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How to TWLV

Here’s a lovely piece we’ve been working on, a little introductory film for the new online game TWLV. Layla Atkinson and the amazingly talented Sebastian Baptista co-directed. It was created using a mix of 3D and classic hand drawn on paper techniques to get the “boiling” effect, a classic look and feel with a twist. We had a blast making this, we worked directly with the guys at TWLV to create the concept and script and got to work with actress Rachael Stirling who narrates the piece. The sound design was by the guys at Fonic.

Tags | Layla Atkinson, lottery, pencil texture, rachael stirling, sebastian baptista, twlv

We pulled a late one…

here’s the evidence

Old-Skool-Pencil-Jockey

I’ve got a GREAT new job to show you but it’s under wraps for the moment so all I can show you is some of the old-school animation we produced for it. It was a pleasure to use a pencil again  but lordy, i’d forgotten about the neck-ache issues that come from sitting hunched over a light box for hours on end. however, looking at the final result I think it was worth the possible spinal damage. I post the finished thing as soon as I can.

Tags | Layla Atkinson, lottery, pencil texture, rachael stirling, sebastian baptista, twlv

Meet Richard Gash

This charming young man is Richard Gash. He’s one of the many people conjured up from the damaged, Lidl-obsessed mind of Jock Mooney. If you want to see a Richard in real life and maybe buy a print head over to the Artistic.ly launch on Thursday 17th of November at the Loading Bay Gallery, Brick Lane.  The artistic.ly show will have hand numbered and framed prints available from Jock and many others including Andrew Rae.

Tags | books, Jock Mooney, karen humanresources, richard gash

Fabrik59- Jamie Jones

Here’s a lovely new piece of work by our director Pomp&Clout, it’s crazy hypnotic eye-jazz. We love it

Tags | fabrik, jamie jones, Pomp&Clout

Suie Paparude

Here’s the latest video from our directors weareom. It’s for the Romanan band Suie Paparude for their track “Moartea Boxelor”. Moving through a landscape full of shadows and harsh contrasts filmed at oblique angles the film combines these classic film noir effects with new film making techniques. Here’s weareom’s Anton’s explanation of the new techniques they used in this atmospheric promo “(we used)….ink running experiments and other dark liquid shots that were composited into each respective shot. We also used some old speakers to create a kind of 3d graphic equaliser with the ‘coffee’ that appears in her cup in the second part of the video. Ironically, the title of this track can be translated to “Death to the Speakers” – which is funny because 5 speakers were actually burnt out and destroyed during these experiments.”

Tags | black and white, moartea boxelor, Music Video, suie paparude, Weareom

Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

We’ve been working  on this project all summer and it’s finally finished. Rok directed this sequence for Elton John’s new Las Vegas show ‘The Million Dollar Piano’ for the song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. This is projected behind Elton John as he performs at the spectacular Caesars Palace.  This project was commissioned by Sam Pattinson at The Third Company and we got to work closely with art director Tony King who has worked with Elton for years and who has a wealth of knowledge about his career helping to make this piece a real historical record of his achievements.

Credits-

Directed by Rok Predin
Produced by Richard Barnett

Commissioned by Sam Pattinson

Art Direction- Tony King

Illustration by Jock Mooney, Sara Savelj
2D Animators: Jon Clarke, Layla Atkinson
3D Modellers: Luca Paulli, Nicol Scott, Ela Hawes, David Bruce.
Compositors: Rok Predin, Nicol Scott, Alasdair Brotherston
Archive Photography: C/O Laura Croker @ Rocket Music
Elements Photographer: Ben Turner
Animation Assistants: Rebecca Elves, Katya Mironova
Production Company:Trunk Animation

Tags | backdrop, Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Las Vegas, Million Dollar Piano, Richard Barnett, Rok Predin, visuals

Bubblegum nominated for UKMVA’s

Congrats to Alasdair + Jock, their Clinic video just got nominated for best animation at this years UK MVA’s, it’s the guys second nomination after Bottom of the River was pipped at the post at the MVA’s in 09. The Clinic video has been a rioting success so far and follows in the footsteps of the multi multi award winning BOTR. www.ukmva.com

Directors: Alasdair Brotherston & Jock Mooney
Producer: Richard Barnett
Animation: Layla Atkinson, Ben Brown, Tom Bunker, Jon Clarke
Music: Clinic
Commissioner: Bart McDonagh
Label: Domino Records
2010

Tags | Al and Jock, Alasdair Brotherston, Bart McDonagh, bubblegum, clinic, Domino records, Jock Mooney, Richard Barnett, UK music video award, UKMVA's

Show Me Show Me | Series 3

At long last here are a couple of lovely films we made earlier in the year for the third series of popular Cbeebies programme “Show Me Show Me”. The films were designed by Siri Melchior and directed by Rok Predin.

Tags | Rok Predin, show me show me, Siri Melchior