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Escape Studios Nick Savy provides expert guidance on giving your characters convincing facial expressions

Curioso e divertente pensare ad un mondo dove ogni cosa è di carta. Ci ha pensato l’agenzia di pubblicità BBDO messicana, la realizzazione è stata curata da Cru De Ladies.. La produzione è durata solo 2 settimane ed i software utilizzati sono stati Nuke, After effects, 3dmax e Photoshop. Buona Visione!

The Mill’s renowned directing trio, Bif, has conceived a dark and eerie short-film in Dix. Dix, which is French for “ten,” highlights Mark, a tortured man who suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder that forbids him from physically stepping on lines beneath his feet. In many ways, the main characters unnerving anxiety is reminiscent of the childhood mantra that, “If you step on a crack, you break your Mother’s back.” Modernized by Bif, the directorial threesome makes certain to inject their own personal flavor, and does so in a way that is both startling and sobering. Indeed, Marks thoughts become so chilling that, when venturing into his psyche, viewers can fully experience the hellish agony of its main character, and witness a ghastly account of his volatile journey to recovery.

With accolades galore, and enough industry awards to shake a stick at, the appeal of Dix comes from it’s harmonious marriage of storytelling and CG. Incubating within the creative hothouse of The Mill, Bif exemplifies a knack for storytelling that is only matched by their technical savvy, and accentuates The Mill’s loyalty to producing non-commercial, and experimental ventures.

Update: Despite coming across this undeniable gem a bit late, we have, after thoughtful consideration, decided to post it, and even upgraded this former Quickie to a Main course. Better late than never! Bon appétit!

Credits
Production: Autour de Minuit
Actors: Ian Faure (Marc), Lucien Momy (Marc as a child) and Alain Choquet (Monsieur X).
Directing Collective: Bif (Jules Janaud, Fabrice Le Nezet and Francois Roisin).
Producer:Nicholas Schmerkin, Autour de Minuit,
Director of photography: Reynald Capurro.
Post production:The Mill, London,
Post producer: Stephen Vennin.
Sound design: John Baptist St Pol at Dune Sound
Sound mix: Guillaume Leriche.
Music: Raphael Martinez-Bachel (Azel).

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College Humor posted a pretty cool montage of some of the most iconic visual effects from the last 100 years

So how long before Skynet sends a bunch of nukes up our collective asses then sends Ahnold to finish the job? According to Ray Kurzweil, about 25 years or so. The subject of Transcendent Man, a yet to be released documentary that was a smash sensation at this year’s Cannes Festival, Kurzweil is renowned for his eery ability to predict (within the confines of reasonable to exact proximity) some of the most life/culture/world/universe/brah altering epochs in the past 50 some-odd years. His next *major* prediction? Technological singularity aka the birth of artificial intelligence. Woahhhh.

-M.O.