Little Clay Men

Film Club director Em Cooper worked with Ceramic artist,  Lawrence Epps, to leave 8,000 little clay men for Manchesters commuters on Wednesday 16th May.

The 8,000 men were placed all around Manchester during Tuesday evening to surprise the commuters on Wednesday morning.

The event was part of Future Everything festival running from 16 - 19th May in Manchester.

EMERGENCE at Turner contemporary, Margate

‘Emergence’, a new piece of work by Film Club director, Em Cooper, will be screening at the Turner Contemporary, Margate, on Friday evening this week, 20th April, as part of their 1st anniversary celebrations.

The piece is a collaboration with composer Jim Perkins, and combines Em's signature style, oil-painted animation with Jim Perkins’ score, which will be sung by soprano Red Gray, to the projection in the gallery.

It will be performed 3 times during the evening between 6 and 10pm. The piece is inspired by the philosophical concept of Emergence, and can be read as a meditation on the creative process...

You are very much invited, if you happen to feel like a spontaneous Friday-night trip to the seaside on the high speed train (only an hour from london!)...

TEMPO WINS AT BAA

We are delighted to announce that TEMPO Bike won best 2d animated commercial at last nights British Animation Awards.

We would like to thank the whole fantastic team who helped to create this commercial

Film Club would like to thank everyone at th1ng for their continued support.

Erica Akerlund .... Theatre d'Idyotique

Erica Akerlund, Film Club director, who joined us this year, has been working on a project for Le Theatre Idiotique.

Crony capitalism feeds the corporate plan for schools

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

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

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

Film Club is delighted to announce Tempo - Bike has been nominated in the best 2D animation category at the 2012 British Animation Awards.

http://youtu.be/f5oAXotpbcs

BABLEDOM to premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival

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

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

A second Film Club director, Em cooper has been shortlisted at the 2012 British Animation Awards for her short film 'Confusion Of Tongues'.

We wish Em Cooper best of luck! 

Tempo "Bike" shortlisted at the British Animation Awards

Film Club has been shortlisted for Best 2D animation at this years British Animation Awards.

One of 7 shortlisted commercials in a very competitive category.

Tempo "Bike" Making Of

So here it is, the "making of" Tempo Bike advert

Enjoy!

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

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

Tim MacMillan for Rip Curl

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

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"

So it's finally aired! The new Tempo tissues campaign directed by Film Club.