Created in partnership between Nathan Love and Perspective Studios, this animated trailer called “Blood Trail” is currently being shopped to be turned into a feature film, videogame or graphic novel. The three-minute trailer comes from writer Matt Cochran’s screenplay of the same name.  If you haven’t watched it yet, be forewarned it’s pretty explicit in its graphic portrayal of violence.

Watch “Blood Trail”

Watch the Target short film

Credits
Friends with You - Target

Directed by: FriendsWithYou Samuel Albert Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III
Director for PepperMelon: Tomás García
Executive Producer for FWY: Dan Ruth
Executive Producers for PepperMelon: Fernando Sarmiento, Tomás García
Producer: Ignacio Godoy
Project Manager: Martin Dasnoy
Character Designers: Sam and Tury, Sonni 
Art Director: Sonni 
Additional Designs: Juan Molinet 
Technical Director: Ignacio Godoy
Modellers: Leonardo Anbinder, Ignacio Godoy
Riggers: Ignacio Godoy
Animators: Martin Dasnoy, Julio Velazquez
Cameras: Ignacio Godoy, Fernando Sarmiento Environments and additional modelling: Ignacio Godoy
Compositors: Ignacio Godoy, Martin Dasnoy, Fernando Sarmiento
Texturing: Sonni, Juan Molinet
Animatics: Ignacio Godoy
Storyboards: Tomás García, Juan Molinet, Sonni
Music and Sound Design: Norman Bambi and Mami Chan

Australian stop motion specialist Nick Donkin and his Flying Gherkin studio try to keep you and your obnoxious Plasticine friends quiet at the movies. Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, production/animation: Nick Donkin, Flying Gherki. Thanks to Alba for the tip.

Watch “Movies On The Coke Side Of Life” x 3

London’s Angry Natives (repped by Th1ng) update and demonstrate their comfort with many and varied styles of motion. Two notables:

1. Watch Orange “Mobile Broadband”

2. Watch COI “Try Life in Another Language.”

Always an excellent level in animation and 3D at the Valencian school Supinfocom and Arles. An elegant work of these 4 students: Vincent E Sousa, Bertrand Avril, Yann de Préval and Denis Bouyer over several weeks. The history proceeds in a restaurant with 2 characters.

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“This is my thesis film from Academy of Art. It’s overall been done in about 3 months, therefore the quality of animation is lacking a bit. But still, hope you enjoy.
Music by Ghinzu – Jet Sex, a great Belgium band.” By Aziz K.

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NY’s Interspectacular and character/toy designer/illustrator Tristan Eaton re-team to open VH1’s new reality show New York Goes to Work. Luis Blanco, CD, Interspectacular: “The first creative challenge was creating a caricature of Tiffany New York that not only captured her likeness but also expressed her personality. The second challenge was telling an engaging story explaining the show’s premise – this meant creating several scenarios and telling a seamless story, which also included a main title, all within 30 seconds. The main technical challenge was creating an animation that would look rich and vibrant using very little cell animation. The solution was to use animation cycles and create cell animations at key moments that would make the frame seem fully animated.”

Watch New York Goes to Work open
Watch Animatic

Turns out the California Milk Processor Board has the cure for PMS and your bad hair day. Psyop CD Marco Spier: “When telling a story in less than 30 seconds, it is good to have a story and metaphors that are easy to get. Our stories follow the fairytale formula: a princess finds a savior to love and has a happily ever after ending. Thank god for the brave prince because he is able to break the monthly curse and tame unruly hair by bringing her the Holy Grail that is the “product” (ahh, advertising).” Agency: Grupo Gallegos, director: Psyop, Psyop CDs: Marie Hyon, Marco Spier.

Watch “Sad Princess”

Watch”Medusa”

Here’s the 2nd spot for The UPS Store by Psyop for Doner. Like “Gladiator” the Psyop CD in charge on this one was Eben Mears. Head over to Glossy for full credits and prod. info.
Watch The UPS Store “Cicrus”