Archive for January, 2004

Red Vs Blue Season 2

Machinima based on Halo-engine, enters its second season, and is available for download. One of best directed examples of the form:
Red vs Blue Season 2

Rules of Attraction Japanese trailer

Japanese Rules of Attraction site features a highly recommended heavily remixed trailer. Available on this special Rules of Attraction site.

Eyebeam Atelier .mov show

Still time to catch Eyebeam exhibition January 6 - 24, 2004
starting the year:
Eyebeam NYC presents the first group exhibition from its Moving Image Studios. The exhibition features work produced in 2003 by four post-graduate Production Artists, as well as commissioned projects by Isaac Julien and Fred Wilson that the Production Artists helped to [...]

Year of the Transformer

2004 sees the return of Optimus Prime and the Transformers in a big way since their heyday over a decade ago.
The computer game comes later in the year, but Mazda are getting in early on the act, and currently feature a nifty RX-8 autobot animation to publicise their concept cars, and their 2004 North [...]

UK Animate! scheme / Tim Hope film

Having seen the Wagner remix of Hope’s Coldplay video work, this animate! entry holds immense promise…

A collection of bizarrely original animated stories from scripts written by young children. Emulating the approach of New York’s 52nd Street Project and London’s Scene & Heard theatre groups, the film is voiced by professional adult actors and directed to [...]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Teaser site launched for Michel Gondry’s new feature film, following from the criminally underrated Human Nature, is up at Lacuna Inc. Tricksy trailer looks to incorporate all Gondry has learned from his immaculately conceived music videos.