Batz, a Shortfilm by Max Maleo & Aurelien Prédal

 

A truly GORGEOUS animated and designed short funded entirely by Kickstarter! I would MUCH rather see a full length feature in this style than yet another fully rendered realistic one.

Batz, a Shortfilm by Max Maleo & Aurelien Prédal

Website : batz-themovie.com
Facebook : facebook.com/KawaBATZ

Production : Kawanimation Paris

Written by Max Maleo, Aurélien Predal, Pierre Razetto & Dimitri Cohen Tanugi

FR: Vamp et Rouss sont deux chauve-souris que tout semble opposer. Leur rencontre explosive va les propulser dans une aventure déjantée qui va mettre leur vie sens dessus dessous !

UK: Vamp and Rouss are two bats that everything seems to oppose. Their explosive meeting will propel them into a crazy adventure that will put their lives upside down!

All rights reserved – Kawanimation Paris – June 2013

Created by
Max Maleo & Aurélien Predal

Director
Max Maleo

Art director
Aurélien Predal

Producerz
Pierre Razetto & Dimitri Cohen Tanugi

Written by
Max Maleo
Aurélien Predal
Pierre Razetto
Dimitri Cohen Tanugi

Head of Production
Alexis Laffaille

Production Assistant
Eugény Couture
Morgane Souris
Marion Vermogen
Anne De Valors

Voice of Batz
Martial Le Minoux (ROUSS)
Antoine Schoumsky (VAMP)

Technical director
Thomas Liebert

Character Modeling
Martin Coustenoble

Character Rigging
Damien Gautron

Light & Rendering
Jean Marc Lepretre

Assistant Director
Guillaume Bonnaire

FX
Pascal Gaubertier
Thibaud Petitpas

Sound Design & Mixed by
Gautier de Faultrier
Clément Maleo

Music By
Jerome Bessout
Ghislain Fracapane
Florian Jamelot
Matthieu Fisson

Score
Victor Belin

Animatorz
Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart
Eve Guastella
Yoann Bomal
Jeanne Irzenski Gueye
Guillaume Bonnaire
Helene Leroux
Julien Bouquet
Max Maleo
Daniel Callaby
Gael Matchabelli
Marie Celaya
Bart Maunoury
Julie Cervantès
David Nasser
Augustin Clermont
Gwenolé Oul’chen
Paolo Cogliati
Thibaud Petitpas
Jean philipe Descoins
Jean Michel Ponthieux
Moze Essame
Sylvain Rohart
Karina Gazizova
Marion Roussel
Jean-Charles Gonin
Pierre Rutz
Romain Vacher
Manu Vergne

CG Internship
Charles Lemor
Rebecca Joly

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How did you become interested in animation?
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Chris O’Hara

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Chris O’Hara and I’m an animator at Boulder Media.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Chrissy Fellmeth, and I’m currently a freelance animator, layout artist, and designer.

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I was a lifeguard, though I never had to save anybody. After that I worked in a pharmacy selling lotto tickets.

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My favorite gig was working on the Klok Opera and season 4 for Metalocalypse. It was so much fun to be a part of a show I actually watched and enjoyed before getting hired! But of course, my own films are my passion and my favorites to work on. While its really tough to motivate yourself, when all is said and done and you see your finished product, you just couldn’t be any more proud of yourself.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from Flemington, a small town in central New Jersey. When I was little my mom signed me up for art classes and it took off from there. I started getting into cartooning when I was young and my mom had found a small animation school in Cherry Hill, NJ that I attended for a few years every Saturday. I loved it! After high school I went to SVA to get my BFA in animation. During my junior year, I got an internship at Animation Collective. While working on Continue reading

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What is your name and your current occupation?
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Homer Simpson will broadcast live, with some motion-capture help

simpsonsThe Wrap is reporting that Homer Simpson will broadcast live, with some motion-capture help!

In the episode, Marge, Lisa and Bart will turn the show over to the family’s patriarch, who will take a break from stuffing his face to comment on the events of the day live during both the East Coast and West Coast broadcasts, Fox revealed on Tuesday. Executive Producer Al Jean told us much more on a phone call immediately following the announcement — for example, how in the world they plan to pull this thing off.

You can read the whole article here.