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Crony capitalism feeds the corporate plan for schools

2012-02-17T09:05:00.002Z

Belle Mellor, Film Club director, has produced this Illustration which appeared in yesterdays edition of The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/14/crony-capitalism-corporate-schools

Film Club director Paul Bush and Dance animation

2012-02-01T16:29:00.000Z

Film Club director Paul Bush is giving a talk on Dance animation at the Jerwood Space on 16th Feb . Paul will be part of a panel discussion held to coincide with the presentation of Moving Pictures, the online exhibition of dance animation. Presented by Animate Projects and Portland Green Cultural Projects, the panel discussion will be held at the Jerwood Space on 16th February 2012 at 6.30 pm

Pas De Deux De Deux Directed by Paul Bush
The White swan pas de deux from the classical ballet Swan Lake has been restaged frame by frame with the two original dancers replaced by four new dancers. The movement remains continuous, but in each frame a different person occupies the dancers' body space. the White Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake as originally danced by Marina Semenova and Yuri Kondratov in 1946 is re-enacted by Yalckun Abdurehim, Matthew Hawkins, Camille Litalien and Franziska Rosenzweig.

'Pas De Deux De Deux' will be screened as part of the online exhibition of Dance animation, 'Moving Pictures', presented by Animate Projects, and goes live on 27th January 2012.

Ed Miliband, welcome to the coalition – but don't stay too long

2012-02-01T15:55:00.004Z

The Labour leader's sanity on cuts is what the economy needs. But long term, a healthy democracy needs real opposition.

Belle Mellor - Film Club director - illustration for the Guardian - January 17th 2012

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/17/ed-miliband-coalition-sanity-opposition

TEMPO BIKE .......NOMINATED

2012-01-13T16:50:00.004Z

Film Club is delighted to announce that its director VIDA VEGA has been nominated in the best 2d animation category at the 2012 British Animation Awards.

well done Vida ! .......and Best of luck.

http://youtu.be/f5oAXotpbcs

BABLEDOM to premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival

2012-01-13T16:41:00.005Z

Paul Bush's new feature, made over five years and shot with a small digital camera capturing the extraordinary architecture of modern cities in Japan, China, Dubai, Germany, Uk, Austria and Spain will be shown at the Netherlands Architecture Institute as part of the official selection of 41st Rotterdam International Film Festival. It will be shown every day 26-29 january at the NAI auditorium.
Rotterdam is one of the biggest film festivals in europe and the most important for independanet and experimental films.

Visit the city of Babeldom at www.babeldom.com

http://en.nai.nl/platform/lectures_and_debates/item/_rp_kolom2-1_elementId/1_1162945
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com

Belle Mellor illustration for the Guardian

2012-01-11T14:05:00.008Z

The Guardian - Tuesday 10 January 2012

Ed Miliband will have to take on the Blairite zombies -

Labour won't win credibility by backing cuts but by turning the rhetoric about a new economy into hard policy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/10/ed-miliband-blairite-zombies?INTCMP=SRCH

'Confusion of Tongues' shortlisted at BAA

2012-01-10T12:05:00.058Z

A second Film Club director, Em cooper has been shortlisted at the 2012 British Animation Awards for her short film 'Confusion Of Tongues'.
We are delighted that Film Club now have 2 directors shortlisted at the highly competitive BAA which showcases the best of British animation.
We wish both Em Cooper and Vida Vega the very best of luck.

Tempo Bike shortlisted at the British Animation Awards

2012-01-06T18:23:00.000Z

Film Club director Vida Vega has been shortlisted for Best 2D animation at this years British Animation Awards.
One of 7 shortlisted commercials in a very competitive category, we are delighted and wish Vida the best of luck!

Tempo "Bike" Making Of

2011-11-25T13:21:00.000Z

So here it is, the "making of" Vida's Tempo advert. Shot/directed/edited by Th2ng director Andy Blackburn.
Enjoy!

Tempo "Bike" - The Reel ad of the week!

2011-11-10T09:10:00.000Z

The Reel has just crowned Tempo bike ad of the week!

click through to their newsletter for a little profile of our director Vida Vega as well - well done!

Tim MacMillan for Rip Curl

2011-11-09T16:01:00.001Z

Film Club director Tim Macmillan in his role as technical supervisor has created the first ever "30 camera Array" to be used in the surf for this latest video by Rip Curl Australia.
The team used GoPro HD cameras for the shoot and the results are stunning, never before seen surf footage that can be viewed in a combination of angles for a true in the round perspective.

Belle Mellor illustrated wine bottles

2011-11-09T14:38:00.000Z

Our director Belle has been doing some more illustrations, this time for Monster Vineyards' glow in the dark wine bottles. All the better for these dark winter months...

Tempo "Bike" directed by Vida Vega

2011-11-02T11:22:00.001Z

So it's finally aired! The new Tempo tissues campaign directed by Vida Vega is here. click HERE to view more of Vida's work.

Something wicked this way comes...

2011-10-28T16:13:00.001+01:00

Over the summer a big inky project by director Vida Vega has been taking place at Film Club. It's airing on Monday, we're excited to be able to talk about it soon!

Film Club director Em Cooper Wins Silver award for best campaign!

2011-10-25T14:39:00.000+01:00

Em's short film 'Is It Love' won a silver award for Best campaign at the CIPR awards in Bristol on 21st October
the short animated film was commissioned by Exeter based PR agency KOR communications as part of a domestic abuse awareness campaign aimed at girls aged 13 - 17 in abusive relationships and explaining to the young audiences the kind of behaviour that is not acceptable.

Well Done Em!

click to view more of em's work

The Nest premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival

2011-10-20T13:12:00.000+01:00

Film Club director Em Cooper has just returned from the Vancouver International Film Festival
heres a photo of her taken before the premiere screening of her latest short animated film 'The Nest'

"I really enjoyed my trip to Vancouver International Film Festival for the N.American premiere of The Nest! The cinemas were packed, the screenings went well and I met some really interesting directors and saw some fantastic films. All in all a fantastic experience although I ended up slightly worse for wear from all the festival’s free parties!"

Belle Mellor illustrations for the Guardian

2011-10-14T13:54:00.000+01:00

The Guardian Wednesday 12 october 2011

Sorry is not enough. Fox has to go and, if he won't, Cameron should fire him

The defence secretary's weasel words cannot hide a gross failure of judgment. Resignation is the only decent course

The Guardian September 11th 2011

Memories are still vivid, but we need to declare the end of the 9/11 era

Mark the September 11 anniversary with care, then stop this lethal thinking and the grave misjudgements it caused

The Economist 3rd September 2011

Drops to drink

Desalination: A technique called electrodialysis may provide a cheaper way to freshen seawater for human consumption

The Guardian Tuesday 23 August 2011

Being volunteered to work for nothing: a new recipe for the likes of them

Cameron and Blair talk of a rump at the bottom of society – rhetoric that suits businesses getting unpaid labour out of it

The Best Seat In The World

2011-10-07T13:26:00.000+01:00

Film Club's in house editor Danny Mcguinness, has made a 25 minute documentary about Herne Hill Velodrome, heres the 90 second trailer.......lovely !

Em Cooper - Parabottle

2011-08-11T16:00:00.000+01:00

Film Club director Em Cooper has created this short animated film for charity Parabottle.org

Paul Bush feature film

2011-06-28T17:00:00.002+01:00

Film Club director Paul Bush presents his new feature film Babeldom

Film Club for Chivas Regal 25

2011-05-20T15:40:00.014+01:00

Film Club Productions have come together with Th1ng directors Alon Ziv and Shay Hamias to make a film for the limited edition of Chivas Regal 25 Year Old Original, the world's first ever luxury whisky.
Condensed into three minutes, the film consists of archive images animated and manipulated using After Effects to create a three dimensional world that can be explored as it moves through the different ages to tell the story.

Yui Hamagashira for Led Bib "Is That a Woodblock?"

2011-05-10T23:31:00.000+01:00

Music video for 'Is That a Woodblock?' by Film Club director Yui Hamagashira for the Mercury-nominated Led Bib on their new album 'Bring Your Own' released February 7th on Cuneiform Records.

"On the edge of the Oxeye" drawings

2011-04-20T16:15:00.002+01:00

Sketch by Film Club director Yui Hamagashira from her 2009 film "On the Edge of the Oxeye"
click to view film

Vida Vega for Digital Arts Magazine

2011-04-10T15:43:00.001+01:00

Animation test by Film Club director Vida Vega for her new film as featured in Digital Arts Magazine

Tim Macmillan for Burberry

2011-04-02T15:35:00.002+01:00

Film Club director Tim Macmillan worked with director & photographer Mario Testino to design and build the world’s first interactive video array sequences for the Burberry Autumn/Winter Collection 2010 website.

Paul Bush for Asda George

2011-03-25T13:53:00.000Z

Animation company Film Club has joined forces with live action production company th2ng to make a mixed media ad for George at Asda through Fallon.

The final look is as if stickers in a kid's exercise book have come to life. The sticker kids jump around as their clothes animate and change.

To get the performances from the kids they were shot real time by Film Club’s Paul Bush and th2ng's Nick Meikle and then frame cut afterwards to get the "animation look".

Animated doodles and sketches were added to pages of the exercise book to complete the look.

All post production was completed at th1ng.

BBC Christmas Lectures title sequence

2011-03-15T23:39:00.000Z

Directed by Jonathan Topf and animated by film club director Vida Vega for the BBC4 Royal Institution christmas lectures 2010.

Merry Christmas from Film Club!

2011-03-05T02:10:00.001Z

top image: film club director Yui Hamagashira
bottom image: film club director Vida Vega

Michaela Pavlatova - Upp

2011-02-13T15:20:00.000Z

Battersea Dog's home sketches

2011-02-05T16:25:00.001Z

Greyhound sketches from Vida's Battersea Dog's home visit to research her new film "Stay"