Director Ben West and Robot have just released the trailer for the upcoming short Fugu & Tako

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Some months ago we announced the teaser, and now “Colosse - A Wood Tale”, the sweet new short directed by Hornet’s Yves Geleyn, is out. This beautifully handcrafted little story of a wood robot puppet and his bird friend talks about eccentricity, companionship and acceptance.

Yves Geleyn, from Hornet’s site:

“I’m a huge fan of Jim Henson’s work. I have always wanted to work with puppets but never had the chance to do so before. I’m also a huge fan of robots; they were in all my childhood movies, cartoons, and comics. The robot from Paul Grimault’s The King And The Mockingbird; Brad Bird’s Iron Giant; and Goldorak, a Japanese cartoon, were inspirations for me. It was these two passions of puppetry and robots that drove me to create this short film, with a bird in it of course (can’t lose my bad habits).”

More goodies on the page.

Director: Yves Geleyn

Hornet Inc.
Executive Producer: Michael Feder
Producer: Zack Kortright
Live Action Producer: Joel Kretschman
Director of Photography: Ivan Abel
Gaffer: Michael Yetter
1st AC: Jason Vandermer
Key Grip: Joe Mandeville
Fabrication: Connie Chan
Set: Halsey Rodman
Lead Puppeteer: Steven Widerman
Puppeteer: Billy Barkhurst
Robot Tech: Ben Phelan
CG Lead: Erwin Riau
CG Animator: Nicholas Johnnides
Editor: R.J. Glass
Compositor: Yussef Cole
Roto Artist: Mary Varn, Julien Koetsch
Music & Sounds Design: Huma-Huma

Special Thanks: Sang-Jin Bae, Greg Bedard, Chris Smith, Joseph Sluslak

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Anthony Scott Burns has created a wild sci-fi ride for Paul Van Dyk’s upcoming album “Evolution”

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Stopmo animator and designer Max Winston revisits the natural world in this animation test for a cartoon pilot, “The Woods“.  Read more about this and his previous work “I Live in the Woods” here.

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As we can see in this animation test for a Nickelodeon pilot, “The Woods”, Max is a gifted artist in many arenas – direction, design, animation, comedy, dramatic pauses – but unfortunately, for some odd reason, you won’t see this on air.  And while I cut off my access to cable TV, I would definitely revive it long enough to catch episodes of Max’s show (sidled with a revived Mr. Meaty) if available.

“The Woods” obviously isn’t student work, but some of the storyline was pulled from his exceptional CalArts grad short, “I Live in the Woods!”, which was never posted here – until now.  After an extremely long and successful run on the festival circuit, this masterpiece finally made it online last year for all to see.  Let’s revisit it:

(Warning: Gore and gratuitous violence in all its splendid glory.)

Also see:

• A process video + trailer for “I Live in the Woods!”

• Max’s personal notes on “I Live in the Woods” + development art for “The Woods” at the Magical Mountain of Mush!

• An interview with Winston at Short of the Week.

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While searching on Vimeo for the credits, I found this fun video from the composer, THePETEBOX.

Credits
Agency: DDB South Africa
Client: Honda
Prod Co: Hoverlion
Producer: Georgiana Taylor
Director: Ned Wenlock
Character Animator: Eon McNaught
Executive Creative Directors: Matt Ross, Grant Jacobsen
Creative Director: Sean Harrison
Copywriter: Matthew Berge

If anyone has more complete credits, please send.

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Delicate Machines has put together a fantastic reel of studio work as well as collaborations with Prime Focus, The Orphanage, Frantic Films, and others.

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