 In typical Google fashion, today’s Google Doodle is a cool little animated story about Beethoven’s horse eating his symphony where you actually help him place bits of his famous symphonies in the right order.
The style is nicely done as well, sort of looking like visual development for a Disney feature or maybe some cut out animation.
“Evolving Thoughts” is a new Adult Swim ID sprung forth from the imaginations of Awesome Inc and featuring music and sound by Bluetube. The first in a series of three IDs by Awesome and Bluetube, the project is the result of the network’s ongoing call to creativity – one that encourages companies to artfully visualize the Adult Swim identity. “Evolving Thoughts” features morphing objects in a stream of consciousness dreamscape. Watch it here:
eo.com/148538196Awesome Inc and Bluetube have helped shape the sights and sounds of many of Adult SwimÂ’s iconic and beloved pop culture offerings from Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Too Many Cooks. With a deep knowledge of Adult Swim and the giddy delight of kids in a candy store, they seized the opportunity to run wild and create these short branded moments.
The ID project involved the entire studio at Awesome Inc with everyone – from artists to producers – contributing to the development of a concept collection from which Adult Swim could choose. The selected finalists were then brought to vivid life by AwesomeÂ’s design and animation team. Music and sound are integral supporting characters in the surreal vignettes. BluetubeÂ’s Michael Kohler embraced the challenge of realizing the unexpected to enhance these unfolding mini narratives. With few restrictions, Kohler had creative liberty to play with style and convention, in order to produce original tracks that reflected each mood and genre.
The Adult Swim ID Project launched in 2012 with the goal to cut through typical TV clutter to create short pieces of content to give even more life to Adult Swim on-air. The network reached out to some of their favorite animators, artists and directors with the directive: make something fun. Since then the network has aired everything from live action kung-fu shorts, to pixel art, to stop motion, and more.
“EVOLVING THOUGHTS”
Network: Adult Swim
Directed by: Awesome Inc
Executive Producer: Ashley Kohler
Producer: Brandon Betts
Design Director: Craig Sheldon
Concept Art & Design: Mark McDonald
Lead 2D Animator: Mark McDonald
2D Animators: Aaron Miller, Jeff DiMaggio, Sketch MacQuinor
Lead Compositor: Craig Sheldon
Compositor: Yujin Kim
Original Music & Sound Design: Bluetube
Composer/Sound Designer/Mixer: Michael Kohler
Short story looking at the life of cartoon characters facing reality long after the prime of their heyday…
Animation created in After Effects, Flash, Photoshop and a bit of CrazyTalk pro 7. All voices created by Steve Cutts.
Music by Kevin MacLeod
“Gymnopedie No. 1” “Local Forecast – Elevator” “Loping Sting” “Mining by Moonlight†Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
Follow Steve here: facebook.com/SteveCuttsArt
www.stevecutts.com
Music by: “edIT” – if you crump stand up => editbeats.com/
Animated by:
Vic CHHUN – [00’05”]
William LABORIE – [00’25”]
David MAINGAULT – [00’40”]
Leyla KADDOURA – [00’55”]
Faouzi HAMMADI – [01’10”]
Anne-Lou ERAMBERT – [01’25”]
Raphaël CHABASSOL – [01’40”]
Abdel Raouf ZAIDI – [01’55”]
Yvon JARDEL – [02’10”]
Thierno BAH – [02’25”]
Viviane KARPP – [02’40”]
Jeremy PIRES – [02’55”]
Delphine DUSSOUBS – [03’10”]
Jonathan Djob NKONDO – [03’25”]
Mehdi TEBBAKH – [03’40”]
Mohamed FADERA – [03’55”]
Organised by: Vic CHHUN & Mohamed FADERA
Compositing by Vic CHHUN & Pierre MORIN
DHX MEDIA AND DREAMWORKS ANIMATION STRIKE STRATEGIC CONTENT PACT
 CENSING DEALS TO BRING MORE THAN 1,300 ADDITIONAL HALF-HOURS TO DHX TELEVISION
Halifax, NS & Glendale, CA, 8 December 2015 – DHX Media (“DHX” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: DHXM; TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B), a key player internationally in the creation of content for families and children, and DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA), a leading family entertainment company, have entered into a five-year agreement to co-produce 130 episodes of original animated children’s content at DHX Studios. Content under the deal will air on DHX Television’s suite of channels, which includes Family Channel, Family Jr., Family CHRGD and Télémagino. DHX will handle distribution for the content in Canada and DWA will distribute to the rest of the world.
In addition, DHX Media has licensed more than 1,000 half-hours of television programming from DreamWorks Animation, to be broadcast beginning as early as June 2016 across DHX Television’s channels. DHX Television will thus become the exclusive television network for this DreamWorks Animation television content in Canada. Series coming to the network include All Hail King Julien, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, Dragons: Race to the Edge, The Croods, and many others.
DHX Media has also entered into an agreement with AwesomenessTV, which is majority owned by DWA, to license 300 half-hours of teen content for exclusive broadcast in Canada on Family Channel. AwesomenessTV is a multi-platform media company that is a global leader in producing content for the Gen Z audience. The series included in the agreement will air on Family Channel’s previously announced evening teen block, F2N, which launches in January 2016, anchored by DHX’s Degrassi: Next Class. DHX will also handle distribution for the AwesomenessTV content in Canada, including SVOD and OTT.
Dana Landry, CEO of DHX Media, commented: “We are excited to be teaming up with DreamWorks Animation and AwesomenessTV. These are two of the world’s leading content producers in the kids, teen and family space and we look forward to creating fantastic new series with them, and to bringing many of their exciting titles to our channels for Canadian families to enjoy.â€
Ann Daly, President of DreamWorks Animation, commented: “We are incredibly pleased to welcome DHX to our family of world-leading broadcasters. This pact with DHX will not only expand the footprint of our existing library, but also create new branded series in Canada with global appeal.â€
About DHX Media Ltd.
DHX Media Ltd. (www.dhxmedia.com) is a key player internationally in the production, distribution, broadcast and licensing of entertainment content for children and families. Owner of the world’s largest independent library of kids’ and family content, at more than 11,000 half-hours, DHX Media is recognized globally for such brands as Teletubbies, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, In the Night Garden, Inspector Gadget, Make It Pop, Slugterra and the multiple award-winning Degrassi franchise. DHX Media is comprised of four main business units: DHX Studios creates high-quality original entertainment at its Vancouver and Halifax animation studios, its Toronto live-action studio, and in working with top international producers; DHX Distribution is a major provider of content to the global market; DHX Television, home to the Family suite of channels, is dedicated to delivering best-in-class programming to Canadian families; and DHX Brands specializes in creating, building and managing high-profile global entertainment brands within the children’s and young-adult markets. DHX Media also owns the full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group Ltd. (CPLG), which represents numerous entertainment, sport and design brands. DHX Media has offices in 15 cities worldwide, including Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Munich, Amsterdam and Beijing. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol DHXM, and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols DHX.A and DHX.B.
About DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films, television specials and series and live entertainment properties, meant for audiences around the world. The company has world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced filmmaking technology and techniques. All of DreamWorks Animation’s feature films are produced in 3D. The company has theatrically released a total of 31 animated feature films, including the franchise properties of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Puss In Boots and The Croods.
About AwesomenessTV
AwesomenessTV is a multi-platform media company owned by DreamWorks Animation (Nasdaq: DWA) and Hearst Corporation, the latter of which has a 25 percent interest. Included under the AwesomenessTV banner are AwesomenessTV, a leading destination for original programming serving the global Gen Z audience; the ATV Network, a community based MCN with over 90,000 channels; Big Frame, an influencer talent management company; DreamWorksTV; Awestruck; Awesomeness Films; Wildness; as well as consumer products, music and branded entertainment divisions. AwesomenessTV was founded by Brian Robbins (Smallville, Varsity Blues, All That) and Joe Davola (In Living Color, Smallville, MTV Networks). Check out www.awesomenesstv.com.
For more information, please contact:
DHX Media
Investor Relations: David Regan – EVP, Corporate Development, DHX Media Ltd.
david.regan@dhxmedia.com
+1 902-425-3814
Financial Media: Shaun Smith – Director, Corporate Communications, DHX Media Ltd.
shaun.smith@dhxmedia.com
+1 416-977-7230
Trade Media: Aimee Norman at DDA Blueprint PR
+44 (0) 20 8985 4708
DreamWorks Animation
Dan Berger – Corporate Communications, DreamWorks Animation
+1 818-695-4747
Jennifer DiGrazia – Investor Relations, DreamWorks Animation
+1 818-695-3384
NFB’s Carface directed by Claude Cloutier
wins at 2015 Sommets du cinéma d’animation
November 29, 2015 – Montreal, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Carface (Autos Portraits) by Claude Cloutier, a short produced by Julie Roy for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), won the Prix Guy-L.-Coté Best Canadian Animation Film at the 2015 Sommets du cinéma d’animation earlier this evening. The Festival ran from November 25 to 29 in Montreal.
The film has made the shortlist of 10 works in consideration for the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film, along with another NFB production, Cordell Barker’s If I Was God. The five nominees will be announced on January 14; see the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences press release for more details: http://www.oscars.org/news/10-animated-shorts-advance-2015-oscar-race.
Carface is the seventh short film by Claude Cloutier, whose Sleeping Betty (2007) won a Genie, a Jutra, and more than 20 other awards around the world. It was the opening film of the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVCQ) and was in official competition at the prestigious Annecy Animation Film Festival as well as the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
About the film
From filmmaker and cartoonist Claude Cloutier comes Carface, a scathing musical-comedy satire about the power of Big Oil, in which cars perform a song-and-dance number while the planet slides toward ruin. Produced by Julie Roy for the NFB. Running time: 5 min.
About the director
Claude Cloutier first gained fame as a comic-book artist with the series La légende des Jean-Guy and Gilles la Jungle contre Méchant-Man. He went on to make several animated films, including The Persistent Peddler (1988; in competition at Cannes), Overdose (1994), From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (2000), Sleeping Betty (2007; some 20 awards), The Trenches (2010), Interférence (2014) and Carface (2015).
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About the NFB
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produces groundbreaking animation at its studios in Montreal and at NFB centres across Canada, as well as via international co-productions with many of the world’s leading auteur animators. The NFB is a leader in developing new approaches to stereoscopic 3D animation and animated content for new platforms. The NFB has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 14 Canadian Screen Awards, 11 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. To access acclaimed NFB content, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV.
