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Interesting Green Promo

Dru — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:15:56 +0000

An old friend shared me this one on Facebook, and thought it was an interesting piece of “green advertising.” Always been drawn to, and thought provoking design that can actually change the world… and I thought I should say that I am interested in knowing how this would be deemed to work successfully – financially – actively. But definately like this theme and green feel for the whole look and feel – liked it enough to post it here for your review.

thought bubble explained from ThoughtBubbler on Vimeo.

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NewGround’s 2009 Short Film Festival

Dru — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:47:27 +0000

St. Louis, MO — NewGround, a leading international design and implementation firm serving the financial services industry, announced today they are hosting a short film festival contest to showcase aspiring film directors’ views on “This is NewGround”.

It’s easy to participate. Anyone can submit an entry…employees, vendors, clients, family members, the general public, etc. The top five short films will be selected and viewed before a live audience on May 6, 2009 at Chesterfield’s YMCA Community Theatre. And the best part, contest winners will be awarded a Director’s salary of $1,000 (this salary is for the director and team/cast). Second and third places will be awarded an aspiring Director’s salary of $500 and $250. All contest entries will be available for everyone to view on YouTube.com.

If you think you have what it takes to be the next Martin Scorsese, or you secretly aspire to be like Stephen Spielberg, then let NewGround’s 2009 Short Film Festival be your big break. Gather your crew, bring out the story-boards, and start filming!

PDF of NewGround’s 2009 Short Film Festival Submission Guidelines

PDF of NewGround’s 2009 Short Film Festival Submission Form

For more details, please contact Kevin Dulle at kdulle@newground.com or 636-898-8109.

YouTube Shorts by Joaquin Baldwin

Dru — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:36:51 +0000

The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner and partner YouTube, welcomes you to this NFB competition, now in its fifth year.

Director: Joaquin Baldwin
Running Time: 4’06
Country: U.S.A.
Category: Drama

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

Joaquin Baldwin is an Annie Award nominee director and animator from Paraguay. Living in Los Angeles, he is now finishing his MFA in animation at UCLA. He has received over 50 international awards for his animated films Sebastian’s Voodoo and Papiroflexia, and also several grants including the Jack Kent Cooke full Graduate Scholarship in 2006.

Papiroflexia (Spanish for “Origami”) is the animated tale of Fred, a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands.

To see a higher-resolution version go to http://www.pixelnitrate.com

Created by Joaquin Baldwin at the UCLA Animation Workshop, 2007. Original Score written by Nick Fevola.

Seriously Beautiful Personal Project!

Dru — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:17:17 +0000

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

This is a personal project that is truly amazing. This film is 100% ‘real’, but there are some new techniques for the author here, such as using time lapse to create the illusion of forward movement for the helicopter ocean scenes. These flight sequences would not be possible without the skill and patience of Chief Pilot Peter Yates. Thanks also to Trevor Cracknell (for getting wet!) and Family.