Jeremie Rozan – Surface to Air – Easy Like a Sunday Morning
New short by Jeremie Rozan. Sexy, and beautifully composed. Bring back those long summer days. (NSFW)
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Archive for October, 2011
Work/Life: PandaPanther on parenting, work and creating amazing spit
We’ve come to know NYC-based PandaPanther for their playful, character-driven work. Since 2006, Jonathan Garin and Naomi Nishimura have directed casts of colorful creatures on battlefields, dance floors and ethereal dreamscapes. Their latest effort, a game promo for Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (see above), continues their tradition of fashioning fantastical flights of fancy that brim with delightful details.
But instead of going behind the scenes for that production, we wanted to go behind the scenes of their personal lives. Jonathan and Naomi aren’t just business partners, they’re parents. They’ve created a lifestyle that attempts to integrate raising a kid with growing a studio.
Jonathan was kind enough to pull back the curtain, so to speak, and get real about work/life.
How did you and Naomi meet?
We had mutual friends and officially met when we worked together as freelancers back in 2003. We hit it off during the Pictoplasma festival in Berlin in 2004. Been together ever since.
How did the decision to start PandaPanther come about, and how was it when you were just starting out? Can you share a few key moments in those early years?
Initially, we just needed a name or identity we could use when we worked on projects together, as we were starting out with personal projects. We wanted to be able to get totally immersed in an identity bigger than just a literal name or place, so PandaPanther came about because it represented both of us together in a different dimension.
A big moment was leaving freelance and deciding not to take any more bookings. Around that time Naomi and I were at the bank setting up an account for PandaPanther when her phone rang. It was a producer inquiring about her availability, but she turned it down and when asked why, she told them she actually had started a new company and was no longer taking freelance bookings.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Friend launches in London
New production company Friend launches in London with a jaw-dropping roster, including Buck, Sean Pecknold, the Vikings and many more.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 | Comments Off
AENY October Meeting
AENY October Meeting, PS 41 @ 6:45 pm.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 | Comments Off
Diestro makes underwater goodness for LZF Lamps
Diestro makes underwater goodness for LZF Lamps. Audio by BSO.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
October 26: NYC Mograph Meetup
October 26: NYC Mograph Meetup at Mary O’s (32 Ave. A) @ 8 pm.
Monday, October 24th, 2011 | Comments Off
