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The Making Of Fantastic Mr. Fox

Chris Appelhans’ fantastic concept art

Ninja November 17th, 2009

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Chris Appelhans rarely updates his blog, but when he does, oh my! Check out his fantastic concept art  for Wes Anderson’s upcoming movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox! For more concept art, visit Chris’ blog.

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Stop-motion cardboard animation

Ninja November 6th, 2009

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Sit back and enjoy Sjors Vervoort’s playful, stop-motion cardboard animation short.

Those little cardboard guys are pretty cute. ~__^

TGIF,
Ninja

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The 50 greatest Simpsons movie references

Ninja June 23rd, 2009

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I know I’ve posted about The Simpsons homages in the past, but Total Film offers some additional Simpsons‘ winks at classic film moments (complete with detailed descriptions about the film reference and corresponding Simpsons episode). Below are a few of my favorites. You can see the top 50 greatest Simpsons movie references listed here.


Requiem For A Dream (2000)


A Clockwork Orange (1971)


Apocalypse Now (1979)


Full Metal Jacket (1989)


Night Of The Hunter (1955)


Night Of The Living Dead (1968)


Psycho (1960)


The Godfather (1972)


The Red Balloon (1956)


The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

Via Total Film

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A Kiss From Tokyo

Ninja June 4th, 2009

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The A Kiss From Tokyo trailer is perfect, and oh the Saul Bass-esque titles! But my favorite part is the rear projection driving scene.

This animation was created for the release of Kevin Dart’s new book, Seductive Espionage, the world of Yuki 7. The book features artwork by Mr. Dart (of course), and includes selections from Brigette Barrager, Elizabeth Ito, Ted Mathot, Chris Turnham, Daniel Arriaga, Don Shank, Josh Parpan, Justin Parpan, and Megan Brain.

“A Kiss From Tokyo” Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel

Directors: Stephane Coedel and Kevin Dart
Music: Cyrille Marchesseau
Software: After Effects

Purchasing links
+ Pre-order a signed copy of the book, Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7
+ Yuki 7 fashion dolls

Related link
+ Enter Grain Edit’s Yuki 7 Screen Gems Giveaway

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Video links from Penguin

Ninja April 23rd, 2009

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Penguin sent me these links a while ago, and I’ve been meaning to post them, but haven’t gotten around to it until now. Enjoy!

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody performed by old hardware.

Four minutes of stop-action fun with a wolf chasing a papier-mâché pig.

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Where the Wild Things Are Trailer

Ninja March 25th, 2009

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Check out the incredibly beautiful trailer for the upcoming Spike Jonze film, Where the Wild Things Are. Adapted from the famous children’s book of the same title, the film mixes real shots, animation, and puppets. It is scheduled to release in October.

Where the Wild Things Are was written by Dave Eggers, directed by Spike Jones, scored by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and featured Jim Henson Company creations.

Via BOOOOOOOM

Purchasing link
+ Where the Wild Things Are, $11.43

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The Weepies’ Hideaway video

Ninja March 11th, 2009

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My pen pal from across the pond sent me this cute animation for The WeepiesHideaway video contest. This winning video entry was created by Michael Warner.

Happy hump day,
Ninja

Purchasing link
+ Hideaway CD, $14.99

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Saturday Morning Watchmen

Ninja March 7th, 2009

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What a wonderful, timely parody! Oh geez, I know it’s so wrong, but I couldn’t help but laugh a little at Rorschach petting the German shepherds.

This combines two huge passions of mine, one being the comic genius that is Alan Moore and the other being kids programming from the late 80s which I would say is my biggest animation inspiration.
Harry Partridge

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Rex the Dog’s Bubblicious music video

Ninja January 23rd, 2009

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Here’s a fun, poppy, electronic groove for your Friday.

You don’t need a big budget to make a great music video. I love the DIY papercutting, stop motion animation in Rex the Dog’s Bubblicious music video. The Bubblicious single drops February 23rd.

Friday smiles,
Ninja

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