Still Life Gone Crazy: Crazed Animation
Here’s the story of real world meets the crazy minds of animators. Rooted in an age old belief that small people could arise from decaying matter, the short animated film combines the high speed shots of a rotting still portrait of flowers, cheese, fowl, fish and fruits with some twisted animation showing what happens when […]
Read PostAmerican Red Cross Measles Initiative: the Last Measle
Here’s an extremely well made public service video produced for the American Red Cross and its Measles Initiative. Today the Red Cross will announce that measles deaths in the past 10 years are down 78% worldwide meaning 4.3 million children have been spared. What I find interesting is that Public Service Announcements/Productions like this one […]
Read PostToshiba Space Chair – A One-of-a-Kind, High Altitude Chair Video?
Why film a chair disintegrating 98,000 feet above Nevada’s Black Rock desert? It has been called “the world’s highest commercial,” and was created by Grey Advertising in London with the production company called the Mill. Why? To show the durability and capability of Toshiba’s new camera. It was shot using two Toshiba Hi-Def IK-HR1S […]
Read PostFantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson’s Quirky Take on a Roald Dahl Classic
The Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson’s new animated take on the classic Roald Dahl tale. Fun to watch for parents and kids. Using stop animation and delivered in an offbeat, edgy style, this is not your average Disney style animated tale. Quirky characters and voices bring the kind of take you would expect Wes […]
Read PostDoc Ellis No Hitter: Some WILD animation
Here’s a great story about pitching great Doc Ellis. It was animated by James Blagden, who complements Ellis’s unforgetable with some kooky and amusing animation that helps tell the story in a one of a kind way.
Read PostSummer McCartney Show @ Yankees Stadium, Big Stage Fireworks
Here’s a sampling from Paul McCartney’s summer opening performance Yankees stadium. Live and Let Die, one of my favorite non-Beatles songs of his!
Read PostHeavy Commercial
This Italian PSA featuring a set of twins seems light and carefee until you get the sense that it’s really about something much more serious… The light music track threw me. It’s a bit abstract as the one boy struggles to care for the other. The film leaves you with a menacing, empty feeling when […]
Read PostRidiculous and Cruel
Is there a line for marketers? This video shows how one German marketing group uses house flies to market a message. I hope this is a joke… but it’s not clear from the video.
Read PostNO Impact Man + woman. A no impact documentary.
Is it possible to live in the city of bright lights and late nights (NYC) while having no environmental impact on the planet? This year-long experiment is what the new documentary No Impact Man is all about. This is the story of the Beaven family’s odyssey. Michele Conlin was my classmate at Columbia Journalism School […]
Read PostStunning Anti-Smoking Ad
This anti-smoking ad / public service announcement has been around for two years, but it still kicks butt. It turns an old notion – the Marlboro Man – and stereotypical singing cowboy on its tail. It’s the kind of ad that plays and lives a room silent. The lyrics, the voicebox sounds, the reactions, it’s […]
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