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A portrait of me being crap at speaking French, and some of the...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:47:38 +0100

A portrait of me being crap at speaking French, and some of the students I taught at La Poudriere. By Michaela Re.

Boring weekend = Animated silliness with the kids :)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:09:09 +0100

Boring weekend = Animated silliness with the kids :)

365’s offering todayFUGGYFUGGY the...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:07:15 +0000

365’s offering todayFUGGYFUGGY the game

http://www.facebook.com/365film

One Year. On Film. One Second a Day. Follow the progress on...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:52:43 +0000

One Year. On Film. One Second a Day. Follow the progress on http://www.facebook.com/365film

Here is our BAFTA nominated short animation Codswallop. It was...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:17:09 +0000

Here is our BAFTA nominated short animation Codswallop. It was nominated in 2009 but we’ve never put it online until now. Enjoy and tell your friends. Thanks. Greg and Myles. Also if you want to know more about it go here »

Today’s 365 still is courtesy of a grey rainy day and a...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:22:51 +0000

Today’s 365 still is courtesy of a grey rainy day and a glass of something warming. Sound fx provided by the marvellous David Kamp

365 - January

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:41:10 +0000

365 - January:

Here it is peeps - the first months offering from our 365 project.

365#29 Oh I do love a trip to the dentist. Like here

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:46:00 +0000

365#29 Oh I do love a trip to the dentist.

Like here

365 COMPETITION! Go to the FB page for the chance of winning a...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:28:37 +0000

365 COMPETITION!

Go to the FB page for the chance of winning a signed print.

365#28

Today’s sound effects were provided by my sister’s hound barking (deep and throaty) which makes my daughter jump. The animation is inspired by one of my favourite artists.

Today’s ‘365’ still shows snowflakes in their...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:34:39 +0000

Today’s ‘365’ still shows snowflakes in their true light. Despite the belief that all snowflakes are different I can confirm that they are in fact all EVIL!

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As I remember, Francis, you did promiseTo help me close my...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:47:39 +0000

As I remember, Francis, you did promise
To help me close my treatise on ideas.
But here I find you like Sir John the Hog
Wallowing in wet clay and a fog
Of your own making. Why?

Read on here >

We will be invoking the spirit of Jeffrey Bernard this evening...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:38:42 +0000

We will be invoking the spirit of Jeffrey Bernard this evening with a trip to The Coach and Horses aka ‘Normans’.

Still from our second a day film ‘365’ like it here

“365” - stills 3,4 and 5 Some may wonder why, given...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:06:41 +0000

“365” - stills 3,4 and 5

Some may wonder why, given my already busy life, I have undertaken this commitment to animate a second a day for the 365 that go to make up 2013. It may have a lot to do with my very low boredom threshold and the fact I am (according to an expert) terminally under-stimulated.

A couple of quotes that seem appropriate:
Man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health. (Carl Jung)
I need to work to feel well. (Edouard Manet)
Inspiration comes of working every day. (Charles Baudelaire)

Rather than releasing the whole film at the end of the year I’m going to release it (inspired by a certain Mr C. Dickens) as monthly installments. Part 1 on the 31st Jan.

There is no storyline, script or storyboard. The ideas are coming from things I’ve read, seen or experienced on the day, with a little artistic license for good measure.

I have no idea what the final film will look like or what if any the story will be. Definitely to be filed in the experimental film section (hopefully not in a bad way).

I’m constantly fascinated with ways of making films and of telling narratives in a unconventional ways.’365’ fits this mind set perfectly. As does my other short film I’m working on which, rather than taking the real world as it’s source material, looks straight into the inside of my head, a much more phantasmagorical experience.

So here’s to a busy busy 2013, the word for this year is - Prolific :)

You can like the project here

Here’s a still from the second second from...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:54:01 +0000

Here’s a still from the second second from ‘365’

While listening to a documentary on Isaac Newton I discovered one of his favorite books was ‘The Chemical Wedding’ which featured a priest who could change the colour of nature.

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By animating 1 second a day a film will form itself over the...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:52:44 +0000

By animating 1 second a day a film will form itself over the course of 2013

Here’s a still from the first second

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Photo

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:28:58 +0000

Photo

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:03:39 +0000

This seems to be a lot of people’s favourite scene from...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:03:22 +0000

This seems to be a lot of people’s favourite scene from Isle of Spagg… you twisted people you!

Our very short short film

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:52:50 +0000

Our very short short film

When I'm not drawing I'm drumming

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:47:10 +0000

When I'm not drawing I'm drumming