Willems and Tom Warburton co-wrote the script with original tunes by Willems (lyrics) and Deborah Wicks La Puma (music). Willems and Warburton executive produce alongside Stampede Ventures’ Greg Silverman and Jay Judah, with OddBot Animation Studios serving as animation house. …
Month: May 2022
Straight To The ‘Hearth’: How SCAD Students Created The Game ‘Home Is Where the Hearth Is’
“This was a really advanced project,” added Mamais, who has overseen hundreds of student projects since he began teaching at SCAD in 2009. Before that, Mamais worked as lead designer at Midway Games and Crytek. During the “making of” panel …
The Panics x Adidas x MUFC x Peter Saville = Pulsebeat
Client: Adidas Football Director/designer Kim Taylor and the team at The Panics in Amsterdam merge megabrands Adidas and Manchester United with the talents of venerable UK designer Peter Saville into a “celebration of Manchester’s two great energies: football and music.” …
Sander Joon Drops Wonderfully Manic Trailer for Animated Short Film “Sierra”
Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Production: BOP! Animation, AAA CreativeDirector: Sander JoonAnimators: Henri Veermäe, Valya Paneva, Teresa Baroet, Sander JoonBackground artist: Hleb KuftserynProducers: Aurelia Aasa, Erik HeinsaluStop motion (made in 1980): Heikki Joon “I find the rally visually compelling, …
Amazon Studios Orders Animated Sci-Fi Comedy ‘The Hospital’ from Cirocco Dunlap
“Cirocco is a total original. Brilliant and wildly talented, with an utterly singular voice and boundless imagination,” added Rudolph, Lyonne, and Danielle Renfrew Behrens of Animal Pictures. “She’s also ridiculously funny and finds the most unexpected ways to make you …
Sarofsky Opens the “The Staircase” for HBO Max
Series creator Antonio Campos: “It was always our hope that the main title sequence would help establish the complicated family dynamics at play while capturing the show’s themes. “Like many of our title sequences, the concepts all began life in …
RIP Velma Dinkley 1969-2022
Why? I mean, Kaling is not short on talent but she couldn’t have created something original instead? She’s already remaking the character, how much additional effort would be needed to make one truly her own? Not much! one wonders whether …
Verizon Fios Refresh by Panoply
Panoply creative director Mark Lindner: “Verizon approached us to create a package of interstitials to accompany promotions for nine different programing genres on their Fios on Demand service.” “This allowed a subtle approach to defining each genre which was an …
Seed Animation Helps Yelp “Turn the Tables” for Restaurants
Music/Sound Design: Ana RomanVoice-over: Laura Vandiver “A big shout out to the team at Yelp for giving us the opportunity to visually develop this from scratch. It’s a rare treat to have such an enthusiastic client willing to creatively explore.” …