My PVC Instrument

this one is going to be a pretty unconventional post but duuude, it's awesome! my buddy Simon pointed me to this one and i just want to share this with all of you.. go watch it, you're gonna like this..

Framed

yet another sweet bike flick trailer - Framed by Felix Urbauer. good work, definitely worth checking out his other projects as well..

Against Dumb

once again, Buck pieced together a nice spot for Smart Cars. the core statement is about not blowing resources carelessly, only buying things we really need and sharing things wherever possible. beautifully executed, however, it's still a commercial..

Life Cycles Trailer

my friend Roman pointed me to this official trailer of Life Cycles - another obviously brilliant bike movie on similar lines as The Collevtive Films. if the trailer lives up to its promise, this flick is going to be thumping. i love the variation in shots, ranging from totally sick tricks to absolutely breathtaking scenery. dolly rides and slow-mo's are by far nothing uncommon in this genre but i think it depends a lot how well it's being executed, yet this trailer sets a damn good example. can't wait to see the movie..



Life Cycles on Vimeo

YWT #5

another webisode of the Young Wise Tails - parker & connor coffin. this time including the famous Reef Girls at a yoga session! always fun watching..

»This episode covers the necessities in life: tubes and amazing butts.«

Hawaii Week 1 Highlights

quite some impressive waves on the North Shore of Oahu/Hawaii. that wipeout section in the beginning is freaking me out haha..

A Skate Regeneration

featuring Kilian Martin, 'A Skate Regeneration' shows a completely alternative approach to skateboarding, much more like an aesthetic skate ballet. incredibly beautiful and stunning moves with a single or multiple boards make this short film totally worth watching. we all know the old school skate style but i've never seen something like this before. check it out!



Directed, Filmed and Edited by Brett Novak
Filmed in Barcelona, Spain (2:02-2:05 in Lloret De Mar, Spain) between October 10-23, 2010 on the Panasonic HVX-200.

Danny MacAskill: Way Back Home

oh my god. Danny MacAskill is back and he goes absolutely NUTS! i was so impressed by his first clip but this one owns it by far. going from Edinburgh to Skye (both UK) by RV, he pulls off his awesome tricks at spots you wouldn't even consider doable. especially his front flip off the castle wall and the building in the end - completely insane! watch it. NOW!

Dark Side of the Lens

found this one quite a while ago. it's dedicated to the guys constantly providing us with incredible surfing footage. they push themselves, trying to capture the beauty of nature and wave-riding out of their very own perspective. the short delivers insight into the life of a photographer, tells us about his motivations and the creative background of their work. a great combination of brilliant shots and an absorbing story. watching it over and over again..

the dark side of the lens - silent workhorses in the surfing world..


Links
Astray Films on Vimeo
Alastair Sopp Photography

Wait for it..

let me start over again with just a quick and simple post which may make it a little easier to understand why i didn't really feel like diving straight back into this tech-based world of ours, after having such a good time in bali..

this is part of where i have been, what i have seen, what i have experienced and what i love..



see my Flickr for my very own perspective..

Fuel TV Idents

great new idents for Fuel TV by Brand New School L.A. and Justin Harder! check em out..

Excite Boost by Justin Harder


Catalyst by Brand New School L.A.


Break Free by Brand New School L.A.

Parkour Action

two stunning parkour vids. don't know if you're into that stuff but it's quite amazing to watch i think..

Fear/Love

after 3 trailers (t.1, t.2, t.3) here comes the actual short film, directed by Rob Chiu a.k.a. The Ronin. cool shots, good story and statement..

Three lives, three identities, three points of view. Set against the harsh backdrop of inner city London, Fear/Love interweaves the lives of three adolescents as they struggle with who they are, who they want to be and who they are becoming.

OFFF 2010 Montage

brilliant montage of the OFFF 2010 Festival - shot and edited by Skill Lab

Coke Burn - Ride

great short for Coke Burn directed by Garth Davis. also, hit his section on the EXIT Films website for some more cool stuff..

you have experiences. and the experiences that you have in life are just lessons. you have to keep that dream in your mind - alive..

TRON Legacy Trailer #2

the new trailer for upcoming TRON Legacy has just been released and this flick's gonna be freakin' awesome! movie release scheduled for december 17, 2010. now switch to fullscreen and crank up the volume!!

for more info check out TRON at IMDB.

Tarp surfing

awesome stuff is going on here!!

Droid X is here..

follow-up commercial for the Droid X 'Never Miss' spot. i really like the various styles within this campaign.. well done!

Un Prophète

I really want to recommend a movie that i saw a couple of days ago - Un Prophète by Jacques Audiard. a really intense flick about a young french-arab guy and life in prison - pretty intense! check out the trailer here..

Kjell Ekhorn / Non-Format Lecture at OFFF 2010

at the OFFF 2010 in paris, one speaker especially inspired me - and as far as i could see also a massive amount of other visitors - with his unconventional lecture: Kjell Ekhorn of studio Non-Format had his very own way of exciting the audience by telling authentic stories taken out of the studio's career. but see and listen yourself..

MAD MMX - Opening Titles

this year's MADinSpain 2010 opening titles were done by barcelona-based motion design & vfx Studio Physalia. they did a lot of experimenting while creating the titles and the outcome is really stunning! check 'em out..



for further details here the making of..

Eye Trip Trailer

Turn out, tune on, and drop in..

kick-ass trailer for the upcoming movie Eye Trip ski movie by Level 1 Productions. perfect harmony of sound and pictures, great shots and amazing scenery.. really excited about the final flick!

Your secret..

no words for this one, just made me smile..

Droid X

Never Miss is a short animation for motorola's android-based smartphone Droid X. directed and produced at studio Elastic, sound design by Machine Head. great stuff..

OFFF 2010 Paris

I just returned from paris yesterday evening where I attended the 10th anniversary of OFFF - International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture at La Grande Halle which was a great venue compared to last year's OFFF Festival in Lisbon. this year's speakers were Dvein, The Mill, Julien Vallée, Non-Format and Universal Everything to name but a few. i spent the days with the guys from Eat My Dear and Onesize and you can bet it was big fun..
i can really recommend attending this festival as for me it always is a nice combination of traveling with friends, visiting new cities and of course witnessing state-of-the-art motion and graphic design work.
i'll upload some impressions of the trip as soon as i get my macbook back from repair..

now check out the title sequences and the nicely done intros..

OFFF 2010 Main Titles by The Mill


OFFF 2010 Sponsors Titles by Julien Vallée


OFFF 2010 Thursday Intros by Sanpuk

Buck - Waiting for 'Superman'

info-graphic spots are by far nothing new any more. we all've see loads of them, getting more and more bored of dozens of copies and cheap imitations of some genuine ones.. but once again, Buck.tv is stepping up the game with this great animation for the upcoming documentary Waiting for 'Superman' in collaboration with takepart.com and Participant Media. this is what i call straightforward..

An incredible journey..

just found this article via the national geographic blogs.. awesome story i have to say - but read & see yourself..



Lost Camera Travels 1,100 Miles With a Turtle's Help

We're big fans of our National Geographic Crittercams, and we always love to hear about a camera lost on vacation being returned to its owner. So naturally, when we heard that a little red camera that had been lost at sea took a remarkable journey on the back of a turtle, traveling 1,100 miles from Aruba to the Florida Keys, our interest was officially piqued.

The Daily Mail reports that Royal Dutch Navy sergeant Dick de Bruin lost his camera while diving off the coast of Aruba in November of last year. A curious sea turtle found the camera in January, and the yellow strap of the waterproof case became entangled around its flipper. The turtle ended up taking about five minutes of video footage as it attempted to untangle itself (which is noisy and a bit hard to watch, and, I couldn't help thinking, an excellent example of how important it is to keep our oceans clean). Over the next four months the camera made its way north to the Florida Keys, where it washed up on a rocky outcrop of a marina on May 16.

Paul Shultz from the U.S. Coast Guard found the camera, then used a series of CSI-worthy tactics to track down its owners, posting on message boards, tracking down the number from a tail of a plane, and using Google Earth to identify landmarks in the photos. He eventually posted photos of some of the people in the pictures, and a woman on a message board identified the children as some of her son's classmates. She made contact, and the camera was reunited with its owner.

Which serves as a reminder to all you travelers -- be sure to always take a picture of your name and email (or other contact info) on your digital camera, or put a sticker with your info on the case. You won't always have a turtle on hand to help get your camera back to you.

Roadlies and Storylines

nice series of shorts making a rainy monday morning a pleasure. i miss the sea..

«lla yhennik» Trailer

my good buddies Roman Königshofer und Harri Brettermeier - co-founders of the highly creative Bubbles&Bones design studio - finally released the stunning trailer to their ongoing movie project «lla yhennik» - a documentary about life, traveling and surfing passion in morocco. great shots in a nicely crafted edit makes me wanna travel immediately!
but see yourself..



«lla yhennik» (May god give you tranquility)
by Bubbles & Bones

“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” - Samuel Johnson

On the road among the vast desert, the broad expanse of the ocean and the remote valleys of the High Atlas Mountains. A documentary film about life, traveling, culture, nature, people and surfing in one of the worlds most diverse countries, Morocco.

Directed and filmed by
Roman Königshofer & Harald Brettermeier
2010

bubblesbones.com
blog.bubblesbones.com

Music:
"Sahara Sunset" by Karunesh
From the Album "Joy of Life".

We recommend downloading the source-file here from Vimeo
(you need to sign up a free membership) or just here
bubblesbones.com/content/work/cinematography/lla_yhennik_Trailer_BubblesBones_com_2010_h264.mov
and viewing it with the Quicktime player for best visual pleasure.
Thanks!

Azureus Rising

no comments on that one.. i just love it!

Eat My Dear Showreel 2010

my friends Markus, Patrick and Simon from Eat My Dear just released their new 2010 Showreel. a 2:36min montage of motion graphics mayhem features older and most recent projects for clients like Red Bull, Austrian Airlines, MTV, Musemsquartier Wien and Universal Music. several versions of the showreel audio created by talented Matthias Müller can be downloaded on their website. great work buddies!!

Nike - Write The Future

the new 3 minutes Nike short film Write The Future features the world's best soccer players in a great story line.. all actions and consequences are depicted in a hilariously exaggerated way. the spot was directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu who also directed excellent movies like Babel, 21 Grams and Amores Perros. enjoy..



if you want to get some in-depth background information about the spot, check out the 11 minutes Making Of 'Write The Future' on facebook. (you have to like it to watch it..)

Avanty - See the Future

this teaser shows promise for a nice surf flick called 'See the Future' by italian Avanty.tv. unfortunately, their website is in italian only, which is a pity as i really dig their style and would like to learn more about their projects. watch the teaser and some random stills they made, as well as some other films of their expeditions on their website.

Super Sexy CPR

i'm not totally sure about the intention of the spot but i have to admit it's pretty teasing..

Protest Girls Bali Trip

just watched this nice little edit by Cirque Belgique's Joris Willems about the girls of Protest Boardwear. all shot by Dries Delputte (check out his pretty interesting profile) and Alexander De Bruycker on location in Bali, Indonesia.

as i'll travel to bali to surf and explore the region soon, i'm already super stoked about being there..

A Day in Paris

seen this one a couple of months ago, directed by Benoit Millot. as i'll head to the OFFF 2010 - International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture - in june together with the guys from Eat My Dear and Onesize, i'm really psyched about seeing Paris again after so many years.. and this flick really makes me looking forward to this great event - cya there!

This blog is now carbon neutral!

great initiative to help protecting the environment through planting a tree by posting this button on your blog! can't be easier to contribute, so join in!!



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There are still some trees looking for a sponsor. So if you know some people who have a blog or website, pass it on and we'll make their blogs carbon neutral too!

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458nm

i stumbled upon this nice short called 458nm by Polynoid from 2006. i liked the pace of the movie and how it evolves over time. great compositing and focus shifting paired with adequate sound design made it a nice start into my day, along with a big hot cup of coffee..

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also check out these stills and boards..

Ecological Footprint

my friend roman recently posted this one on his blog. passing it on..

MacBeth Shorts

Macbeth Footwear comes up with 3 nice shorts: Groceries, Genius and Old Man all directed by Mark Eaton. make sure you check out the Macbeth Footwear's Vimeo for upcoming productions..

Groceries


Genius


Old Man

Mercurial by Paranoid US

after Gkaster's spot, here another submission for the new Nike Mercurial football boot, this time created by Paranoid US. awesome cg spot directed by Edouard Salier.



Nike Mercurial by Paranoid US on Vimeo.

PIXELS by Patrick Jean

with more than 2 million views within 6 days 'Pixel' by Patrick Jean just flips the real world for pixels. nice concept, great implementation..



for further information on the project visit Motionographer's Q&A..

Gkaster Reel & Mercurial

france based Gkaster just released their new April 2010 Reel and i gotta say i really dig it.. it's such a nice piece of cg and compositing work combined with beautiful music by Philippe Gully. go check it out yourself..




furthermore, a couple of days ago Gkaster finished a 130" spot for the new Nike Mercurial football boots. pretty massive cg piece revealing the exclusive features of the shoe. very well done i'd say though the storyline seems a little weird towards the end..



Vimeo links: April 2010 Reel | Nike Mercurial

Isenseven 2010 Welcome Teaser

just a quick one in between.. nice teaser from the guys from Isenseven - 2010 Welcome Teaser on Vimeo.

The Big Picture

it's been a while since i posted some new stuff here. this is due to my stay in austria in order to complete my bachelor exams (successfully) and to visit my friends. we've been out shredding a lot these days and it was one of the best times in my life hanging around with my buddies, enjoying life and nature.. let's keep it up dudes! i'll add some shots from my stay in austria within the next few days.

in january, i was offered a job here in amsterdam at PostPanic and i decided to use this opportunity.. contract killer haha! this gives me the amazing opportunity to work on cool projects for considerable clients like nike, mtv, heineken and so on.. i'm planning to release a new online portfolio with all projects i worked on lately a.s.a.p. so stay tuned.

to start off in here again i'll post you some damn nice shots taken during vancouver 2010 winter olympics. here you go!








have a look at many more here. thanks to bettina.

Leo's song

today I stumbled upon this nice short. I don't want to add anything to it, just lean back and enjoy this little piece of peace..



click here for credits

Logorama

after about 6 years of work, french H5 Collective has finished their fantastic piece Logorama, a movie only consisting of nicely deployed logos. check out the whole thing here..

ColorMe

sweet suisse full feature snowboard flick by pierre castillo bernad and dominik fellmann called ColorME on Vimeo produced by Shaba Pictures, posted by Cirque Belgique. you'll get a little insight into the making of a snowboard movie, kinda nice to see what's happening behind the scenes. i really like the attitude that gets across - it's all about being out there with your friends and having fun, what else do you need? beautiful cinematography paired with nice sound just after my fancy. go watch it dudes..

Nike 6.0 Tunnel Jam

take a tunnel somewhere in england, build a super sick set up, invite some of the world's best bmx riders and this is what comes out.. a great event called Nike 6.0 Tunnel Jam. what a nice edit, great shots and sick bmx action..yeah! that's how it's supposed to be..



Official Nike 6.0 Tunnel Jam Video on Vimeo.

Nike True City

nike just released their new iPhone app Nike True City for people living in paris, london, berlin, milan, amsterdam and barcelona. it maps user-based info on products, stores, sport, music, art, food & drinks and much more.. i think something really nice could evolve once it's widely spread. watch the official trailer and the get the app here.



now it's time for me to explore nike amsterdam..

Moonboy

beautiful cell animated short film by Adam Calfee. made me think.

Sherlock Holmes End Titles

the title design specialists of Prologue around Kyle Cooper come up with these beautifully crafted end titles for Guy Ritchie's latest movie Sherlock Holmes. live action intermittently blends into nice sketch-style motion grpahics sequences. make sure you check out some other projects of Prologue.

click image to start movie..

Else Mobile

uk-based rob chiu a.k.a. The Ronin created this short film for Else Mobile Phones to introduce a new generation of mobiles. he well combined footage shot on location in downtown L.A. with a bunch animated graphs and charts. official project website here.

click image to start movie..

PostPanic Office / Maurice Mentjens Design

on The Cool Hunter's blog I stumbled upon an article about holtum(nl)-based interior and furniture designer Maurice Mentjens. this guys also designed the office of amsterdam-based PostPanic, the animation and design studio I'm currently working at. to give you guys an insight of where I've spent the last half year of creative and productive madness, check out these shots..








check out the full story here.

Avatar

I watched James Cameron's Avatar last week and I gotta say: I'm stoked! the incredible universe he created with this great variety of flora and fauna is just amazing. learn more about the director's vision in this making-of clip..



for more information on the technical approach check out this documentary about so-called percormance capture



make sure you Avatar in 3d as it really enhances your perception. I'm gonna watch it again here in amsterdam this week..