directed by Josh Raskin. Nominated for 2007 Oscar, but wasn’t available online at the time of our showcase.
Watch it. (Flash Video, poor quality)
Clear Skyes in May
Ukiyo-e is a short film from Anny Suzuka, a Japanese motion director and founder of ANNY studio.
More informations on Motionographer.
Download. (Quicktime)
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Toca me: Beyond Surface 2008
Barcelona based studio Dvein made this beautiful opening sequence for Toca me’s design conference Beyond Surface ‘08.
Each credited participant is represented by a monogram (designed by Alex Trochut) that… well, it’s easier to watch…
Music by Combustion.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
She Who Measures
Are we truly free? Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed products of the society we live in?
“Film critics’ jury of the 32nd International animated film festival in Annecy (Nadezhda Marintchevska, Avedik Olohadjian and Doris Senn) has decided to give the prestigious FIPRESCI Award to Ona koja mjeri (in English: She Who Measures) by Veljko Popovic.”
The movie was developed at Lemonade 3D and produced by Kenges.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Pencil Face
Wonderfully creepy.
Matt Faust - Home
A great portrait of an American family. One of my favorite shorts for 2008. Matt Faust beautifully juxtaposes photos of his childhood home in Louisiana with the post-Katrina disaster photos of the same home
Watch it - Director Matt Faust’s blog (Thanks to Nic who found this at a festival)
The Eco Zoo
The Eco Zoo by McCann Erickson is really quite something.
Paradise Lost
There is nothing better than me writing this post. Well, not really, it at least feels like that after watching this witty little video (a commercial of sorts).
Watch it (Thanks Jaime).
Hotel Relais
Some gorgeous timelapse in this corporate video for a luxury hotel company directed by Bante at Scoutit.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
Coldplay iTunes ad
Beautiful ad for an exclusive Coldplay track on iTunes. What surprises me about these and other iTunes or iPod ads is that these effects are a decade old but in the hands of other companies or even music video directors, it rarely has the kinetic power that Apple ads do. Almost all of the iPod get you revved up to dance. A lot of it is due to the music track but I think they also focus less on the effect and more on the result of the effect on the human body.
The Control Master
Halftone City is a peaceful metropolis of family values and space-age dreams. Mild-mannered blonde Dorothy Gayne secretly protects its citizens from harm. But dangerous new technologies abound.
A short film by Run Wrake, entirely made with stock images.
Watch it. (MPEG-4, played thru Flash)
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Minipop: Fingerprints
An old woman is reached by a swarm of butterflies and entrapped into a cocoon. And the song goes on…
The music video has been directed by Kee Chang at Root Film. Director of photography: Austin Schmidt.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
None of Us are Free: Burma
The None of Us are Free campaign, fronted by MTV, wants to “raise awareness about the hundreds of thousands of people that have suffered at the hands of the military regime in Eastern Burma.” The effort became even more relevant “due to this weekend’s cyclone that ravaged the area, killing thousands.”
Part of this campaign, is the short movie Burma, written by Carl Le Blond of creative agency Ogilvy & Mather, Amsterdam, and directed by Shilo Design.
Visit None of Us are Free.
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