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Mila Furstova at the Eames Gallery
On 16, Oct 2014 | In news / blog | By Layla
Here’s an image from our joint chat with Mila Furstova about the Coldplay project last night at Eames Fine Art. Mila’s exhibition is on till the 19th!
Mila Furstova on Bermondsey Street
On 01, Oct 2014 | In news / blog | By Layla
We’re very excited to be going to the opening of Mila Furstova’s exhibition at the Eames Gallery this evening. We are already very familiar with Mila’s work after we animated one of her etchings for the Coldplay project earlier this year.
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IMO | Day of the Seafarers
On 07, Sep 2014 | In Press | By Pip
Trunk animation’s Alasdair + Jock create a beautiful short for IMO’s “Day of the Seafarer”
Each year more than 12 billion tons of freight is shipped around the world. That’s 90% of all household goods as well as over 2 billion tons of fuel and that’s even before we get to all the grain and food! Trunk’s director’s Alasdair Brotherston + Jock Mooney have been on this factual journey, whilst creating a short about ‘Day of the Seafarer’ which falls on the 25th June. The minute long film is pure Alasdair + Jock. Initially taking inspiration from the beautiful illustrations of Charley Harper and iconic 1920’s and 30’s travel posters the work quickly evolved into a more painterly hybrid style that sits between the two sources.
Jock noted, “ We loved working on the project not only as it was for such a good cause but the IMO (International Maritime Organization) gave me and Alasdair a lot of creative freedom, allowing us to build on the style we had evolved creating our short “Gelato go Home”. We used the same brilliant composer James Orman who produced a soundtrack just the right side of Dire Straits and Barnaby Templer at Fonic who once again created the sound design. Alasdair introduced some lovely cuts and wipes my personal favourite was seeing the icebergs turn into the cat’s ears!”
The film is a visual journey that makes subtle connections between all the things we take for granted, from bread to rubber ducks, to the seafarers who risk their lives to deliver them. The last shot shows an entire town lit with the message “Thank You”. Alasdair stated “ We worked hard to get the balance right throughout the film so that it wasn’t patronising or too gushing we wanted to show the reality of the situation, all be it with a big dollop of artistic licence.”
The beautiful short reads like a panel book with each shot being perfectly composed and balanced, a subtle and detailed use of colour ties the short together. Remember the 25th of June the Day of the Seafarers it’s a great tribute to the 1.5 million seafarers who ply their trade to keep the world’s commerce and industry a float!
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Credits: –
Directed by Alasdair + Jock
Producer Richard Barnett
Production Company Trunk Animation
Client International Maritime Organization
Composer James Orman
Sound Design & Mix Barnaby Templer @ Fonic
Lily Allen | Air Balloon
On 04, Sep 2014 | In Press | By Pip
Trunk’s amazing directors Alasdair + Jock have just finished a brilliant new Lyric video for Lily Allen.
The duo were commissioned by Sam Seager at Parlophone to create a lyric video for Lily Allen’s new song Air Balloon, the second single to be released from her as yet un-named third album.
The fun and lively video is in Alasdair + Jock’s distinctive and iconic style, and echoes their wonderful projection onto Buckingham Palace for Madness’s ‘It Must Be Love’, shown during the Queens Diamond Jubilee concert. The new video features a host of Alasdair + Jock’s trademark imagery along with their vibrant colour palette. The typography partially inspired by American neo-pop artist Jeff Koons is rendered in balloon writing, with sentences filling and deflating, and bursting with little puffs of smoke.
To reach the tight deadline the entire video was turned around in an amazing seven days, and it was certainly a full on affair for all involved, especially the directors who worked tirelessly. After creating lyric vids for both ‘The Rolling Stones’ and ‘Vampire Weekend’, this will be Trunk’s third foray into the genre. Producer and MD Richard Barnett notes, ‘As long as we’re into the track, and we have the creative freedom, then they can be great fun to make”. Whilst Jock Mooney added “Working to such an incredibly tight deadline certainly focused the creative process. We knew what we wanted to do was visually ambitious and nearly impossible in the time we had, but we couldn’t bring ourselves to create something that wasn’t as visually sleek and as impressive as we could possibly make”. With Alasdair adding that, “Even though it felt like the undersides of my eyelids were covered in sandpaper I’m glad we stuck to our guns. It’s always worth it in the end!
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Credits:-
Director: Alasdair+Jock
Producer: Richard Barnett
Illustrator: Jock Mooney
Animation: Layla Atkinson, Pedro Lino, Alasdair Brotherston, Leslie Dart
Commissioner: Sam Seager
Artist: Lily Allen
Record Co: Parlaphone
Prod Co: Trunk Animation
New Look Animated Film
On 30, Jun 2014 | In news / blog | By Layla
Alasdair+Jock have been having a great, creative and very busy year so far. Here’s a lovely film they’ve recently made for the clothing brand New Look to explain the brand’s core values to it’s buyers.
Tom Fun Orchestra | Throw Me To The Rats
On 05, Apr 2014 | No Comments | In work | By Richard
Directors: Alasdair Brotherston + Jock Mooney
Band: The Tom Fun Orchestra
Lily Allen | Air Balloon
On 22, Jan 2014 | In news / blog | By Layla
Boom! We can finally show you the lyric video we recently made for Lily Allen’s latest track “Air Balloon”. This was directed by Alasdair+Jock with illustration by Jock Mooney and animation by Alasdair Brotherston, Pedro Lino and Layla Atkinson. We turned this around in just over a week, it was an intense few days but the final product is just gorgeous.
Tom Fun Orchestra | Earthworm Heart
On 14, Oct 2013 | In news / blog | By Layla
It’s time for some more Alasdair+Jock magic. It’s “Earthworm Heart” their latest collaboration with The Tom Fun Orchestra. The idea for the short came from Hoffmann’s Struwwelpeter, The Story Of The Wild Huntsman. Alasdair explains, “rather than the traditional reversal of fortunes story we wanted to create a narrative that was more complex and less clear cut as to who was the hero or villain.”
Madness | It Must Be Love
On 06, Sep 2012 | No Comments | In Home, news / blog | By Layla
Here’s the original file for the “It Must Be Love” projection. This was directed by Aladsair Brotherston and Jock Mooney. The producer was Richard Barnett. Commissioned by Sam Pattinson at Treatment
