Saint Petersburg in Film by Scuratti Surprise

"The history of cinema appears to be easy to do. Lars von Trier has shot the whole American dilogy without leaving the building. We’ve replayed the scenes from the world-known films within the confines of Saint-Petersburg only. Then what? Сome and see, behold and film."

Кажется, что историю кино легко пересказать. Ларс Триер снял американскую дилогию, не выходя из здания. Мы же воспроизвели сцены из мирового кинематографа, не покидая Петербург. По формуле: иди и смотри, смотри и снимай. The history of cinema appears to be easy to do. Lars von Trier has shot the whole American dilogy without leaving the building. We've replayed the scenes from the world-known films within the confines of Saint-Petersburg only. Then what? Сome and see, behold and film. Written & Directed by Gregory Ignatev, Dmitry Novoseltsev Director of Photography Pavel Stanin _________________________________________________________ *All the bar scenes were shot in VNVNC: https://vk.com/vnvnc

Written & Directed by Gregory Ignatev, Dmitry Novoseltsev

Director of Photography Pavel Stanin

Scuratti Surprise Team

HP Christmas 2017 - Reinvent Giving

It was not John Lewis to win our hearts for the best Christmas ad this year but HP promoting their laptops in a magical way. The Mill worked closely with BBDO and Director Sara Dunlop of Rattling Stick to deliver HP ‘Reinvent Giving’. This heartwarming spot showcases the power of the Spectre x360 to sprinkle some holiday magic for artists (and audiences) of all ages.

Never pass up an opportunity to brighten someone's day. Bring your imagination to life and create wonder in your world, with the HP Spectre x360.

Moodles

Moodles is a short animation based on the effects of negative emotions on one's self. It turns built up tension, stress, and anxiety into creative catharsis. Frozen figures – once paralyzed by moods – are reduced to heaps of flexible nothingness.

Directed by Ari Weinkle

Moodles is a short animation based on the effects of negative emotions on one's self. It turns built up tension, stress, and anxiety into creative catharsis. Frozen figures – once paralyzed by moods – are reduced to heaps of flexible nothingness. Behance – http://behance.net/ascend Instagram – http://instagram.com/ariweinkle Twitter – http://twitter.com/ariweinkle Facebook – http://facebook.com/ariweinkle WWW – http://ariweinkle.com ✌

M&S Christmas TV Ad 2017

"We can now reveal our Christmas advert - the tale of true Christmas spirit - with our favourite Paddington Bear", M&S, London 2017

Latest update: We can now reveal our Christmas advert - the tale of true Christmas spirit - with our favourite Paddington Bear #LoveTheBear Join in the festive fun, here: http://po.st/PaddingtonXmasVisitorYT

Mynth - Smog

Austrian duo Mynth—consisting of Salzburg-based twins Giovanna and Mario Fartacek—shot the video for their new track in the surreal landscape of La Muralla Roja, Spain; a sprawling postmodern landscape of pink and blue.

New Album "Parallels" out NOV 24th! Preorder/Stream: https://mynth.lnk.to/Parallels directed & edited by Rupert Höller cinematography & color grading by Adrian Bidron supported by Öst.

Directed & edited by Rupert Höller cinematography & color grading by Adrian Bidron

Dark Water: Alberta by Surmina Regina

Russian director Surmina Regina made an underwater campaign for Sasha Unisex temporary tattoos featuring famous Instagram divine Alberta

Video: Regie Temporary tattoo: Sasha Unisex Model: Alberta Berlin Muah: Elya Bulochka Dress: AVA11 Music: Glen Porter - Suffer

Plume by FutureDeluxe

London-based FutureDeluxe were approached by Wacom & Iris London to create a self-initiated art film with an open brief. The result is a surreal and experimental art piece combining woman and bird to tell a beautiful visual story within an imaginary world of intricate colour and detail – Plume.

Wild Valley by Susi Sie

Directed by Susi Sie "Wild Valley" has all scenes filmed with RED Dragon and 100mm macro lens.

All scenes were filmed with a RED Dragon and a 100mm macro lens. Title: Wild Valley I Director, Visual Artist: Susi Sie I Shooting Assistant: Remo Gambacciani I Producer: Lars Wagner I Music & Sound Design: Nikolai von Sallwitz I Client: Stoneleigh I Agency: DigitasLBi

Maxim Zhestkov Launches on Sedition

Our friend and talented motion artist Maxim Zhestkov launches on our partners Digital Auction Platform Sedition Art

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Ahead of the launch of Maxim Zhestkov’s first digital edition on Sedition, Elements, this October 2017, they interviewed the visual and motion graphic artist from his studio in Russia to discuss his surreal animations, his approach to his own work and its subsequent reception.

Elements is an experimental video work by Maxim Zhestkov, which explores nature, physics, art and love through digitally animated ‘particles’ or ‘elements’. More than two billion particles, governed by tensions and forces influenced by those occurring in nature were used to replicate the motion of collective behaviour. As well as patterns of motion, the particles tell stories and evince emotional responses.

The film is a trial by the artist to explore the idea that everything around us and inside us is made from simple elements or blocks, which can be arranged in complex relationships and become compound structures. It demonstrates that there is a relationship between the tiny and individual, and the enormous and multiple. The ideas the work explores brings together emotions, behaviours, thought processes, relationships, life, planets and the universe.

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OFFF Mexico 2017

Second, in a row, this month OFFF on Tour festival, now baked in 6th time in Mexico brings us amazing Official Titles created by the famous Framestore (guys behind dystopian environments in the new Blade Runner)

For the 6th edition in a row, OFFF Mexico has amazed us once again with their Main titles created by the talented Framestore! A storytelling piece filled with wonders. Framestore’s Design Studio once again demonstrated its prowess in title design in the crafting of the main OFFF CDMX title sequence, showcased in Mexico City on Saturday 7 October. Design Directors Stephen Goalby and Anthony Gibbs presented the work to the OFFF audience, speaking of the journey taken by the team to reach the finished sequence. Sharon Lock, Head of Design Studio and Creative Director, of the work: "Creating the OFFF CDMX titles has been such an incredible and challenging experience for us all, and I'd like to thank Hector Ayuso for the opportunity to be part of such an iconic event. I'm really humbled that a complete indulgence of everything I love has been pulled together into a single piece of work by such a talented team of artists. The team has learnt so much in such a short space of time, and it is testament to their dedication and commitment, working above and beyond in their own time, that we've managed to create such a beautiful sequence. I'm honoured that it has been for OFFF, whose creative integrity we've all admired for years." Concept and Direction: Sharon Lock Design Director: Stephen Goalby Lead Design and Edit: Steven Kelly Art Direction and Design: Dan Herlihy Designers: Philip Rambowski Yukari Schrickel Louise Walker Nikola Yordanov Fire dress modelling: Alice Roseberry-Haynes Houdini FX: Deniz Cinar Colourist: Steffan Perry Audio: Jon Dix (http://jondix.tumblr.com/)

Sharon Lock, Head of Design Studio and Creative Director, of the work: "Creating the OFFF CDMX titles has been such an incredible and challenging experience for us all, and I'd like to thank Hector Ayuso for the opportunity to be part of such an iconic event. I'm really humbled that a complete indulgence of everything I love has been pulled together into a single piece of work by such a talented team of artists.

The team has learnt so much in such a short space of time, and it is testament to their dedication and commitment, working above and beyond in their own time, that we've managed to create such a beautiful sequence. I'm honoured that it has been for OFFF, whose creative integrity we've all admired for years."

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Concept and Direction: Sharon Lock
Design Director: Stephen Goalby
Lead Design and Edit: Steven Kelly
Art Direction and Design: Dan Herlihy

Designers:
Philip Rambowski
Yukari Schrickel
Louise Walker
Nikola Yordanov

Fire dress modelling: Alice Roseberry-Haynes
Houdini FX: Deniz Cinar

Colourist: Steffan Perry
Audio: Jon Dix (jondix.tumblr.com/)

Invasion by Anna Radchenko

Our friend "Anna Radchenko and Edgar Dubrovskiy team up to bring to life this sombre yet vibrant film. Encompassing rhythm and beauty, the scene is set around Jessica Louise transformed by the smooth makeup of Yulia Yurchenko. Haunting and unforgettable, the poetic composition is round off with comely muted styles by Hiroshi Goto and Dior under the supervision ofCamille Marchand." via Shön!

Anna Radchenko and Edgar Dubrovskiy team up to bring to life this sombre yet vibrant film. Encompassing rhythm and beauty, the scene is set around Jessica Louise transformed by the smooth makeup of Yulia Yurchenko. Haunting and unforgettable, the poetic composition is round off with comely muted styles by Hiroshi Goto and Dior under the supervision of Camille Marchand. Direction & Production / Anna Radchenko Director Of Photography / Edgar Dubrovskiy Fashion / Camille Marchand Talent / Jessica Louise Episode actresses / Jingren Wang, Alice Atmospherians / Nik Nightingale, Jingren Wang, Irene Mironov, Polina Belehova, Anna Romanenko, Vitaliy Tele, Anna Viola Burlatron, Kristina Baskova, Ami Benton, Janet Mayer, Fabiola Bonnot Make-Up / Yulia Yurchenko Gaffer / Hugh Donnelly Set Design / Helen Sirp Editor / Edgar Dubrovskiy Gifs Editor / Ben Matthews Color Grader / Philipp Morozov Music Composer / Andrey Novikov Camera Assistant / Hannah Jell Production Assistant / Tasha Marshal Set Design Assistant / Rachel Mathewson

LASER

‘лазер (laser)’ sees Russian dancer Maria Kochetkova navigate a world of floating light, dancing through lasers with emotive and precise choreography.

In a previous collaboration with director Tarik Abdel-Gawad (vimeo.com/96030980), Kochetkova danced within inches of a robotic camera precisely choreographed to capture her every move. In this film, Kochetkova navigates a world of floating light in a unique improvisation between dancer and environment.

Лазер (Laser) is an experimental film starring renowned dancer Maria Kochetkova performing on an illuminated stage of laser light and fog. In a previous collaboration with director Tarik Abdel-Gawad (https://vimeo.com/96030980), Kochetkova danced within inches of a robotic camera precisely choreographed to capture her every move. In this film, Kochetkova navigates a world of floating light in a unique improvisation between dancer and environment. Credits: Director: Tarik Abdel-Gawad Dance: Maria Kochetkova Producer: Yovel Schwartz & Bill Galusha Director of Photography: Joe Picard & Devin Whetstone Music: Matthew Stone Design & Animation: Conor Grebel, Jason Kerr, Peter Clark 1st AC: Dean Snodgrass Gaffers: Charles Griswald, Alan Steinheimer Key Grip: Don Henderson Design / Animation: Conor Grebel, Jason Kerr, Peter Clark, Adam Labay Laser Performance: Conor Grebel, Adam Labay Lasers Provided by: Future Weapons Laser & Lighting Design Editor: Ashley Rodholm Colorist: Ayumi Ashley

ELYTRE - A permanent installation by Yannick Jacquet

It took 3 years for artist Yannick Jacquet to create Élytre, a forty metres long generative work on display at the foot of the the Alexandre III bridge in Paris. The piece was commissioned as a permanent design feature for Le Flow, a floating building moored along the new pedestrian area on the banks of the Seine.

Yannick Jacquet drew inspiration from the dark mass of the barge between the sky and the river to fine-tune his response to the immediate surroundings, calling on the instability and permanence of the flowing water, the infinitely nuanced shifts of light, and the interplay of transparencies between its large plate-glass windows and the glass dome of the Grand Palais just across the water. Drawing on the barge’s organic, cocoon-like architecture, he came up with a highly sensitive, reactive work in the form of an installation that reverses the overall structural inertia of the barge’s four hundred tons of steel, as if echoing Reyner Banham’s principle of regenerative architecture. The installation is linked up to a battery of sensors so that it varies according to the time of year, season, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, temperature, and so on. It is in a constant state of flux, permanently subject to imperceptible shifts.

Elytre, a permanent generative work by Yannick Jacquet Alexander III bridge, Paris It has taken the Franco-Swiss artist and videographer Yannick Jacquet three years to create ​Élytre​, a forty-metre-long generative work on display at the foot of the the Alexandre III bridge in Paris. The piece was commissioned as a permanent design feature for Le Flow, a floating building moored along the new pedestrian area on the banks of the Seine. Yannick Jacquet drew inspiration from the dark mass of the barge between the sky and the river to fine-tune his response to the immediate surroundings, calling on the instability and permanence of the flowing water, the infinitely nuanced shifts of light, and the interplay of transparencies between its large plate-glass windows and the glass dome of the Grand Palais just across the water. Drawing on the barge's organic, cocoon-like architecture, he came up with a highly sensitive, reactive work in the form of an installation that reverses the overall structural inertia of the barge's four hundred tons of steel, as if echoing Reyner Banham's principle of regenerative architecture. The installation is linked up to a battery of sensors so that it varies according to the time of year, season, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, temperature, and so on. It is in a constant state of flux, permanently subject to imperceptible shifts. As a generative work, it has its own dedicated, custom made software programme and required the artist to work closely with a team of specialists in engineering, craft manufacture, electronics, programming, and architecture. As night falls, the work softly rises up into the surrounding cityscape. The impression on the viewer's retinas is deep and lasting. The colourful stimuli of elements emerging and fading seem to mirror the shimmering river and foliage and mimic the circadian rhythm of breathing. The artist also devoted considerable research to the issue of colour. A metal mesh with its own unique structure is fastened over the cladding from the roof to the hull, creating a pointillist effect by means of an infinite palette of pixels. The material resists the quantity of light and contrast: the artist has sought to create nuances and shadings of colour by pushing LEDs beyond their usual capacities. Yannick Jacquet explains that the installation is part of a broader project exploring cycles and our relationship with time. The work is designed less as an invitation to a journey as an order to slow down. To take the time for contemplation. Credits Concept, design, animation: Yannick Jacquet Producer: Nicolas Boritch Label: Antivj Software: Eric Renaud-Houde, Simon Geilfus Hardware engineering: Ledpixel Camera: James Medcraft Editing: Christophe Evrard Music: Thomas Vaquié www.yannickjacquet.net www.antivj.com

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OFFF London 2017 Main Titles

As OFFF "On Tour" Festival made his first successful step in the hot spot of creative scene - London, one of the best motion design studio FutureDeluxe took care of OFFF London Official Titles

For the first edition as #OFFFonTour in London, we had the pleasure to ask the creative talented team from Future Deluxe to work their magic for the official OFFF London 2017 Main Titles. Take a seat as this will be an amazing ride with fantastic details, a ride you may have to watch more than once! Credits: Designed, Directed & Produced by FutureDeluxe Music & Sound Design by Zelig Sound Compositing by Igor Gama Live Action by Davy Evans Character animation by Josef Šíma and Jan Boháček Character texturing & modelling by Felix Wolf

Pulsar. Digital Heart

Digital artist Denis Sartakov does a lot of CG art on his own and for commercial needs and recently he caught our attention with the motion graphic interpretation of human heart alive.

Hello to everybody! This is my new little art project. Interpretation of the organic heart.

Polka: Purveyor of Dots by Sky Pie

The "Polka" film was born out of a shared interest to investigate the creative process of Sky Pie team with the designers at Refinery 43. 

“Our aim was to explore the hazy origins of an idea, and the trials and tribulations that one must endure to find out what’s on the other side. We were expecting to make a process film. In a case of life imitating art, we instead ended up making a pink-fringed tale of polka dots.”

— Sky Pie

Ultimately Polka’s journey has very little to do with the pattern that vexes her, she must push past her own narrow world views and envision another world altogether. Or as the Lorax puts it, “It's not about what it is, it’s about what it can become”.

Polka, the eccentric visionary designer who introduced the world to the polka dot, finds her legacy in jeopardy when dots are declared ‘dead’ by the industry digest. She must evolve to survive, but breaking free of her circular empire is no simple task. To prevail, she must rise above all that she knows and see the world from a different point of view. A collaboration of love by Sky Pie Studio & Refinery 43. --------- More About The Project: This film was born out of a shared interest to investigate the creative process with the design team at Refinery 43. Our aim was to explore the hazy origins of an idea, and the trials and tribulations that one must endure to find out what’s on the other side. We were expecting to make a process film. In a case of life imitating art, we instead ended up making a pink-fringed tale of polka dots. Ultimately Polka’s journey has very little to do with the pattern that vexes her, she must push past her own narrow world views and envision another world altogether. Or as the Lorax puts it, “It's not about what it is, it’s about what it can become”. --------- -- CREDITS -- WRITER & DIRECTOR: Daniel Castro at Sky Pie Studio GRAPHIC DESIGN : Kelsy Stromski at Refinery 43 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Evan Jake Cohen ORIGINAL SCORE: Joel Pickard SET DESIGNER: Espen Oydvin ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Boris Ebzeev ART DEPARTMENT: Katherine Yaksich | STARRING | Melody Vargas as Polka Ruby June as Dottie David Imani as Seymour | CREW | 1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA: Brandon Regina 2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA: Nicolas Vasquez KEY GRIP: Jordan Allen Bell GAFFER: Andrew Cohen | POST | EDITOR: Noah Benezra at Rock Paper Scissors COMPOSITOR: Harry Tuman at Rock Paper Scissors COLORIST: Kath Raisch at Company 3 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS | Crystal Lam Catherine Haag Zack Ahern Shakil Uddin | SPECIAL THANKS | Acme Studio Rock Paper Scissors Aaron Tompkins Jenny Greenfield Julia Perissinoto Marc Olivier Le Blanc Reuben Hernandez Wes Anderson Dr. Seuss

WRITER & DIRECTOR: Daniel Castro at Sky Pie Studio
GRAPHIC DESIGN : Kelsy Stromski at Refinery 43

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Evan Jake Cohen

ORIGINAL SCORE: Joel Pickard

SET DESIGNER: Espen Oydvin

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Boris Ebzeev
ART DEPARTMENT: Katherine Yaksich

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Behind the scenes

The Gift Hotel by Six N Five Studio

"The Gift Hotel" is a series of short animations made by Six N Five Studio for Massimo Dutti latest campaign

The Gift Hotel is a serie of five short movies. Each one tells the story behind a Massimo Dutti article. Massimo Dutti called us to solve a problem: Show 5 featured articles of their new collection. We develop the idea of creating five videos to show, during one week, a product a day. We came up with the concept of The Gift Hotel, a place where while you enjoy walking across warm little halls, big restyled old buildings and artificial shopping sets, you can find each article in a beautiful pace. Client: Massimo Dutti Idea & Direction: Six N. Five Agency: Six N. Five Art direction: Six N. Five Animation & Direction: Sebastian Baptista 3D design: Six N. Five + Diego Diapolo Products photography: Dimitri Daniloff Music & sound design: Aimar Molero Production: The Mushroom Company Special thanks to Pedro Veneziano in the 3D design process.

Elements by Maxim Zhestkov

Elements, an experimental art film by Maxim Zhestkov, follows more than two billion black and white spheres through a series of experiments within several enclosed spaces. Throughout the film the particles swarm through different white rooms, each labeled with subtle wall text that broadly defines the physics of each animation such as flow, diffusion, and pressure. Set to a score of hauntingly hollow tones, Elements is intended to express laws of nature and mathematics, visually representing the composition of particles found in each of us.

“The film is a trial to explore the idea that everything around us and inside us is made from simple elements or blocks which can be arranged in complex relationships and become compound structures. We could project this idea into emotions, behaviours, thought processes, relationships, life, planets and the universe.”

— Maxim Zhestkov

Elements is an experimental art film by Maxim Zhestkov about nature, physics, art and love. More than 2 billion elements / particles governed by tensions and forces of nature were used to tell stories and show emotions through the motion of collective behavior. The film is a trial to explore the idea that everything around us and inside us is made from simple elements / blocks which can be arranged in complex relationships and become compound structures. We could project this idea into emotions, behaviours, thought processes, relationships, life, planets and the universe. Design / Animation / Sound by Maxim Zhestkov. Links: www.Zhestkov.com/elements https://www.Behance.net/gallery/56209167/Elements-Art-Film

Jean Jullien illustrates John Lennon’s Imagine lyrics for a book

Jean Jullien has illustrated Imagine, the first picture book set to John Lennon’s original lyrics. The book has a foreword by Yoko Ono Lennon and was created in collaboration with Amnesty International to “inspire a new generation to imagine a world at peace”. It will be published on 21 September to coincide with the UN’s International Day of Peace.

Join one little pigeon on her mission to spread the word of peace around the world. Set to the lyrics the iconic song Imagine, this book brings John Lennon's enduring message of peace and tolerance to a new generation. A royalty from every copy sold will go to charity Amnesty International.