Isabel Stevens, Sight & Sound Production Editor
has selected Babeldom the animated feature by Film Club director Paul Bush as one of her top 5.
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Click here for the full article, and other chosen films.
Paul Bush feature Babeldom in Sight & Sound round up of best films of 2013
The editors of Sight & Sound have each selected their 5 Top Films from 2013.
Em Cooper's Collaborative Film 30% Gets Vimeo Staff Pick
Film Club director Em Cooper has collaborated with artist Anna Cady and radio journalist Jenny Cuffe to make 30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone), which was chosen as a Vimeo Staff Pick today.
In the film three passionate women tell stories of kidnap, corruption and secret societies as they fight to improve the position of women in politics in Sierra Leone. Oil painted animation and live action present issues of gender and politics as compelling and thought provoking viewing.
Em and Anna will be speaking about the film at the London Feminist Film Festival tonight. 30% was also part of the official selection at Sundance Film Festival 2013.
In the film three passionate women tell stories of kidnap, corruption and secret societies as they fight to improve the position of women in politics in Sierra Leone. Oil painted animation and live action present issues of gender and politics as compelling and thought provoking viewing.
Em and Anna will be speaking about the film at the London Feminist Film Festival tonight. 30% was also part of the official selection at Sundance Film Festival 2013.
Chambord Advert Showing in Cinemas Now
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If you're planning a trip to the cinema look out for the Chambord advert, a collaboartion between Film Club's Sharon Pinsker and Th1ng's Shay Hamias!
The advert is currently showing before 'Gravity', 'Last Vegas', 'Don Jon' and 'The Counselor' and various new releases up until February 2014.
You can also watch below:
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Hayley Morris Wins Bronze for Best Animated Music Video at LIAs
Congratulations to Film Club director Hayley Morris for winning Bronze place at the London International Awards for her stunning stop motion animation music video for Iron & Wine's 'Joy'!
Have a look at the winners list here.
Have a look at the winners list here.
Tom Jobbins Wins UK Music Video Award!
Tom Jobbins won 'Best Animation in a Video' at the UK Music Video Awards last night, seeing off some fierce competition!
The award winning video follows an epic love story told by colourful triangles, for Hiatus ft Shura's track 'We Can Be Ghosts Now'.
Alongside winning an official award, Tom also showed the UK MVAs a thing or two on the dance floor in celebration.
Congratulations Tom!
The award winning video follows an epic love story told by colourful triangles, for Hiatus ft Shura's track 'We Can Be Ghosts Now'.
Alongside winning an official award, Tom also showed the UK MVAs a thing or two on the dance floor in celebration.
Congratulations Tom!
'Dream The Dare' by Hayley Morris on Vimeo Staff Pick, 1.4 and the Creators Project
'Dream The Dare', Hayley Morris' latest music video for Pure Bathing Culture has been chosen as a Vimeo Staff Pick, featured on 1.4's monthly roundup of 'Six of the best creative music videos' and featured on the Creators Project's blog.
Joining Hayley's work on 1.4's monthly roundup is James Partridge's latest music video for Dan Croll's 'Home', produced by Film Club sister company Th2ng. Click here to watch 'Home'.
Great to see the video featured across so many sites! Click the links below for the respective sites.
Vimeo Staff Pick
1.4 'Six of the best creative music videos'
The Creators Project
Joining Hayley's work on 1.4's monthly roundup is James Partridge's latest music video for Dan Croll's 'Home', produced by Film Club sister company Th2ng. Click here to watch 'Home'.
Great to see the video featured across so many sites! Click the links below for the respective sites.
Vimeo Staff Pick
1.4 'Six of the best creative music videos'
The Creators Project
Children's Museum of the Arts: Animators Speak With Hayley Morris
The Children's Museum of the Arts have interviewed Hayley Morris for their series 'Animators Speak'. A young animator went to Hayley's studio and quizzed her on her work, methods and tips for upcoming animators.
Watch the interview below:
Watch the interview below:
Hayley Morris & Pure Bathing Culture Interviews in Redefine Mag
Redefine Mag have done a fantastic feature on Hayley Morris and her video for Pure Bathing Culture's 'Dream The Dare'.
The article contains insightful interviews with both Hayley Morris and Pure Bathing Culture on their collaboration, the imagery used, influences such as Inuit design, and the creative process of making the video.
Read the full article here.
The article contains insightful interviews with both Hayley Morris and Pure Bathing Culture on their collaboration, the imagery used, influences such as Inuit design, and the creative process of making the video.
Read the full article here.
Hayley Morris Music Video for Pure Bathing Culture's 'Dream the Dare'
Hayley Morris has created a moving hand-drawn 3D stop motion animation for Portland based Pure Bathing Culture's new single 'Dream the Dare'. The video premiered on Gorrila vs. Bear music blog alongside some insight from Hayley into the concept and production process. Click here for the full article or check out the video below.
Tom Jobbins Nominated for 'Best Animation in a Video' at the UK Music Video Awards 13
We're very happy to announce that Film Club director Tom Jobbins' fantastic video for Hiatus ft Shura's track 'We Can Be Ghosts Now' , has been nominated for 'Best Animation in a Video' at the UK Music Video Awards 13.
You can check out the full shortlist for UK MVAs here. Fingers crossed!
You can check out the full shortlist for UK MVAs here. Fingers crossed!
Craftsman Tom's Master Jobbins
Congratulations to our director Tom Jobbins on the birth of his ( and Film Clubs ) first baby.
Weighing in at 7lb 11oz on 24th August.
We are all delighted for Tom and his wife Nadia on the birth of their son Ted.
Weighing in at 7lb 11oz on 24th August.
We are all delighted for Tom and his wife Nadia on the birth of their son Ted.
Hayley Morris Featured on PBS - Off Book Special Feature on Stop Motion Animation
Film Club director Hayley Morris has featured on the latest PBS - Off Book feature on Stop Motion animation. Hayley joins 3 other stop motion animators to celebrate the art of stop motion.
Click here to watch the feature.
Click here to watch the feature.
Film of the week: Draw the Line by WWF UK - CivilSociety.co.uk
WWF UK has produced a film that puts the spotlight on Virunga, Africa's oldest national park that is being exploited for its oil.
WWF UK has created a musical and artistic film about Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park. Containing rainforests, volcanoes and rare wildlife, the park is a World Heritage Site but oil companies are beginning to take an interest in the oil reserves below it.
The video starts with a collage of the different animals and environments inside the park. The video is soon darkened by black fingerprints, signalling humankind’s search for oil in the area which will endanger the animals. However, there is light again, as the video illustrates how the public and WWF UK have helped ‘draw the line’, abolishing the dark fingerprints. Signatures cover the screen of those who've put their names to the campaign. The video's melody, however, continues until the end, showing that the park is still in danger of being exploited.
Click here for the original article.
WWF UK has created a musical and artistic film about Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park. Containing rainforests, volcanoes and rare wildlife, the park is a World Heritage Site but oil companies are beginning to take an interest in the oil reserves below it.
The video starts with a collage of the different animals and environments inside the park. The video is soon darkened by black fingerprints, signalling humankind’s search for oil in the area which will endanger the animals. However, there is light again, as the video illustrates how the public and WWF UK have helped ‘draw the line’, abolishing the dark fingerprints. Signatures cover the screen of those who've put their names to the campaign. The video's melody, however, continues until the end, showing that the park is still in danger of being exploited.
Click here for the original article.
MarketingMagazine.co.uk Article: WWF Animates Dangers Of Oil Exploration In African National Park
Matthew Chapman at MarketingMagazine.co.uk recently wrote the following article on Belle Mellor's WWF Virunga animation:
A stylised animation draws the viewer into the natural and beautiful ecosystem of Virunga National Park to build support against the area potentially becoming an oil field.
Africa’s oldest national park has more species of mammals, reptiles and birds than any other protected African area, but is currently being explored for oil.
Signatures breaking through the impending threat at the end of the film imply signing a petition could kill off the threat of further oil exploration.
Brand: WWF
Client: Greg Armfield, content production manager at WWF UK
Agency: Film Club
Creative: Belle Mellor
Click here for the original article.
A stylised animation draws the viewer into the natural and beautiful ecosystem of Virunga National Park to build support against the area potentially becoming an oil field.
Africa’s oldest national park has more species of mammals, reptiles and birds than any other protected African area, but is currently being explored for oil.
Signatures breaking through the impending threat at the end of the film imply signing a petition could kill off the threat of further oil exploration.
Brand: WWF
Client: Greg Armfield, content production manager at WWF UK
Agency: Film Club
Creative: Belle Mellor
Click here for the original article.
Belle Mellor Film For WWF
Film Club helps WWF draw the line on oil exploration in Virunga National Park with evocative new animation from our director Belle Mellor.
LBB Feature On 'New Talent' Hayley Morris
LBB have done a great a piece on one of our directors, Hayley Morris, which you can check out below:
New Talent: Hayley Morris
Stop frame animation director at Film Club Productions
After a childhood watching visually compelling movies, such as La Belle et la Bête and Metropolis, it’s not surprising that Hayley Morris became a director and, more specifically, one that revels in the complexities of stop motion animation. Now working out of her studio in Brooklyn, NYC, she creates mind-bogglingly beautiful films with anything she can lay her hands on – whether that be paper, clay or random objects from the local flea markets. LBB's Addison Capper discovered what inspires Morris and her work and why she so loves experimenting with stop-motion animation.
LBB> Where did you grow up and what kind of child were you?
HM> About an hour north of NYC. It was a great place to grow up because you could jump on a train and be in a giant city, and then jump back on, and be surrounded by nature again. I was a very imaginative and curious child. I loved to draw, paint and sculpt, but my favourite thing of all, was to dress up in crazy costumes and paint my face. I loved transforming into different characters and imagining myself in different worlds.
LBB> How did you get into filmmaking and why were you drawn to it?
HM> When growing up my mother liked showing me films that she'd grown up with. I was introduced to films that used really creative, hand-made, visual techniques, such as Metropolis, La Belle et la Bête, Jason and the Argonauts and so on. All of these films transported you into magical and highly stylized worlds where the impossible became a reality.
I began experimenting with animation as a teenager and then decided to major in Film and Animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. Originally I thought I would pursue illustration, but I felt the medium was too limiting. I really wanted to tell my stories by being able to combine everything into one. That's why I’m so drawn to stop-motion animation. You can combine forms of all art into animation to create fantastical world. Be it through drawing, painting, sculpture, textile, lighting and sound. Since I use very minimal digital effects and nearly everything is done in camera, each project becomes a puzzle. I really enjoy figuring out how to make what's in my mind into a reality.
LBB> How would you define your style of directing?
HM> It's difficult to say what my style is because I think it’s constantly changing. I think all of my work has similar qualities that bleed into every project. For instance, I like playing with texture, pattern and colour, but it's really important to me that each project has a new challenge. I tend to experiment a lot before diving into production.
LBB> You work with stop frame animation and paper cut outs a lot - why are they techniques you enjoy exploring? Does working that way throw up any problems?
HM> I like exploring and experimenting with stop-motion animation because you can make absolutely anything happen. If I wanted a bird to transform into a house and then open up and turn into a cloud... I could! Once I have an idea I then have to sit down and figure out how to actually make it work and what materials I can use to create the scene. I love stop-motion because it is a tactile medium. I can create everything out of paper or clay, or go to a flea market and find a bunch of random objects and re-imagine and re-purpose them into something else. It's just a lot of fun and allows me to be playful.
At the moment I love using paper because there are so many varieties of colour, pattern, and texture. From a single sheet of paper you can cut, fold or sculpt something figurative, graphic, abstract or into any style that you like. It's a very versatile material.
I wouldn't say working in stop-motion throws up any problems. I guess the process is an inherently slow and tedious one. You need a lot of patience.
LBB> I really love the colouring in your video for Iron and Wine 'Joy' - the whole thing is beautiful. Can you talk us through the processes involved and the narrative behind it?
HM> I have loved Iron and Wine - also known as Sam Beam - since his first album The Creek Drank The Cradle. Creating a music video to his music was a dream project. He was so fantastic to work with and gave me complete freedom; he allowed me to let my ideas run wild and make his song into a visual world.
When brainstorming for possible narratives and visual interpretations of the song I was drawn to a particular lyric. “Deep inside the heart of this crazy mess, I’m only calm when I get lost within your wilderness.” This is what sparked my concept.
Joy is a song about love and taking a moment to realize how someone can vastly change how you perceive yourself and the world around you. My goal for this video was to make the viewer feel this sense of joy, discovery, and appreciation, by following the organic flow of the song. As the landscape changes through bursts of colour, growth and transformation... Through his eyes we see the changes to Sam's world, by catching glimpses of her within the different plants, rocks, trees and objects that occupy him and the scenery. In the end we see that he is full of colour and vibrancy.
The video is a mixed media piece. It’s composed of a blend of rotoscope watercolour animations and stop-motion. I handmade every piece in the landscape from found objects, paper, clay and various materials, and then projected her image into the set pieces.
LBB> Which pieces of work are you most proud of and why?
HM> I am most proud of ‘Undone’. It’s a very personal short film inspired by my grandfather and Alzheimer's disease. It's one of the first films I made. Creating that film really solidified that animation and, specifically, stop-motion was what I wanted to do with my life.
LBB> Aside from filmmaking, what do you get up to?
HM> Aside from filmmaking I love to travel. I get a lot of inspiration from traveling and seeing new places. If I could, I would live in a new city or place every few months. Living in NYC offers such a diverse amount of activities, so I like going to museums, concerts, cooking with friends, drawing, teaching animation here and there and I am learning French.
New Talent: Hayley Morris
Stop frame animation director at Film Club Productions
After a childhood watching visually compelling movies, such as La Belle et la Bête and Metropolis, it’s not surprising that Hayley Morris became a director and, more specifically, one that revels in the complexities of stop motion animation. Now working out of her studio in Brooklyn, NYC, she creates mind-bogglingly beautiful films with anything she can lay her hands on – whether that be paper, clay or random objects from the local flea markets. LBB's Addison Capper discovered what inspires Morris and her work and why she so loves experimenting with stop-motion animation.
LBB> Where did you grow up and what kind of child were you?
HM> About an hour north of NYC. It was a great place to grow up because you could jump on a train and be in a giant city, and then jump back on, and be surrounded by nature again. I was a very imaginative and curious child. I loved to draw, paint and sculpt, but my favourite thing of all, was to dress up in crazy costumes and paint my face. I loved transforming into different characters and imagining myself in different worlds.
LBB> How did you get into filmmaking and why were you drawn to it?
HM> When growing up my mother liked showing me films that she'd grown up with. I was introduced to films that used really creative, hand-made, visual techniques, such as Metropolis, La Belle et la Bête, Jason and the Argonauts and so on. All of these films transported you into magical and highly stylized worlds where the impossible became a reality.
I began experimenting with animation as a teenager and then decided to major in Film and Animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. Originally I thought I would pursue illustration, but I felt the medium was too limiting. I really wanted to tell my stories by being able to combine everything into one. That's why I’m so drawn to stop-motion animation. You can combine forms of all art into animation to create fantastical world. Be it through drawing, painting, sculpture, textile, lighting and sound. Since I use very minimal digital effects and nearly everything is done in camera, each project becomes a puzzle. I really enjoy figuring out how to make what's in my mind into a reality.
LBB> How would you define your style of directing?
HM> It's difficult to say what my style is because I think it’s constantly changing. I think all of my work has similar qualities that bleed into every project. For instance, I like playing with texture, pattern and colour, but it's really important to me that each project has a new challenge. I tend to experiment a lot before diving into production.
LBB> You work with stop frame animation and paper cut outs a lot - why are they techniques you enjoy exploring? Does working that way throw up any problems?
HM> I like exploring and experimenting with stop-motion animation because you can make absolutely anything happen. If I wanted a bird to transform into a house and then open up and turn into a cloud... I could! Once I have an idea I then have to sit down and figure out how to actually make it work and what materials I can use to create the scene. I love stop-motion because it is a tactile medium. I can create everything out of paper or clay, or go to a flea market and find a bunch of random objects and re-imagine and re-purpose them into something else. It's just a lot of fun and allows me to be playful.
At the moment I love using paper because there are so many varieties of colour, pattern, and texture. From a single sheet of paper you can cut, fold or sculpt something figurative, graphic, abstract or into any style that you like. It's a very versatile material.
I wouldn't say working in stop-motion throws up any problems. I guess the process is an inherently slow and tedious one. You need a lot of patience.
LBB> I really love the colouring in your video for Iron and Wine 'Joy' - the whole thing is beautiful. Can you talk us through the processes involved and the narrative behind it?
HM> I have loved Iron and Wine - also known as Sam Beam - since his first album The Creek Drank The Cradle. Creating a music video to his music was a dream project. He was so fantastic to work with and gave me complete freedom; he allowed me to let my ideas run wild and make his song into a visual world.
Joy is a song about love and taking a moment to realize how someone can vastly change how you perceive yourself and the world around you. My goal for this video was to make the viewer feel this sense of joy, discovery, and appreciation, by following the organic flow of the song. As the landscape changes through bursts of colour, growth and transformation... Through his eyes we see the changes to Sam's world, by catching glimpses of her within the different plants, rocks, trees and objects that occupy him and the scenery. In the end we see that he is full of colour and vibrancy.
The video is a mixed media piece. It’s composed of a blend of rotoscope watercolour animations and stop-motion. I handmade every piece in the landscape from found objects, paper, clay and various materials, and then projected her image into the set pieces.
LBB> Which pieces of work are you most proud of and why?
HM> I am most proud of ‘Undone’. It’s a very personal short film inspired by my grandfather and Alzheimer's disease. It's one of the first films I made. Creating that film really solidified that animation and, specifically, stop-motion was what I wanted to do with my life.
LBB> Aside from filmmaking, what do you get up to?
HM> Aside from filmmaking I love to travel. I get a lot of inspiration from traveling and seeing new places. If I could, I would live in a new city or place every few months. Living in NYC offers such a diverse amount of activities, so I like going to museums, concerts, cooking with friends, drawing, teaching animation here and there and I am learning French.
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.
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