Check out the official website for more info: www.simorghanimation.com The film is a personal adaptation and interpretation of the story, The Conference of The Birds. Simorgh is an animated chorographical piece that incorporates Persian music, calligraphic art and ornamental design to tell the traditional Persian story of life that deals with the fragility of self-worth. The film has been widely embraced across the global film festival circuit where it has been honored with several international film and animation awards. Get the eBook here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1135356284 Enjoy reading the poem in English and Farsi in a fun, fully interactive animated environment. Listen to the professional reading of the poem in both languages. Play a game to learn about the creative process behind designing the birds. Facebook Page: facebook.com/simorghAnimation
a film by Michael Trikosko & Andrew Wilson produced at Ringling College of Art + Design Department of Computer Animation Class of 2016 ringling.edu
IS TROPICAL | WHAT YOU WANT
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I made this film at a turning point in my life. I met someone and I dropped everything to be with her, thousands of miles from home. This was my way of coming to terms with the past and allowing myself to be happy.
Sic Semper Tyrannis | RNC 2016
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“Tyranny is probably established out of no other regime than democracy […] the greatest and most savage slavery out of the extreme of freedom.” From Plato’s The Republic. A personal project filmed and edited at the 2016 Republic National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and crafted with a healthy suspicion for those who promise a way to fix all your problems without specifying the means. Original Score by Kyle Wilson https://soundcloud.com/milagres Convention Floor Cinematography by Mae Ryan http://www.maeryan.com Special thanks to Greg Jeske, Oliver Laughland, Diana Suryakusuma and Gloria Schaffer Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/04/america-tyranny-donald-trump.html Portfolio http://grant-slater.com Instagram http://instagram.com/grantslater
Stash 118 Preview
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A full-on jolt of visual caffeine, Stash 118 adds another 31 stellar video projects to the Stash Permanent Collection – the planet’s largest online archive of design, animation and VFX, plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. stashmedia.tv/archive/archive_detail.php?refnum=VID118 Enjoy Stash FREE for 30 days and discover the stories behind the work. Stay inspired with TV and cinema spots, broadcast and title designs, music videos, brand films, game cinematics and short films – subscribe to the Stash Permanent Collection.
ZenSmith App.
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Work just gets so much fun when you get the chance to collaborate with a client like this, and when this happens, it definitely shows in the final piece. The amazing people at ZenSmith fully trusted us in making this video, so we decided to create this little world to show a day in the life of this lovely family, and how they manage all their tasks with the ZenSmith app. We’re gonna miss this cuties…enjoy! – Client: ZenSmith. Direction, Design & Animation: Nice Shit Studio. Music & Sound Design: Mil Cables.
Pleasant early 1920s dance track from the late Edison Records. I admit I lazily used photos from previous videos I did. They were all taken in the 20s with Kodak cameras. Audio from UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive.
The Road to Rio
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Art&Graft, in collaboration with The National Lottery, ITN Productions, ITV Creative and ITV AdVentures, have directed, designed and produced a campaign to showcase The National Lottery and ITV’s support of Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August. Comprising of a set of animated commercials, promos, POS and OOH collateral the campaign aims to inspire and represent the ‘togetherness’ that each Olympic Games brings to the nation; that we’re all joined together as we get behind our athletes. The first film ‘The Road to Rio’, focuses on the story of Camelot being a key funder of Team GB; supporting over 1,300 athletes on their Roads to Rio, allowing them to train full time and have the best coaching, facilities and medical support in the world. Read More — http://artandgraft.com/portfolio/road-to-rio Credits: Client The National Lottery / ITV Art&Graft Creative Director — Mike Moloney Head of Animation — Clement Bolla Head of 3D — Martin Salfity Art Director — Stephen Middleton Producer — Tom Bromwich Illustration — Colin Bigelow, Clement Bolla, Stephen Middleton, Guitty Mojabi, Jim Wheeler Character Animation — Clement Bolla, Ricardo David, Ellie Dupont, Sunil Kumar, Florian Mounie, Vincent Techer Animation — Clement Bolla, Nicolas Canticus, Joe Maker, Stephen Middleton, Sam Munnings, Martin Salfity, Jim Wheeler Print Artworker — Stephen Everett Music — Nothing But Love by James, BMG Rights Management Sound Design — Grand Central Studios ITN Productions Executive Producer — Jemma Cassey Campaign Producer — Jennifer Collins ITV Executive Creative Director — Tony Pipes Creative Director — Anton Ezer Campaign Manager — Heena Jivan Marketing Manager — Natasha Reddy
Trek moved vfx history a long way
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For Inverse, I wrote about some of the big developments, like original models, the first CG sequence in a feature film, TV VFX and the newest warp speed stuff for Beyond.
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