Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing

Amazing song by one of my favourite musicians of all time, Steven Wilson, and heartbreaking video clip from directors Jess Cope and Simon Cartwright.

Dexter's Lab - The Big Cheese

Genndy Tartakovsky's Dexter's Lab was great, and as we're working on his feature, classic episodes like this one from 1996 are shared around the office. I love it's visual style, like the tires on the car, or the sister's bent backwards pose at 2:47.



Omelette du Fromage!

Enjoy!

Jason Schleifer talk

TEDx Youth talk with Head of Animation on PDIIDreamworks' new film "Peabody and Sherman" Jason Schleifer. He talks about the importance of individual moments in the character's story arc.



Great talk! Check out his website here:

jasonschleifer.com

Dedicated to Parents of Two Kids

Awesomely animated 2D short entitled "Dedicated to Parents of Two Kids". I love the comedic timing of it all. Like when the dad sits down on the see-saw and the girl hangs in the air for several frames before tumbling down. With so much going on in parts, it warrants multiple viewings.

Enjoy!

James Baxter - Spirit line tests

James Baxter is awesome. Here's one of many reasons why. Two line tests from the movie "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron". If you haven't seen this movie (or think it's a pony movie for 10 year old girls - which unfortunately was how it was marketed) go out and rent it, or better yet buy it and study it for horse reference. It's one of the best animated movies in my opinion.





Thanks to Jamaal Bradley for posting this on Vimeo

Gotye - Bronte

Music video clip with meaningful short film/animation. Perfect for this blog!

Australian artist Gotye's new song "Bronte" is the 2nd video posted on this website directed and animated by Ari Gibson and with background art by Jason Pamment.



If I ever need a film clip for my music I'm hiring these guys

Video Reference - Gianluca Fratellini

Here's an awesome video by Gianluca Fratellini, who I currently work with at Double Negative on "John Carter". Here are his reference videos that ended up being shots for the movies "Paul" and "Planet 51".



And Stein makes an appearance in it! Everybody say hi to Stein.

HI STEIN!!!

Opposites Attract

A Paula Abdul music video? Damn straight, because it's from the 80's and the 80's were awesome. Why? Because they had music videos like this. Some really nice choreographed animated dancing.



Animated by members of the Disney Animation team, led under the direction of Chris Bailey (who animated on The Lion King, Hercules, The Little Mermaid)

Sometimes the Stars

Music video time! "Sometimes the Stars" by Adelaide band "The Audreys" and directed by Ari Gibson and Jason Pamment. I really enjoy the visual style of this music video, fits perfectly with the style and mood of the music. It's being shown at the Annecy Animation festival in France!


http://www.annecy.org/home





Directed by Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment