St.Petersburg Timelapse 2012 HD

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The most awesome timelapse I've ever saw and not because it is about the city I live and love, but because of the professional level and quality bring us by Vitaly Karpovich from Grodno, Belorussia, studying now in StPete University of Cinematography (hope they understand what a gem they've got)

http://vimeo.com/46358463

SAMSARA trailer

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After spotting the name of director Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi, Baraka) in the description of "SAMSARA" trailer , my hairs stood on end. The most awesome director in the world is back after filming for 5 years in 100 locations of 25 countries around the world. My eye's pupils got visual orgasm registering the beauty in each frame of this short trailer and I can't wait for the release and prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience..

Samsara is a Sanskrit word that means “the ever turning wheel of life” and is the point of departure for the filmmakers as they search for the elusive current of interconnection that runs through our lives. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, Samsara transports us to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites, and natural wonders. By dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, Samsara subverts our expectations of a traditional documentary, instead encouraging our own inner interpretations inspired by images and music that infuses the ancient with the modern.

http://vimeo.com/46273869

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Alexander McQueen goes GIF-tastic

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GIF animation experiences the second revival and goes through amazing cinemagraphic strictly to experimental fashion films. One of the first to experiment with it comes Alexander McQueen fashion house that continually strives to reinvent and transform its’ image. Check this campaign film featuring the Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection, directed by David Sims and featuring Suvi Koponen.

Bye-bye our self-proclaimed trend "fidget noir", hello eyes killing Post-GIF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5wXXJpQyxg&feature=player_embedded

ᔥ http://portable.tv/fashion/post/alexander-mcqueen-goes-gif-tastic/

A Thousand Reasons

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"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

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The V Motion Project

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This project combines the collective talents of musicians, dancers, programmers, designers and animators to create an amazing visual instrument. Creating music through motion is at the heart of this creation and uses the power of the Kinect to capture movement and translate it into music which is performed live and projected on a huge wall.http://www.v.co.nz/#the-motion-project

http://vimeo.com/45417241

Developers: Jeff Nusz Paul Sanderson - fugitive.co.nz

Music: Joel Little

Ableton: James Hayday

Dancer: Josh Cesan

Agency: Colenso BBDO

Client: Frucor

A Touching Application by Working Title

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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)

Olly Low Poly And The Zombie Tower

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Russian motion designer Vladimir Tomin is about to release his first ever video game "Olly Low Poly And The Zombie Tower". It will be available for Mac OS and PC in first release and for iOS in second. After watching the presentation video I have the only words "Olly Low Poly - Holly Macaroni!" it is damn good!

http://vimeo.com/45183619

Motioncollector Inspiration Set

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Unofficial group on Vimeo - LOOK AT RUSSIA together with Motioncollector presents the next inspiration sets of Russian-speaking motion artists.Check LOOK AT RUSSIA

STEREOTACTIC studio Russia/ Moscow

https://vimeo.com/stereotactic

Selfburning Russia/ Moscow

http://www.selfburning.com

Pavel Paratov Russia/ Moscow

http://www.behance.net/paratov

Constantine Konovalov Russia/ Moscow

https://vimeo.com/constantine

Sergey Vlasov Russia/ Moscow

http://www.behance.net/Fregezehen

MRfrukta Russia/ St. Petersburg - Moscow

http://www.behance.net/MRfrukta

Mr.Seven Russia

https://vimeo.com/angs

Alex Mamontov Moscow, Russia

http://www.behance.net/AlexMamontov