French animator Kadavre Exquis’ short film “Childhood of a Circle” is one of the most gorgeous pieces of animation I’ve watched this year. The short film tell the tale of Archibald, a lonely bear like creature whose life is suddenly changed by the arrival of a mysterious circle.
The animated film’s lush visuals, soothing background score and an evocative voiceover is a loving homage to classic European cartoons, that some of us were lucky enough to be exposed to in childhood. The OST of the film was composed by Kadavre Exquis himself, with John Kassab, the multi-award winning sound designer from Australia, taking care of sound design.
I just loved this music video for Gotye’s “Easy Way Out.” The stop-motion animated video was created over a period of 9 months by Oh Yeah Wow, a production studio based in Melbourne, Australia.
The film’s surreal, but evocative visuals were created to tie in effortlessly with the thematic premise of the song – the mind-numbing and depressive elements of doing the same things, day in and day out.
Skip is a charming little animated film, whose two central characters unwittingly traverse through time and movie genres, only to finally end up falling in love with each other. Created…
Creative duo Ygor Marotta and Ceci Soloaga, aka Vjsuave, took over a month to make this experimental urban projection short film in Sao Paulo, for MTV. Click here to watch…
A short clip directed by Gabriel Fermanelli for Fox, Italy, that pays homage to classic American TV shows from the ‘70s and ‘80s. The video is the first solo directorial…
A beautifully-animated short love story, made by the people at Polder Animation. The flawless sound design by Peter van der Velden deserves special mention. Link to Blik from Polder Animation…
Watch a short film made by Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, featuring the (mis)adventures of bumbling detective, who is unfortunately blessed with an overactive imagination. The short film only recently…
Watch Sumo Lake, a completely hand-drawn, animated retelling of the “Swan Lake” story. The award-winning short was created by Greg Holfeld, an animator from Australia. Watch Sumo Lake on Vimeo.
Watch a hypnotically-beautiful music video for Australian indie band All India Radio’s ‘Rippled’ track. The video, which took over six months to make, was a labor of love for director Darcy Prenderast and the creative team at Oh Yeah Wow, a design and animation studio based in Melbourne, Australia.
Impressed and intrigued by the work, I wrote to Darcy, asking him whether he would do a short interview for JazJaz. He was cool enough to agree immediately for it.
Your first music video for All India Radio, “Lucky,” has garnered more than 5,00,000 views on YouTube. And now, “Rippled” is now rapidly ratcheting up the views, as well. Can you tell us a bit more about your obviously successful collaboration with the band, and how it all got started?
You know, I think we came together at an interesting time. I was 23, brimming with creativity and had just started my own business without a clue of how to run one. Which was fortuitous really, because I ended up making ‘Lucky’ for less than $1000 which is a somewhat terrible business decision, given how long it took to make. Its never been about the money for me though, the collaboration has been fruitful and easy because Martin Kennedy the main man behind All India Radio, completely trusts us. He makes great music, we make great visuals and he allows us the freedom to create.
The amazing locations seen in the video, add a whole lot to look and feel of it. Where did you film the entire thing?
It was shot in various abandoned warehouses around Melbourne… We wanted to shoot in a somewhat dystopian landscape. There is something so eerily beautiful about these areas, that are surrounded by various hives of activity but have been forgotten about by society itself. Its like your own derelict playground.