Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 07:28PM I LOVE this commercial for the Amazon Kindle. I had a hard time finding it online. Took a few weeks of searching. It's simple, cute, fun to watch (lots of times) and the music track is catchy. Track sounds a lot like the American Airlines jingle come to think of it. Overall this is a winner of commercial for me. Great stuff.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 09:22PM Here's a remarkable piece done for CCTV -- Chinese Television - using ink tank animation and live video. Beautifully scored and artfully executred. It was created by MMIA, Bejing.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 10:31AM Here's an interesting short fund raising video about the Dartmouth business model created by their advancement team for alumni. It's animated because the subject doesn't really make for a great video with beauty shots of the campus, classrooms, etc. Some fine computer animation helps keep the eyes entertained.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 04:19PM And now a little backstory on a prior post about a much vaunted Microsoft animated TV commercial campaign... So how do you turn a 14 year old's interview with a celebrity into a career as an animator? You do what Jerry Levitan did in 1969. Levitan followed John Lennon, from a meeting at Toronto airport to his hotel room and wangled an interview with the Beatles lead man. Then he turned the inteview into an animated film that was nominated as the best short animated film at the 2008 Oscars. Here's a link to the story in Paste Magazine. The Micrsoft campaign sure looks like the work of Levitan's team members to me.