Renowned award-winning Russian animator Alexandre Petrov ("The Old Man and the Sea" - Oscar 2000 Award, "My Love" - countless awards) in collaboration with his partners at Canadian Pascal Blais Studio were commissioned by Russian Railways Company to create this masterpiece.
http://vimeo.com/54777823
One of the best short animation I've ever saw. Luis Paris uses only black and white colour with a smart negative space transitions what makes the movie outstanding and captivating. http://vimeo.com/53032371#
"For Christmas, Barney’s New York collaborated with Disney to create this fun and witty video mixing the fashion world with the Disney world. Watch as Minnie embarks on a fantastical fashion adventure in Paris, where she walks the runway in Lanvin and rubs elbows with fashion-world figures like Linda Evangelista, Daphne Guinness, Naomi Campbell, Lady Gaga and many more."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VtBGVeA6Ayc
via TrendLand
Great animation made by Andreas Hykade and Studio Film Bilder
http://vimeo.com/16245334
Netherlands based designer Rogier Wieland has just completed an impressive stop motion ads for Moleskin that relies almost entirely on notebooks to create nearly every aspect of the animation including the precisely cut typography.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q9XvlMITrQ
Making of http://vimeo.com/51591015
A short animated film about the other side. Created by Alex Gee & Pujesh Joshi as graduation project at Queensland College of Art in 2011.
http://vimeo.com/50742359
Guru of stop-motion, master of illusions made from obvious objects - Mr. PES was commissioned by Academy Films to create this awesome short animation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK18bdUEWSs
"A thousand reasons is a short animated spot directed and animated by Daniel Britt. Created for the WMD Awareness Programme, Daniel Britt and the foundation wanted to raise awareness around nuclear weapons and the thousand reasons why they shouldn’t be made." via Whitezine
http://vimeo.com/45150640
I also liked the way the video was crafted by hands from paper
We had a chance to speak with Russian designers from "Bureau Working Title" that did a commercial short "A Touching Application" using no 3D software, only projection mapping, modeling and classic animation. The ad shows advantages of Russian navigation application published by Yandex Ltd.
DC: What is the main plot of this advertisiment? The touching story tells us about two sentimental creatures from some outer world; nevertheless, they seem to be a lot like humans. As the two plan their date in a telephone conversation, they decide to meet up in a planetarium. From now on, they get any information from a mobile map application, which tells them the best routes, timing and any other – that's important – interactive tips. They face random barriers on their way: she gets stuck in a traffic jam, he forgets to buy her flowers and so on. The application helps them to finally meet each other on a crossroad and make their way to the planetarium "using" the "street view" option. We see them as they watch the stars leaning towards each other. The story ends up with a slogan: "A touching application".
What was the largest challenge in producing and directing the project? The hardest was to deal with time which passed so slowly. Classic animation process requires a lot of patience, and the more patient you are, the more satisfaction you get when the work is done. But russian advertising is always about tough deadlines, so you have to make it really quick. Thanks to the professionals who helped us getting the shootings done in its best ways and shared their skills with us. Furthermore, it was a great challenge to combine various techniques: stop-motion animation with dummies, iPad-freezelight, 3D projection mapping and a little bit of computer graphics.
How long did it take you to complete the whole project? Making of all the stage requisites, creating the script, directing everything to its sterile fancy looks, shooting till the final cut – the whole process took us about 1,5 months to get done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcISIVoSZGQ
Credits:
Concept, script, production: Бюро "Рабочее название" (Bureau Working title) www.workingtitle.ru Director, camera: Ivan Proskuryakov Light: Pavel Ukhanov Animation: Alla Solov'eva Projection mapping: Sergey Titov and Sasha Gavrilova (Stain) Dummies: Igor Khilov Stage requisites: Alexey Petrov, Anastasia Zolotilina, Lena Shagieva Freezelight, compositing, CGI: Marina Cherry, Ira Lubomirova Music: DZA (http://soundcloud.com/dza)
Russian duo SELFBURNING released a new short experimental motion work "Collapse". We've asked guys to speak a little about the project: DC: What is this video about? Selfburning: It shows catastrophically rapid contraction of the body under the influence of a strange force.
DC: What was the main challenge while directing this video? Selfburning: I was searching for a visual style that would not require long render sequence. So I was able to spend more time on the setup of the particles and animate objects.
DC: How long did you make this? Selfburning: Usually I do all in parallel with other projects and work. Customary I begin,then put aside, then start again,and so untill I finished conceived. Therefore, it took somewhere 3 months.
http://vimeo.com/42397960
Lovely animation from Kadavre Exquis
Archibald, a creature to whom nothing ever happens sees his routine changed by the arrival of a mysterious circle.
http://vimeo.com/38799240
"There's something incredibly liberating and majestic about this short animation from Brooklyn-based 3D artist and programmer Paris Mavroidis. Created while Mavroidis was pursuing his MFA in Digital Arts at Pratt Institute, "Divers" was inspired by the elaborate dance pieces of Busby Berkeley, mass gymnastics, and experimental cinema from the 20's and 30's." via Juxtapoz
http://vimeo.com/8658994