Ah, finally got my hands on some sketchbooks from our Director, Bruce.
Have a look!
For more sketchbook pages from our talented staff, see sketches #007, #008, #009.
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The making of The Art of Pho. Bruce’s friend from London, Jeremy Southgate, just sent us a neat link about the making of a particularly cool motion comic, The Art of Pho, based on the graphic novel by Julian Hanshaw. You see, we’ve been brainstorming ideas for the My Robot, an ebook for kids we’re developing with Jem. Jem’s going to be producing the “book” and we’ll be contributing the “e” to the project. Motion comics, or graphic novels whose images have been somehow animated or moved onto a digital platform, have been a great point of reference during our creative process. Seeing how others have approached this medium will help us eventually make decisions about how to stylize our own technique for My Robot. We’ll keep you posted on the project’s status! Tidbit: See some of our kid-friendly projects!
Impromptu is a co-production between the NFB and Global Mechanic. The short film focuses on a modern man named Chuck, who’s experience of a dinner party he’s throwing acts as a metaphor of something we can all relate to:
In the words of the film’s director, our one and only, Bruce:
Here are a few (current) sketches of the dinner party guests (inspired by Matisse and Javier Mariscal). Enjoy!
Meet Sylvie, Chuck’s wife:
…and Jeff, Chuck’s best friend:
This is Hester, Sylvie’s friend (whom Chuck really dislikes):
..and Adele, a flirty fan of Chuck’s:
You’ll have to wait to meet Chuck though…  A still from Wild Life. Remember those two NFB animated shorts we blogged about? They’ve each been nominated for an Oscar! Montreal-based filmmaker, Patrick Doyon, was delighted when he heard the news that his debut film, Dimanche/Sunday, was nominated (actually, he kept screaming out excitement). The film is a whimsical animated fable that follows a bored young boy attempting to escape a dreary Sunday (this instantly made me think of Murakami’s most recent main character in 1Q84, who loathes Sundays – but don’t we all just a little bit?) Emily Carr alumni, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby also had a reason to celebrate, also having earned a nomination – for their Prairie-set short, Wild Life. Though this isn’t Forbis and Tilby’s first run at the Oscars, it definitely deserves a big congratulations! It’s a good day to be in the Canadian film industry!  Jimmy Rigger + XBox Kinect come together. (That's Philip, one of our animators, moving the smiling Mr. Jimmy)
We recently got a sweet 47″ 3D (flicker-free!) TV in our office, along with an XBox Kinect and a Playstation 3.But it’s not all for just fun and games. Sure, we went through some melee training and fought some gladiators in Medieval Moves, but it’s all part of the artistic process (really!) You see, we’re about to start production for Impromptu, a 3D short that Global Mechanic is co-producing with the NFB. We posted some preliminary character sketches a while ago – stay tuned for more next week- to give you a sneak peek at what the movie is going to look like (you’ll notice Matisse and Javier Mariscal are a huge inspiration). It’s funny though, ever since 3D made its way into our office on a more physical level, I’ve been noticing all kinds of cool 3D-related stuff being discussed in the interwebs. For example, data visualization project by designer Odaibe lets you visualize drum beats in 3D (on a related note, we’ve also seen paint droplets dance to music). Sensor Based Display Environment may also take Smartphones to a new level (maybe even the iPhone 5!), with possibilities of motion control. We’re really excited to be taking on a 3D project and aligning this technique to our creative vision. Pretty neat world we live in, I’d say. Tidbit: The 3D TV is also really unlike the theatre experience- you’re looking into a window with a 3D plane on the other side, rather than having seemingly random objects and people’s noses poke out at you from the screen. It’s a much more interesting experience. |
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