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TAG FOR “Shorts”Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
January 5, 2012 12:05 am
We are pleased to present—courtesy of our sponsor The National Film Board of Canada—the exclusive on-line debut of Patrick Doyon’s Annie-nominated film, Sunday. It’s clever, quirky and stylishly hand drawn, with a limited color palette that defines its nostalgic point of view. Sunday captures a child’s imagination as only a keenly observant cartoonist can. Sunday is also part of the new NFB dvd compilation Animation Express 2. Credits after the jump. 16 Comments » posted in Shorts, NFB, Patrick Doyon January 2, 2012 3:23 pm
A few months ago, Colorado-based filmmaker Corrie Francis Parks raised nearly $12,000 through Kickstarter to create her first professional animated short. Afterward she wrote a detailed blog post explaining how she did it. There’s lots of valuable advice in her post, including the importance of setting a realistic fundraising goal and managing the campaign after it’s launched:
Fundraising is in many ways a full-time job. One of my next-door neighbors recently raised over $40,000 for her film project, but she had to commit a couple months to full-time campaigning. Deciding whether you want to commit the time and effort to raising money is an important decision to make before embarking on any fundraising campaign. (link to Corrie’s blog via ASIFA-SF newsletter) 5 Comments » posted in Ideas/Commentary, Shorts, Corie Francis Parks, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter December 29, 2011 10:00 pm
San Diego animator Che Lopez created this film using, if I’m reading his blog correctly, CG characters against live action miniature sets. Looks impressive. 7 Comments » posted in Shorts, Che Lopez December 25, 2011 9:54 pm
Love the quirky movement, realistic eyes and mouths, and crunchy hand-made look of this student short. Here are some details about Zséman from one of its four filmmakers, Nadja Andrasev:
CREDITS 2 Comments » posted in Shorts, Student, Hanna Carlson, Hungary, Maja Szakadát, Milán Kopasz, MOME, Nadja Andrasev December 24, 2011 6:00 pm
One more Holiday post highlighting our readers across the globe… First, from Diego Zucchi from Italy’s Alienatio: Next, from animator Raphael Sousa and director Marcus Vinicius of PlanoZ in Rio de Janeiro And finally, from Spanish animator Khris Cembe: 3 Comments » posted in Shorts, Merry Christmas December 24, 2011 10:40 am
Robert Crumb meets the Estonian school of animation in this delightfully creepy short by Gobelins student Kevin Manach (previously on Cartoon Brew). He made Vésuves during an exchange program at CalArts. 6 Comments » posted in Shorts, Gobelins, Kevin Manach December 23, 2011 6:00 am
Several more outstanding Christmas films from animators far and wide. Some of these are greeting cards, one is a commercial spot, another a segment from a TV show… First up, from London-based Beakus, this sweet little piece by Matthias Hoegg for client CBeebies, guaranteed to make you feel all warm and tingly… Vancouver animator Trent Corey, who worked on Sony’s Smurfs movie, sent us this: For client Kodak/idg, this holiday themed spot directed by Jens Blank and Anna Benner: Kirsten Lepore (Bottle) did this spot for the Yo Gabba Gabba Christmas Special! (Nick Jr.). Music by Adam Deibert, performed by James Husband: 1 Comment » posted in Shorts, Merry Christmas December 23, 2011 12:27 am
Seed is a stop motion short directed by Ben Richardson and Daniel Bird about “an egg and an apple who build competing broadcast towers that vie for the attention of a transistor radio” with a “narrative of animal evolution, competition and reproduction.” Your mileage may vary—I personally found the storytelling obtuse and drawn-out—but it’s an undeniably attractive piece of stop motion with lovely photography and production design. |
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