Feral: a new animated film by Daniel Sousa

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By Clara Lieu in New Film on Tuesday 31 July 2012

Feral is a 13 minute fictional animated film which explores historical accounts of abandoned children. Traditional drawn elements and digital composites articulate the powerful narrative. With its alluring elegant and abstract images, Sousa creates sophisticated layers of visuals which weave together a beautifully poetic statement.

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Clever animated video to promote online bookseller Good Books

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By Stephanie Yazbek in Video on Monday 25 June 2012

Liberating the spirits of the great Hunter S. Thompson and Franz Kafka, this unique masterpiece of an animation unites great writing with imaginative visuals, shape shifting the audience into the mental state of a mad man. Produced to promote online bookseller and charitable organization Good Books, Metamorphosis, a teamwork project directed by Buck, is a [...]

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Animated Video: We Are the Idiots!

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By Francois Grumelin-Sohn in Video on Friday 1 June 2012

If you fear seeing an animated penis, then pass on this video. I recently discovered this studio from Barcelona and I completely love their work. I love how fluid and simple but effective their animation work is.

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My Family and the Wolf: animation out of Barcelona

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By Francois Grumelin-Sohn in New Film on Friday 11 May 2012

Those Barcelona guys are definitely the leaders of new wave 2D animation. Fresh, amazing animation, nothing more has to be said except that we now want this in a feature film. Producers, wake up!

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ParaNorman: new 3D stop-motion by the makers of Coraline

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By Jonathan Phelps in New Film on Friday 4 May 2012

Laika’s new film, ParaNorman, a 3D stop-motion animation film from the creators of Coraline, is hitting theaters in August. Even within the computer revolution, there are more people working in stop-motion animation than ever before. Also coming out this year are Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Ardman Studio’s Pirates: Band of Misfits, all in 3D stop-motion. [...]

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Viral animation by London studio Animade

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By Francois Grumelin-Sohn in Video on Friday 27 April 2012

Here is the latest viral creation of the London based studio Animade, which I really like. You might know their work from the smartphone application, Ready Steady Bang.

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New animation by Kadavre Exquis and John Kassab

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By Francois Grumelin-Sohn in New Film on Friday 27 April 2012

Let this short video transport you back into childhood again. It took nine months to create this animation, the result of a meeting of minds between Kadavre Exquis and multi award-winning Australian sound designer, John Kassab. You can listen to the eleven track soundtrack composed especially for the film via their Bandcamp.

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Beatles Rock Band video by Rob Valley and Alberto Mielgo

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By Francois Grumelin-Sohn in Video on Friday 27 April 2012

Alberto Mielgo, a brilliant art director, worked on the first minute of this Beatles Rock Band video. The character design and animation was the work of the very talented Rob Valley, who has an incredible ability to distort things. The video is already two years old, but I can not resist watching it from times [...]

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Animation by Tali Gal-On

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By Dylan Truscio in New Art on Tuesday 24 April 2012

Tali Gal-On is a good friend of my band Polo Club and a true talent. She has the most amazing voice, and has recorded a heap of stuff for us over the past year. She also does the coolest animations and design. All the Milk and Cookies stuff is for sale. I just love the [...]

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Animation shows the inner ranting of Hunter S. Thompson

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By Sam Hoh in Video on Friday 13 April 2012

Four months in the making, Buck’s Metamorphosis is one of the most brilliant pieces of animation I have seen. The animation style and illustration, so conducive to the story told, has amazing energetic transitions and nicely warped perspectives. The concept by String Theory is also very clever; the inner ranting of Hunter S. Thompson and [...]

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Beautiful animation by Team Getaway

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By Samantha Dalrymple in Video on Friday 13 April 2012

This is a beautiful animation about just getting away. The short, created by Team Getaway, is inspiring and the graphics are amazing, The concept behind it is simple: we all just really want to get away from the city life and move into a quite place. Ah, yes. Breathe indeed.

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Such a Beautiful Day: an animated film by Don Hertzfeld

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By Sabrina Hornung in New Film on Thursday 29 March 2012

Don Hertzfeld is a talented young animator who graced this year’s Fargo Film Festival. Not only did his 23 minute animated film, It’s Such a Beautiful Day, win him an award for best director, he’s also won awards at festivals in Montreal and Australia. He uses a traditional antique 35mm animation stand (one of the [...]

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Animated film clip for the song Dorothy by Yunyu

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By Miranda in Video on Saturday 17 March 2012

Yunyu, a singer-songwriter, has teamed up with New York Times bestselling Manga artist, Queenie Chan, and leading animators, the Common ist from Thailand, to produce a multi-media music experience creating their own twisted tales, starting with Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

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Curxes: Haunted Gold [Animated Live Visuals]

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By Bee Adamic in New Music on Thursday 15 March 2012

Don’t have the resources for a big budget video with expensive cars, pyrotechnics and scantily clad ladies? Oh well, you could always make one from five tubs of glitter and a worn-out scanner. At least that’s what Curxes have done for their latest single, Haunted Gold. Frontwoman Roberta Fidora spent eight weeks making the video [...]

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Animated video for Melbourne indie band Francolin

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By Dave Mahler in New Music on Wednesday 14 March 2012

I’ve just finished co-directing and animating a clip with Marisa Lai for Melbourne-based indie pop act Francolin. The super catchy track is already enjoying Triple J airtime. The clip combines frantic, dancy individuals with ecstatic and emotive abstract animation, culminating in a free falling climax that is open for interpretation. The single will be officially launched [...]

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