Sharon Pinsker for Chambord
After the success of the Chambord TV sponsorship ident for the E4 series Revenge directed by Film Club's Sharon Pinsker in her elegant illustrative style, Sharon was asked to direct and design the new TV ad, now airing.
Click below to see the commercial.
Under The Sea : A Film About Hayley Morris
Danny Gregory, New York based illustrator, author and ad agency creative has made a short film about our director Hayley Morris as part of his 'Sketchbook Films' series;
This Sketchbook film is about Hayley Morris, award winning stop-motion animator, capturing her creative process as she makes drawings and critters for her latest film 'Bounce Bounce' music video for
Hilary Hahn & Hauschka.
Hilary Hahn & Hauschka.
Hayley Morris Exhibits at Honolulu Museum of Art
Hayley Morris, Film Club's New York based director whose work is a delicate, textural feast of stop motion and paper sculpture is exhibiting work from her recent music video for Hilary Hahn & Hauschka - 'Bounce Bounce'.
Hayley's work is featured as part of the museums 'Now Hear This' exhibition which explores the relationship between music and art through the medium of the music video.
The exhibition runs from June 18th through to August 11th.
To see Hayleys work click this link.
Kiss The Water reviewed in The Observer
Kiss The Water, the documentary feature directed by Eric Steel which includes 10 minutes of animation by Film Club's Em Cooper was reviewed in the Observer yesterday in the run up to its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The full review from Jason Solomons, the Observer Sunday June 16th
Fishing for film gold
The Edinburgh international film festival starts this week, casting its net wide with Korean films and American indies. But this 67th edition might be remembered for a very local tale and one of the unlikeliest documentaries that's ever hooked me. It's called Kiss the Water: A Love Story, a portrait of an eccentric, almost hermit-like woman called Megan Boyd who became the world's foremost maker of salmon flies. Seriously. Prince Charles was one of her loyal clients, even delivering her OBE to her cottage because Boyd couldn't be bothered with the fuss of going to the palace to accept it from the Queen.
The film is by American doc maker Eric Steel, whose last film, The Bridge, was about suicides off the Golden Gate bridge. This is a calmer, less controversial affair, though equally contemplative, it seems to me, still questioning why people make certain life choices. Boyd's devotion to creating little bits of bait from silk, thread and feathers of toucans, parrots and ibis is indeed baffling, and Steel probes her life with testimonies from those who knew her, and using striking impressionistic animations by British illustrator Em Cooper. The natural beauty of the Scottish Highlands and a vanishing way of life also plays a major part. Steel first heard of Boyd when he read her obituary in the New York Times in 2001. When I call him at his isolated beach house off Montauk, he tells me he's just finished reading that day's obits and is staring at the sea. "People die everyday," he says. "I read them for inspiration but for some reason Megan's was one I clipped out and stuck in on the wall and stared at it for many years, every day. I don't know why. I don't eat salmon, I'd never fished, never been to Scotland. I guess it was the mystery that reeled me in." Kissing the Water premieres at EIFF next Sunday, in the presence of several of the ghillies who appear in the film. "They read the river," Steel says, "and it's like reading the mysteries of life. They're the keepers of some kind of magic, so it will be an honour to be in Edinburgh with them."
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Fishing for film gold
The Edinburgh international film festival starts this week, casting its net wide with Korean films and American indies. But this 67th edition might be remembered for a very local tale and one of the unlikeliest documentaries that's ever hooked me. It's called Kiss the Water: A Love Story, a portrait of an eccentric, almost hermit-like woman called Megan Boyd who became the world's foremost maker of salmon flies. Seriously. Prince Charles was one of her loyal clients, even delivering her OBE to her cottage because Boyd couldn't be bothered with the fuss of going to the palace to accept it from the Queen.
The film is by American doc maker Eric Steel, whose last film, The Bridge, was about suicides off the Golden Gate bridge. This is a calmer, less controversial affair, though equally contemplative, it seems to me, still questioning why people make certain life choices. Boyd's devotion to creating little bits of bait from silk, thread and feathers of toucans, parrots and ibis is indeed baffling, and Steel probes her life with testimonies from those who knew her, and using striking impressionistic animations by British illustrator Em Cooper. The natural beauty of the Scottish Highlands and a vanishing way of life also plays a major part. Steel first heard of Boyd when he read her obituary in the New York Times in 2001. When I call him at his isolated beach house off Montauk, he tells me he's just finished reading that day's obits and is staring at the sea. "People die everyday," he says. "I read them for inspiration but for some reason Megan's was one I clipped out and stuck in on the wall and stared at it for many years, every day. I don't know why. I don't eat salmon, I'd never fished, never been to Scotland. I guess it was the mystery that reeled me in." Kissing the Water premieres at EIFF next Sunday, in the presence of several of the ghillies who appear in the film. "They read the river," Steel says, "and it's like reading the mysteries of life. They're the keepers of some kind of magic, so it will be an honour to be in Edinburgh with them."
Kiss The Water UK premier at Edinburgh film festival
Kiss The Water with animated sections by Film Club director Em Cooper has its UK premier at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday 23rd June.
The feature documentary directed by Eric Steel features 10 minutes of Ems beautiful oil paint animation which had its world premier at the Tribecca Film Festival in April to an audience which also included Ralph Lauren and jerry Seinfeld who described the film as "a combination of being in a dream and eating dessert".
The film is described as A rich documentary inspired by the life and work of Megan Boyd, a legendary Scottish maker of salmon flies. Filled with tributes and recollections from those who knew this solitary and enigmatic woman, this elegiac film draws further inspiration from the colours and textures of Boyd’s handmade, featheradorned flies. The film also takes off into flights of expressive fantasy, courtesy of Em Cooper’s oil-painted animation. An impressionistic tribute to a master of the art of making fishing flies.
It will be screened on 23 June, 17:30 at Cineworld 11 and 25 June, 18:15 at Cineworld 8
For tickets go to
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2013/kiss-the-water
Click here to watch an excerpt from the film.
The feature documentary directed by Eric Steel features 10 minutes of Ems beautiful oil paint animation which had its world premier at the Tribecca Film Festival in April to an audience which also included Ralph Lauren and jerry Seinfeld who described the film as "a combination of being in a dream and eating dessert".
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The film is described as A rich documentary inspired by the life and work of Megan Boyd, a legendary Scottish maker of salmon flies. Filled with tributes and recollections from those who knew this solitary and enigmatic woman, this elegiac film draws further inspiration from the colours and textures of Boyd’s handmade, featheradorned flies. The film also takes off into flights of expressive fantasy, courtesy of Em Cooper’s oil-painted animation. An impressionistic tribute to a master of the art of making fishing flies.
It will be screened on 23 June, 17:30 at Cineworld 11 and 25 June, 18:15 at Cineworld 8
For tickets go to
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2013/kiss-the-water
Click here to watch an excerpt from the film.
Hayley Morris, Vimeo Staff Pick and Promo News
Hayley Morris' stop motion music video for Iron and Wine's track 'Joy' has continued to recieve great responses since release. The music video was recently chosen as Vimeo Staff Pick and last week posted up on Promo News!
Nice work Hayley, click through the image to watch the music video.
Nice work Hayley, click through the image to watch the music video.
Tom Jobbins screening at BUG 37
The music video was chosen as a Vimeo Staff Pick. Click through to watch on Vimeo.
Toms short film 'My Face Is In Space' was a Vimeo Staff Pick last week AND was selected as Short Of The Week....GOOD WORK TOM! Click through to watch on Vimeo.
Toms short film 'My Face Is In Space' was a Vimeo Staff Pick last week AND was selected as Short Of The Week....GOOD WORK TOM! Click through to watch on Vimeo.
Hayley Morris' stop-motion music video featured on Dragonframe
Hayley Morris' stop-motion music video for Iron and Wine's track "Joy" has become a great success, being featured on highly respectable websites, such as, Motionographer.
She has now been interviewed and featured on the blog for the industries stop-motion software, Dragon.
The music video
The making of
She has now been interviewed and featured on the blog for the industries stop-motion software, Dragon.
Below is the music video, full feature from Dragonframe, and the making of.
The music video
The making of
Film Club in New York
The Film Club team are back home in London, still a bit jet lagged from our New York trip. It was great to have our New York office as a base too. We are all very excited about the fantastic reception at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere screening of ' Kiss The Water', the documentary feature film which includes 10 minutes of beautiful oil paint animation by Film Club director Em Cooper.
We had a great time in New York and hope to be visiting our New York th1ng group office more often.
Heres a few of our favourite pictures.
We had a great time in New York and hope to be visiting our New York th1ng group office more often.
Heres a few of our favourite pictures.
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| LEFT: Manhattan from Williamsburgh Bridge RIGHT: Manhattan from Hotel room window at 4am |
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| LEFT: Empire State from roof top of 230 5th Avenue |
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| LEFT: Em Cooper presents Kiss The Water, director Eric Steel and producer Kate Swan with stills from animation of the film. RIGHT: Kiss The Water team after the Premiere. (From Left) Kate Swan- Producer, Sabine Krayenbeul- Editor, Em Cooper - Animation Director (Film Club), Eric Steel - Director, Sue Loughlin - Animation Producer (Film Club) |
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| LEFT: After Kiss The Water screening (From Left) Sue Loughlin - Film Club. Em Cooper - Film Club, Carolyn Hill - From Carolyn Reps (Film Club New York sales rep) RIGHT: After dinner outside 'Lucien' on 1st Avenue (From Left) Sue Loughlin, Hayley Morris - Film Club director, Amanda Rosengurgh - From Carolyn Reps, Andrea Torres - From th1ng New York |
Audience goes wild for Kiss the Water at the World Premiere
“Kiss the Water: ‘a combination of being in a dream and eating dessert” – guess who said that? None other than Mr Jerry Seinfeld at the World Premiere of this great film at The Tribeca Film Festival on Monday.
So pleased that so many people in the audience said that the Film Club animation by Em Cooper was fabulous, which makes my job of talent matching all the more rewarding. Eric Steel, the Kiss The Water director,is really pleased that he went with our suggestion for animation style. The audience just loved Kiss the Water not only Jerry. Uber designer Ralph Lauren was there too and everyone was talking about the animation afterwards.
It was so cool to hear Jerry asking questions at the end. Three more screenings to go with the press and industry one tonight – these are the people we really want to impress, so we hope they love it too.
Check out his picture after the screening here!
Film Club flying the flag for British film in NYC!
World-class British Film is something we want you to shout about, so Friday’s reception held in New York by the British Film Commission and the New York branch of UK Trade and Industry was a fabulous way to showcase our country's involvement in the films at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. It was amazing to have so many luminaries from the British film world together in one spectacular room at the gorgeous Norwood Members Club - a 'home for the curious.'
Fitting -- as everyone was curious to find out about Film Club’s involvement in creating the animation in Eric Steel's documentary Kiss the Water. I got the chance to speak to Tara Halloran of the British Film Commission and Katie Ellen of BFI aided by the fantastic Sabine Krayenbuehl, the film's editor.
The evening was beautifully timed as we want as many people as possible to see the stunning hand painted animation that our director Em Cooper produced for the film. Rubbing shoulders with the great and the good gave me the opportunity to let everyone know about the first screening of Kiss the Water. We really want the film to be well received since it's a truly beautiful story. Here's hoping our Film Brit Pack are as excited about it as we are!
It is always good when your reputation precedes you: having worked with BAFTA and Childline on 'Losing the Plot' for the Create and Make competition they ran. I got some lovely comments from BAFTA New York: Harlene Freezer, the chairman and Christina Thomas, its CEO. All in all, it was a really great evening and hopefully a taste of things to come!
For any of you visiting the festival in New York, here are the screening times for Kiss the Water.
Wednesday, April 24 5:30pm - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 4
Thursday, April 25 12:00pm - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 7 (press & industry)
Saturday, April 27 7:30pm - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 9
Sunday, April 28 7:00pm - AMC Village 7 Cinema 2
Fitting -- as everyone was curious to find out about Film Club’s involvement in creating the animation in Eric Steel's documentary Kiss the Water. I got the chance to speak to Tara Halloran of the British Film Commission and Katie Ellen of BFI aided by the fantastic Sabine Krayenbuehl, the film's editor.
The evening was beautifully timed as we want as many people as possible to see the stunning hand painted animation that our director Em Cooper produced for the film. Rubbing shoulders with the great and the good gave me the opportunity to let everyone know about the first screening of Kiss the Water. We really want the film to be well received since it's a truly beautiful story. Here's hoping our Film Brit Pack are as excited about it as we are!
It is always good when your reputation precedes you: having worked with BAFTA and Childline on 'Losing the Plot' for the Create and Make competition they ran. I got some lovely comments from BAFTA New York: Harlene Freezer, the chairman and Christina Thomas, its CEO. All in all, it was a really great evening and hopefully a taste of things to come!
For any of you visiting the festival in New York, here are the screening times for Kiss the Water.
Wednesday, April 24 5:30pm - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 4
Thursday, April 25 12:00pm - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 7 (press & industry)
Saturday, April 27 7:30pm - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 9
Sunday, April 28 7:00pm - AMC Village 7 Cinema 2
Tom Jobbins' music video on Vimeo Staff Picks
In March Film Clubs, Tom Jobbins released his beautiful stop-motion music video for Hiatus' new track 'We Can Be Ghosts Now'. Since the release the music video has received a high volume of interest across the web, with YouTube views clocking over 37,000.
This week the video was successfully shown as a 'Vimeo Staff Pick', and instantly received plenty of appreciative reviews in the comment section.
Congratulations Tom, well deserved.
This week the video was successfully shown as a 'Vimeo Staff Pick', and instantly received plenty of appreciative reviews in the comment section.
Congratulations Tom, well deserved.
Em Cooper animation to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Documentary feature directed by Eric Steel with 10 minutes of animation sequences by Film Clubs Em Cooper to premiere at the Tribecca film festival on Monday 22nd April at &.00pm at the Chelsea Clearview Cinema.
Kiss the Water: Tribeca Film Festival Screenings
Monday, 22 April (7:00pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 5
Wednesday, 24 April (5:30pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 4
Thursday, 25 April (12:00pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 7 (press & industry)
Saturday, 27 April (7:30pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 9
Sunday, 28 April (7:00pm) - AMC Village 7 Cinema 2
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Kiss the Water: Tribeca Film Festival Screenings
Monday, 22 April (7:00pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 5
Wednesday, 24 April (5:30pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 4
Thursday, 25 April (12:00pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 7 (press & industry)
Saturday, 27 April (7:30pm) - Chelsea Clearview Cinemas 9
Sunday, 28 April (7:00pm) - AMC Village 7 Cinema 2
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Hayley Morris Iron & Wine - 'Joy' on Motionographer
Since the release of Hayley Morris' stop-motion music video for Iron & Wine it has been well receieved and is now featured on the creative industry blog, Motionographer.
Below is the making of from the beautiful stop-motion animation, which took in total, 2 months to create in Hayley's New York studio.
Below is the making of from the beautiful stop-motion animation, which took in total, 2 months to create in Hayley's New York studio.
Hayley Morris music video for Iron & Wine on NPR's 'All Songs Considered'
New animated music video by Film Club's New York based director, Hayley Morris 'Joy' by Iron & Wine. The video is premiered on NPR's 'All Songs Considered'.
Hayley has created a beautiful colourful world within this fantastical stop motion animation.
Hayley has created a beautiful colourful world within this fantastical stop motion animation.
Click here for the first watch on NPR.
'Losing The Plot' ranked No.1 on David's Reviews
Our short film for Childline and BAFTA Kids Vote directed by Yui Hamagashira is ranked no.1 on David's reviews top 20 for March. Get your votes in to keep it there as long as possible. Thanks so much to everyone that has voted for us.
Tom Jobbins music video for DJ Hiatus featuring Shura
The music video 'We Can Be Ghosts Now' by Film Club director Tom Jobbins for DJ Haitus featuring Shura, which went live last night on Dummy, is a retelling of a tragic love story with the protagonists played by stop-motion triangles.
Tom was inspired to make a film using only simple shapes and colour because he didn't want to interfere with the songs underlying dark beauty. Abstracting the world gave him a lot more manoeuvre to be playful and create a short hand to bring out emotive feelings with the characters.
Click here to watch the full music video.
Tom was inspired to make a film using only simple shapes and colour because he didn't want to interfere with the songs underlying dark beauty. Abstracting the world gave him a lot more manoeuvre to be playful and create a short hand to bring out emotive feelings with the characters.
Click here to watch the full music video.
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