Commercials
Spotlight On Spots.
Duck Soup Producktions created Animotion I/Educational and Animotion II/Sustaining, a package of four animated commercials from the Hoosier Lottery's Daily Millions game. The 30, 20 and 10 second spots were animated by director Stephen Lawes and his crew using traditional techniques combined with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Alias. . . . . Olive Jar Animation in Boston completed Crunch Course, a 30 second commercial for Cap'n Crunch cereal bars, through the Foote, Cone & Belding agency in San Francisco. Directed by Rich Ferguson-Hull and animated by Jeffrey Sias, the spot uses stop-motion, cel animation and special effects to depict children being turned into crunchy, marshmallow coated cereal bar snacks . . . . .Film De Trapani in Portland created Paint People, a 30 second live-action/animation commercial for Seabrook Designs paint. . . .
Colossal's George of the Jungle video.
Colossal Pictures created an animated music video/movie trailer for Walt Disney Pictures' George of the Jungle live-action feature, set to the pop band, The Presidents of the United States of America's performance of the film's theme song. The limited animation, directed by Colossal's George Evelyn and animated by Varga Studio in Budapest, is inspired by the 1970s George of the Jungle animated television series by Jay Ward. The three minute spot is being shown in theaters, on MTV and on The Disney Channel. . . . Portland, Oregon-based Animakers completed Stages of Your Life, a public service announcement for The California Department of Health Services, through the agency Montoya Communications. The spot uses a painterly, Matisse-inspired technique animated in Macromedia's Director software by director John Haugse. . . . The Ink Tank in New York created Money, a stylized, graphic animated commercial for Puerto Rico's Banco Popular. The spot was directed by R.O. Blechman and produced through the Saatchi & Saatchi agency. The Ink Tank also recently completed You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby, a 30 second spot for Massachusetts' South Shore Plaza Mall. Also directed by R.O. Blechman, this spot employed the talents of animation director Tissa David and New York Times fashion illustrator Sharon Watts. . . .Telezign created a package of station id's, program opens and logos for San Francisco's Fox 2 (KTVU) TV station. . . .
Curious Pictures' commercial for the Hoosier Lottery.
Curious Pictures
created a group of 10 and 15 second commercials for the Wizard Stick-Ups
Air Fresheners product from Reckitt & Colman, through McCann-Erickson
agency in New York. Directed by Steve Oakes, the two spots, Toys and
Closet use combinations of stop-motion/CGI animation to depict some
very stinky situations. . . . . Curious also created two pairs of 15 second
spot bumpers for Wendy's Restaurants International; Big Frosty Dipper
and No Hitchhikers, utilizing miniature models, 3D computer
animation, live action and 2D type graphics to depict an outer-space world
in which fast food becomes spacecraft. . . .Curious also made two opener
commercials for the Tele-TV Media cable/satellite venture. Critics Choice,
by recently-signed director Chel White and Movie Open by director
Heidi Holman both utilize cut-out and collage techniques. . . .
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