Posted on June 5, 2010 |
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Some time ago, I found a Czech teaser for a gorgeous and whimsical movie mixing live action and puppetry, and was blown away by the visual experience. Unfortunately everything was in Czech so I couldn’t understand what this was about until they finally added some english subtitles and created a website.
http://www.kukysevraci.cz/en/index.html
When asthmatic, six-year-old ONDRA is forced to throw away his scruffy, sawdust-stuffed old teddy bear, KOOKY, he prays for the safe return of his furry friend. Soon afterwards, across town, Kooky is about to be crushed in a rubbish dump when he suddenly comes to life, making his escape into a mysterious forest. The naïve, cuddly Kooky needs help to survive amongst the rough-and-ready creatures of the forest and he finds it when he meets the crotchety forest guardian HERGOT. Hergot is in charge of watching over the forest, but he has his enemies too – the malevolent NIGHTSHADE plans to take over the forest, by proving that the short-sighted but good-hearted Hergot is not up to the job of guardian.
There is a new trailer but I prefer the previous one. It is just a bit more mysterious and quirky and the editing is also a bit funnier without revealing too much.
If you love Tim Burton and Jim Henson, this movie is for you!
“These flambéed rabbit droppings are delicious”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePelcaQOEaE[/youtube]
They have a Youtube channel where you will find 3 “Behind the scenes” videos showing how they made the movie. All the videos are in HD but in Czech unfortunately.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keGAAlYivL8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugWKgS6CWK4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDss2i_ygRI[/youtube]
ahhhhhh and maybe it is time to also post that also great Czech stop motion TV series “Pat a Mat”.
Great funny animation, I should post about them very soon.
https://youtu.be/f64oCYLxn8g
Posted on June 3, 2010 |
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Here is what some of my coworkers are busy making. Looking pretty sweet to me!
http://kotaku.com/5552978/going-on-a-harry-potter-killing-spree
Posted on June 2, 2010 |
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don’t you like it when 3d doesn’t look like 3d? The short film I featured some time ago is shaping up nicely! I have no clue what the story is about but the visuals are stunning! Much more interesting than a lot of things I have seen lately.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/12184342[/vimeo]
http://salesman-pete.blogspot.com/
And as a reminder of the awesome visual style of Supinfocom shortfilms, here is 2006 Zoudov
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nj2j0mBDeU[/youtube]
and my friend Gu’s shortfilm, Scotch. Who cares about Story when you have great visuals!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZipCdZ82YGg&feature=related[/youtube]
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Salesman Pete first pictures
The downfall of traditional education
Posted on June 1, 2010 |
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Sorry for the lack of update but I just came back from a great trip in beautiful Slovakia. I love Europe.
So, the results are in :
Walk challenge Winners
Well with the amount of work I set myself to, I didn’t expect to win but man…. to not even be featured!!! That really sucks! (Syndrome’s voice). I know my entry is not finished but still….. was it about the branding or the fact that it doesn’t …. well… that it doesn’t cycle 🙂 ? ahah yes that could be the reason.
Tyler Kakac’s disco walk was really funny and highly polished despite being a bit off topic. Disco in the early 70s? It is more like late 70s to me. Anyway he is my winner amongst all the other entries, lot of character in that cycle. Check out his showreel (not Apple handset friendly at all, remember, Flash blows up your batteries so you are not allowed to use it on your expensive device) http://tylerkakac.com/
It is nice to see Eleonor, a friend AMer, win third place with a not so customized Bishop rig. Congrat girl!
The winner is a really cool cycle too. I would have voted that one second though. He also has a nice reel! http://www.drewwiney.com/
Ah and here is the entry I sent by the way. It would have benefited from 2 more days of work but it was really difficult to find more time for it and I was really looking forward to my first holidays in 6 month.
I hope you like it and have a look at the related posts if you are interested in watching thought process, layout, blocking and changes. I won’t spend more time on it though, I have more important shots to finish. Time to get back to my short film!!!
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Pervers Pepere – Spline 01
The walk challenge – a contest – Blocking
The walk challenge – a contest – Thought process
