Directed by Evan Dennis of Shilo, Mountain Dew “Green Label Art TV” debuted last Friday online at www.greenlabelart.com, and over the weekend during the 2010 Dew Tour’s Skate Open, International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) Skateboarding World Championships festivities at Boston’s legendary TD Garden.
The new :30 broadcast/web spot promots Mountain Dew’s new signature product design from professional […]
Raoul Paulet is a London based motion designer/director who recently completed this great short film: BIKES – Crashing into love … “A metaphorical short video about bikes, movement, freedom and love. Every day mind tries to get the better of heart. Space and time have always existed and we can’t stop them. Throught the movement […]
The OFFF festival and the city of Paris was fantastic and completely inspiring. Here are the OFFF 2010 titles produced and presented by The Mill. Can’t wait for next year!
L.A based Syndrome Studio recently completed the visual branding package for this year’s 2010 MTV Movie Awards … “This included everything we love to do from motion design to 3D character animation to live-action directing and editing. Building upon the existing logo from last year, our first challenge was to give their Popcorn Man a […]
Paris based ChezEddy recently completed the trailer for the new Driver game “San Francisco” for Ubisoft. Fantastic CG work built by a 30 person team over 2 months …”it was kind of a mission impossible, but we made it !!” Great results!
Superfad Seattle has just released a new short film called Preguntas Hermosas, a beautiful tale of a time shared between two people told through a combination of “Poema X” by Pablo Neruda and “Under the Harvest Moon” by Carl Sandburg. As explained by Director David Viau, “The story unfolds in three parts; a fond remembrance, loss, and then finally acceptance.”
With cinematic transitions and methodical pacing, Preguntas Hermosas casts dark characters in epic worlds for its arresting narrative. The film’s narrator, Gabriel Puerto, complements the score and adds depth to the amazing visual journey. The camera work shows great restraint, leaning more toward a practical approach to cinematography in the CG environment.
David was kind enough to share some of his thoughts and a bit of the process, after the jump:
“My initial plan was to do a personal short film, but the idea was embraced by the office and quickly became more than a one man show. It was primarily done during off hours, nights and weekends, or during the dead zone waiting for client feedback. We really owe a lot to our friends and colleagues who collaborated with us on this.
“Anyone that’s ever tried to do a personal project and balance that with all of the paying work knows that it’s a crazy undertaking. The folks and Clatter & Din and Lightpress here in Seattle were amazing and jumped right in. Christi O’Donnell who wrote the score is an amazing talent. Gabriel Puerto who did the voice over sort of fell into our laps, and the moment we heard him speak we knew he was perfect. We worked in Maya, XSI, C4D, Photoshop, After Effects using Red Giant plug-ins and Final Cut.”
Production Company: Superfad
Directed by David Viau
Executive Producers: Chris Volckmann and Will Hyde
Narrator: Gabriel Puerto
Adapted from the Poems Poema X by Pablo Neruda and Under the Harvest Moon by Carl Sandburg
3D Artists: Dade Orgeron, Robin Scher, Phiphat Pinyosophon, Andrew Butterworth, Tom Oakerson, Alex O’Donnell, Carlos Stevens, David Viau, Paulo Dias
Phiphat Pinyosophon, Jordan Blit
Animation and Compositing: David Viau, Loren Judah, Carlos Stevens, Justin Pae, Paulo Dias, David Viau, Tom Oakerson
Subtitle Animation: Will Hyde
Editor: Ryan Haug
Finishing: Lightpress
Colorist: Jeff Tillotson
Audio: Clatter and Din
Sound Design and Mixing: John Buroker
Original Score: Christi O’Donnell
Pianist: Christi O’Donnell
Violinist: David Liu
Imaginary Forces did the title sequence and in game animations for God of War 3.
Paper Plane is an exquisite short film made by Margherita Premuroso.
French motion designer/director and coffee pro addict Pierre Magnol (aka GKaster)just wrapped up a minute and a half of visual goodness for Nike: Elite Series
Mothership is back. Directors Dael Oates and David Rosenbaum —in collaboration with Goodby Silverstein & Partners— have joined forces to create the studios latest spot, Firsts. The ad displays an elaborately choreographed domino effect that, one by one, topples the world’s technological and cultural “firsts.” While visual effects were contributed by Mothership’s sister facility, Digital Domain, Oates and Rosenbaum, who do not regularly direct as a duo, came together to handle this complex and ambitious project, which includes all live-action and the digital integration of hundreds of all-CG elements.
UPDATE: The previously featured video has now been swapped out with an extended :60 version.
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