Digital Abstracts has a couple of great new interviews with: Jakob Nylund of B-Reel, Ron Crabb, Michael Cina of You Work For Them, and Michael Paul Young. Pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee and have a read through.
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“Breathing life into the three noses was a lovely animation project, made all the more satisfying in the light of the incredible achievements of comic relief. It also helped that we kind of fell in love with the noses themselves and so channeled that love into making them move in a proper rubber nose authentic way. I think that makes us rubber animation pioneers.” Superfad London |
Red Nose Day aims to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people living in abject poverty, or facing terrible injustice, both across Africa and in the UK. From combating domestic violence to assisting people affected by HIV and AIDS, Red Nose Day funds long-term projects that help people help themselves.
Since its launch 25 years ago, Comic Relief has generated over 500 million GBP for numerous worthy causes. The main TV event broadcasts on BBC 1 on 13 March 2009.
About Superfad
Superfad is a brand-driven design and live action production company; a collective of designers, directors, animators, and artists. Their mission is to see brands in unexpected ways and to express a brand’s voice in an undeniably original fashion.
Superfad’s work runs counter to the trend of design studios who present a singular house style. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and London, thier work is informed by a wide array of cultural and intellectual influences. Fine art, science, math, and literature are fused with illustration, photography, and technology to produce stunningly original imagery.
Superfad was founded in 2001 and has produced award-winning work for many of the most respected brands worldwide. Honda, Sony, Target, Adidas, and AT&T are just a few of the companies who have turned to Superfad for inspired branding.
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We just came across an interesting little interview with James Jebbia of Supreme for Interview Magazine. Take a read and get the goods on why Lou Reed wears Supreme t-shirts, how Damien Hirst wound up spinning paint onto their skate decks, and how Supreme managed over 15 years to consistently be the best instead of the biggest.
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For a series of four spots, Nexus Productions‘ Oscar-nominated directing duo Smith & Foulkes built a campy world brimming with detail and color for Comcast and agency Goodby, Silverstein and Partners:
(I recommend starting with “Hi Def” and “On Demand.”)
Re-playability is key. These are going to be blasted into homes over and over for months to come, so I appreciate that Smith & Foulkes and their team of unsung heroes spent so much time and energy adding in little bits for me to discover on each viewing. (That also gave interactive studio Unit 9 endless fodder for developing the companion website.)
The Kimya Dawson-esque soundtrack is either wonderful or wretched, depending on personal tastes, but it was a big factor in Smith & Foulkes’ creative process:
It was really the music that first attracted us to the Comcast project. With this as our starting point we thought it would be fun to create a world where the whole community lives to the rhythm of the music. We decided there would no cuts and the environment would be totally isometric.
That isometric approach reminds me of eBoy’s legendary illustrations, which were undoubtedly an influence on the team. But that’s not to take anything away from the outstanding work that illustrator/character-designer Chris Martin did on these spots. He brought his own unique style to bear on this project, softening the precision of the isometric perspective with his hand-drawn charm.
Adam Smith and Alan Foulkes both made cameos, by the way. See if you can spot them.
Title: ʻSing-a-Longʼ
Client: Comcast
Duration: 1 x 60″, 5 x 30″
AGENCY
Creative Director: Jamie Barrett
Group Creative Director: Chris Ford
ACD/Art Director: Stefan Copiz
ACD/Copywriter: Paul Charney
Copywriter: Andrew Bancroft
Producer: Ashley Sferro
PRODUCTION
Director: Smith & Foulkes
Executive Producer: Chris O’Reilly & Julia Parfitt
Producer: Isobel Conroy
Art Director / VFX Supervisor: Fletcher Moules
Illustration & Character Design: Chris Martin
3D Animation & Compositing: Nexus
LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION
c/o Bright Pictures
Exec Producer: Rudy Callegari
1st Assistant Director: Todd Lent
Director Of Photography: Ueli Steiger
INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION
Producer: Pip Malone
Interactive Director: Tim Dillon
Production: Nexus
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