A Paper Theater Brought to Life With Light Projection. The Ice Book By Davy McGuire.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y7MzuFpeilZsGV27q4653TglHbBYrbZ6o5U4ER-CpBhRPSq1PJOwlGEZ6Pc26d7GQca9F5_GVpgsSXi4rJ6waiJRs_XFrNOmhyphenhyphenziyv3W6AIQd7nEmtoub9RxvhlqtFM6qIXBB41lpH8/s1600/icebook2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568504210647585074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y7MzuFpeilZsGV27q4653TglHbBYrbZ6o5U4ER-CpBhRPSq1PJOwlGEZ6Pc26d7GQca9F5_GVpgsSXi4rJ6waiJRs_XFrNOmhyphenhyphenziyv3W6AIQd7nEmtoub9RxvhlqtFM6qIXBB41lpH8/s400/icebook2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 414px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.davymcguire.tv/">Davy McGuire</a> is a director of film, theater and video art. He creates productions for stage, screen and exhibition spaces that blend elements of film, animation, theatre, puppetry, installation art and good old-fashioned illusions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikC5q_V2GjM2jcLMT79b71osi7tU6uocLhl-P4hw2Qea4a4gLJ_U7hRTDH4e7QSrOBLUwozrSYeQNbTIqUmyECBMjRTnrnQJbRieIhHtxdjnYgn5KGZfsFfyiT05Ry8VlbjZwRcS3WgHQ/s1600/ice+book1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568503929932546322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikC5q_V2GjM2jcLMT79b71osi7tU6uocLhl-P4hw2Qea4a4gLJ_U7hRTDH4e7QSrOBLUwozrSYeQNbTIqUmyECBMjRTnrnQJbRieIhHtxdjnYgn5KGZfsFfyiT05Ry8VlbjZwRcS3WgHQ/s400/ice+book1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 298px;" /></a><br /><br />His latest piece, created with choreographer and dancer wife <a href="http://www.kristinmcguire.com/">Kristin</a>, uses light projection on a series of small paper cut out pop-ups combined with film projection and animation for a hauntingly beautiful effect.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwPK1n08Va6Be_KyNDm0mZt806Iq41ZCZbXTG-cMzcEss6OnCXvkDy1s5_WqRAm1RTh2Wuwrr1U0UNbWDV7cuvtzm7yglTPWWJhH4no8mfp__t3_MMkPnTnX1am6HT-cF0K86tbyLXA4/s1600/house+without+projection.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568503863728754386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwPK1n08Va6Be_KyNDm0mZt806Iq41ZCZbXTG-cMzcEss6OnCXvkDy1s5_WqRAm1RTh2Wuwrr1U0UNbWDV7cuvtzm7yglTPWWJhH4no8mfp__t3_MMkPnTnX1am6HT-cF0K86tbyLXA4/s400/house+without+projection.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 309px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAIfcjRexekgCV7j7hiFLulBnsIUNR0GyLbClG0zowxHdK6glg_KrXRqbvndOz6Xdj1h43pT6jSzkyfAP5mlVXqaZtOU4I2xx9e0qTv4S-YrenP-G-lc5BgG3zRTCa1DutBw_eCwxJuY/s1600/house+with+projection.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568503763714267554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAIfcjRexekgCV7j7hiFLulBnsIUNR0GyLbClG0zowxHdK6glg_KrXRqbvndOz6Xdj1h43pT6jSzkyfAP5mlVXqaZtOU4I2xx9e0qTv4S-YrenP-G-lc5BgG3zRTCa1DutBw_eCwxJuY/s400/house+with+projection.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 310px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmhJ9flBumEkqbzSGRHCCnN6gfWdA1UNuiJkKheSCXkW7H2mLK9n5_XeD2NHTaI6ltHDKGsNayv-u_cKuU7a4lZAs2XKx-JP1s5eHY6UU1hKvjwe0wV3HgMv71_jgVJH6pWSniUDDDmo/s1600/trees+without+projection.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568503566043630274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmhJ9flBumEkqbzSGRHCCnN6gfWdA1UNuiJkKheSCXkW7H2mLK9n5_XeD2NHTaI6ltHDKGsNayv-u_cKuU7a4lZAs2XKx-JP1s5eHY6UU1hKvjwe0wV3HgMv71_jgVJH6pWSniUDDDmo/s400/trees+without+projection.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 310px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYw69L4XbB-b9jkTl8eVMoQyAdatP5ZWW7sr6DUwsGiIzmFOX8HX28RDVOuwJrJMHX_dEDNVvaPAidcsP5QMdKnMbon4Y7zqvAgV_0x4qqpPxzdRBgSBaHykLngfYw5EymLqwLt5msko/s1600/trees+projection.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568503649691002290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYw69L4XbB-b9jkTl8eVMoQyAdatP5ZWW7sr6DUwsGiIzmFOX8HX28RDVOuwJrJMHX_dEDNVvaPAidcsP5QMdKnMbon4Y7zqvAgV_0x4qqpPxzdRBgSBaHykLngfYw5EymLqwLt5msko/s400/trees+projection.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 305px;" /></a><br /><br />The Ice Book is the story of a princess who lures a boy into the forest in order to warm her heart of ice.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19300002?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="535" frameborder="0" height="301"></iframe><br /><br />His showreel:<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19297285?byline=0" width="535" frameborder="0" height="301"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.davymcguire.tv/"> Davy McGuire</a><br /><br />via <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://leblog.wcie.fr/2011/01/30/revue-recreative-45-pop-up-book-vivant/%20" style="font-style: italic;">W&LeCie </a><span style="font-style: italic;"> via </span><a href="http://www.notcot.org/" style="font-style: italic;">NOTCOT</a></span>

A Paper Theater Brought to Life With Light Projection. The Ice Book By Davy McGuire.

Davy McGuire is a director of film, theater and video art. He creates productions for stage, screen and exhibition spaces that blend elemen...

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New Nathan Love Animated Thanksgiving Promo For NBC

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUO7T7BazScEfYSuSt4vFzq3o6sAL0GBmnExX2Zvml2xF-Niu_w3hHD0iFnfOksaHq5b4bEUQZuF56b2wNUKKf9A-elOGTY4hV-0nZnexV4Hs21DGHyVW0EOoqBzvsoXb-LrRoQpiOtFo6/s1600/nathan+Love+NBC+hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542795983602953394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUO7T7BazScEfYSuSt4vFzq3o6sAL0GBmnExX2Zvml2xF-Niu_w3hHD0iFnfOksaHq5b4bEUQZuF56b2wNUKKf9A-elOGTY4hV-0nZnexV4Hs21DGHyVW0EOoqBzvsoXb-LrRoQpiOtFo6/s400/nathan+Love+NBC+hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 531px;" /></a><br /><br />The latest collaboration between illustrator/director Nathan Love and NBC to wish their viewing audience a Happy Thanksgiving holiday is this 30 second promo which starts airing today.<br /><br /><object height="323" width="530"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iwS3zoWHoik?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iwS3zoWHoik?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="323" width="530"></embed></object><br /><br />Client: NBC Artworks<br />Director: <a href="http://www.nathanlove.com/">Nathan Love</a><br />Creative Director: Joe Burrascano<br />Art Director: Anca Risca<br />Animation Director: Ryan Moran<br />Rigging: Dan Vislocky, Frank Naranjo<br />FX Animation: Stieg Retlin<br />Sound Design & Music: Drew Skinner

New Nathan Love Animated Thanksgiving Promo For NBC

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Meet Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDCebNoRQzE7B_LmIQhE8AO2pilsuDW904a2rQQFy1KbT0GhCd0fNizaiBAV_sWAjBE-LS74ljTTBnm_xON9WuFj15aOTCho2grz2iYy7lT49yyhzo9VnFwS_kJ5yOgeJj9vVFQztDnup/s1600/marcelshell+title.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520351393306756818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDCebNoRQzE7B_LmIQhE8AO2pilsuDW904a2rQQFy1KbT0GhCd0fNizaiBAV_sWAjBE-LS74ljTTBnm_xON9WuFj15aOTCho2grz2iYy7lT49yyhzo9VnFwS_kJ5yOgeJj9vVFQztDnup/s400/marcelshell+title.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 313px;" /></a><br /><br />If you haven't yet met Marcel, you're missing out. So let me introduce you.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOCZ4bVdpYZa-V8QGYUxilEdDPDGmHB-O1pm2SmLyX5Ne4gnrz420MNChhvsFTHhHyZU3mo4JVXf1X1bkpZDsJcbuz_OwXh68w5Bimf7NVm5boA0YhWIsAIMfcrciJkOgvItF61Cb4iud/s1600/Picture+3.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520352060131714434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOCZ4bVdpYZa-V8QGYUxilEdDPDGmHB-O1pm2SmLyX5Ne4gnrz420MNChhvsFTHhHyZU3mo4JVXf1X1bkpZDsJcbuz_OwXh68w5Bimf7NVm5boA0YhWIsAIMfcrciJkOgvItF61Cb4iud/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 298px;" /></a><br /><br />Marcel the Shell with shoes on is a delightful little character in this stop motion animated short directed by <a href="http://www.deanfleischercamp.com/">Dean Fleischer-Camp</a> and voiced (not enhanced) by actress, comedienne, writer and 2009-2010 SNL cast member <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Slate">Jenny Slate</a>. The short film was written by both Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp.<br /><br />Sweet and sad (in a Charlie Brown sort of way), Marcel has gone viral in a big way. And you can see why. Just watch the 3 minute and 20 second video below.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14190306?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="530" frameborder="0" height="298"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CDE6njE5ivZQtQTkDGYvvOJp4gPXDqzy8kHaT7nWJnkHW6jkxvj928eaUz7p7lZGLGFoTbC9AM0aHM9aXGCU8i88G5wdIvKoZubDxYXoKJWNdVT77mIkn9fob9L694a6xwE2Ie2raIT-/s1600/jenny+slate70b-320wi.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520351679748795874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CDE6njE5ivZQtQTkDGYvvOJp4gPXDqzy8kHaT7nWJnkHW6jkxvj928eaUz7p7lZGLGFoTbC9AM0aHM9aXGCU8i88G5wdIvKoZubDxYXoKJWNdVT77mIkn9fob9L694a6xwE2Ie2raIT-/s400/jenny+slate70b-320wi.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 265px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeCf6hIVwdsNdmBmijVscnjvFl7ZCVPKyg5O3Cs3luJbLwfEAcxee9vMDOPFaCqzPwgC9WGgiX0VHh79JISVqJYwdVXFrxeFq1xb7gsm5AUoTYRgE-thQSNVZ_wRw2FQlM2zhCq2poWYf/s1600/marcel+the+shell.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520381551170866402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeCf6hIVwdsNdmBmijVscnjvFl7ZCVPKyg5O3Cs3luJbLwfEAcxee9vMDOPFaCqzPwgC9WGgiX0VHh79JISVqJYwdVXFrxeFq1xb7gsm5AUoTYRgE-thQSNVZ_wRw2FQlM2zhCq2poWYf/s400/marcel+the+shell.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above left: Jenny Slate, the voice and co-creator of Marcel the shell, above right.</span></span><br /><br />Marcel is so adored, he even made the New York magazine matrix - in the HighBrow/ Brilliant quadrant!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaj0R5-BsVr4H_rse5XRU-fpdMAnwSYfFCE7s4xku01KMHoyICQ3-KdVgAIQtEt1ZGlXUzkBbUmrAFmiQZl4eNvOa-zGHTd5TelQSyafY60WqHiL9dP0KaWBa9R00AUoXIcmiVE66iFa7r/s1600/NY+matrixMarcel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520352826924911218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaj0R5-BsVr4H_rse5XRU-fpdMAnwSYfFCE7s4xku01KMHoyICQ3-KdVgAIQtEt1ZGlXUzkBbUmrAFmiQZl4eNvOa-zGHTd5TelQSyafY60WqHiL9dP0KaWBa9R00AUoXIcmiVE66iFa7r/s400/NY+matrixMarcel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 334px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwep9HfhtlJweCtHBwUasdIR01yPLxEhyqX81uQiPIKwfVv2OLzAhTKIbh45O-d-PjJMQ87MvWWIxqkRJjdfKJGrXMUHV2xfeq4mVqOpBBmhgF627U8JjKIDqdc0wHIXBPFhdPDVftrXY/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520354012632611618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwep9HfhtlJweCtHBwUasdIR01yPLxEhyqX81uQiPIKwfVv2OLzAhTKIbh45O-d-PjJMQ87MvWWIxqkRJjdfKJGrXMUHV2xfeq4mVqOpBBmhgF627U8JjKIDqdc0wHIXBPFhdPDVftrXY/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 336px;" /></a><br />Marcel:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8q4ZrUihrqhyphenhyphenNjutOqinwcPZtJ-cssbn5dQbO1oUkCeDnFoSVBBGyRbePqqvxqB1q5h_iNvX7C4ETHK5hvbP6eCEngndfHRl5g7880I7obwvYTVjshpn75ri9Tbu4x4f7GFlwVF6-Gwn5/s1600/marcel+horizontal.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520351510792504706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8q4ZrUihrqhyphenhyphenNjutOqinwcPZtJ-cssbn5dQbO1oUkCeDnFoSVBBGyRbePqqvxqB1q5h_iNvX7C4ETHK5hvbP6eCEngndfHRl5g7880I7obwvYTVjshpn75ri9Tbu4x4f7GFlwVF6-Gwn5/s400/marcel+horizontal.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 516px; height: 145px;" /></a><br /><br />"Bestie by Bestie," is a web series about friendship that the former SNL star and her comedy partner (and life long bestie) Gabe Liedman screen at their weekly stand-up show. The video series is also directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp and the premiere episode can be viewed <a href="http://vimeo.com/15034189">here.</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br />Special thanks to my friend Jean Rhode who turned me onto this little guy.</span>

Meet Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.

If you haven't yet met Marcel, you're missing out. So let me introduce you. Marcel the Shell with shoes on is a delightful little ch...

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Award-Winning Animated Short Film "Love & Theft"

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With script, direction and animation by Andreas Hykade and artwork by Natalia Eck. (Full credits at the end of this post)<br /><br /><object height="323" width="530"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rEUxlwb2uFI&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rEUxlwb2uFI&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="323" width="530"></embed></object><br /><br />The name of the film, Love & Theft, was inspired by the Bob Dylan album:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO3_y2LneaNUKLMTDf2yuYZdZJ8yVlcmh7nQv2zd1lsksb0yH6BjtRahh73TOtHGTpFmPMd1cUX8GGVgbQuFr1rJhkdeu419CyneRicisfo65_LxvVCZlhKB88BP4bU0fOwc2xfhRoYk/s1600/love-and-theft.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492377721503932034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO3_y2LneaNUKLMTDf2yuYZdZJ8yVlcmh7nQv2zd1lsksb0yH6BjtRahh73TOtHGTpFmPMd1cUX8GGVgbQuFr1rJhkdeu419CyneRicisfo65_LxvVCZlhKB88BP4bU0fOwc2xfhRoYk/s400/love-and-theft.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />"And I'm still carrying the gift you gave,<br />It's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved,<br />It'll be with me unto the grave<br />And then unto eternity."<br />(Bob Dylan)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVdfGgjLv7s-AJxEwZt9bHxokPKkk02PydiqZIy4Erv0JsOhYRanlJh2cBhxxSGu8VZfZT6ot7igZdY7Jpr9RW2qttixewbga5UaLMdKBn88WicbDZ7bo0_yTkOBsf-Dip_c9_tbfTAY/s1600/L&V-still.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492373172979106674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVdfGgjLv7s-AJxEwZt9bHxokPKkk02PydiqZIy4Erv0JsOhYRanlJh2cBhxxSGu8VZfZT6ot7igZdY7Jpr9RW2qttixewbga5UaLMdKBn88WicbDZ7bo0_yTkOBsf-Dip_c9_tbfTAY/s400/L&V-still.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 322px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2j7fpntVPC5TneWt2e_feUiuUXX9gArZj1N5up_Y0JpqgLEdJ2hNdVpZoj05uHDvpLgsC6Z94sJuBnjUjfmjFEPjABO_v_meNXwFIXq6VpyLNsU0lGJlgrbSQiR5IVsORURlaZJbA324/s1600/Picture-10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492373252879142626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2j7fpntVPC5TneWt2e_feUiuUXX9gArZj1N5up_Y0JpqgLEdJ2hNdVpZoj05uHDvpLgsC6Z94sJuBnjUjfmjFEPjABO_v_meNXwFIXq6VpyLNsU0lGJlgrbSQiR5IVsORURlaZJbA324/s400/Picture-10.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 133px;" /></a><br /><br />stills from the video arranged by colored backgrounds, courtesy of Andreas Hykade:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBdir908I_GYbcaQdSvuJKi-LNfX7HjOKZ14WG1W_Nu9w2zbR3UcGHu_TvgYJZF2YI_6J-MLyb33FcB3Or6525G_zlVJMgoh8EIs9hZuiZHZGStzxA0st75andDflKasQ-lLAif9tIk8/s1600/Picture-5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492373554457621106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBdir908I_GYbcaQdSvuJKi-LNfX7HjOKZ14WG1W_Nu9w2zbR3UcGHu_TvgYJZF2YI_6J-MLyb33FcB3Or6525G_zlVJMgoh8EIs9hZuiZHZGStzxA0st75andDflKasQ-lLAif9tIk8/s400/Picture-5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGk_PQSxTQYTFdr7JnbUE-tZF8OFgpV-_wY1UNJpTCk6bilHH806l4inZXusHYv5pKDKaLd5AIWmiJ2Ax7EaeB1872tLoiWng69LeM_hpYFr5ueP5OmLxfsDyWP8MvUSaV2_eD4Jdk9c/s1600/Picture-7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492373477078805058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGk_PQSxTQYTFdr7JnbUE-tZF8OFgpV-_wY1UNJpTCk6bilHH806l4inZXusHYv5pKDKaLd5AIWmiJ2Ax7EaeB1872tLoiWng69LeM_hpYFr5ueP5OmLxfsDyWP8MvUSaV2_eD4Jdk9c/s400/Picture-7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJo4NgOMjIW0KynUHjF79RtYKU_WlM9PNOPjPdtR4Gq0SWZJnV86JFz5aXy7EkKDI9vAFHfSE3RYNhCvXsWK46DwxydY1D2OHeB6-n-fLl8QDRB_w7YOLnpxn4u8YBkDeY-rd6-7o5DJ8/s1600/Picture-8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492373383298999218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJo4NgOMjIW0KynUHjF79RtYKU_WlM9PNOPjPdtR4Gq0SWZJnV86JFz5aXy7EkKDI9vAFHfSE3RYNhCvXsWK46DwxydY1D2OHeB6-n-fLl8QDRB_w7YOLnpxn4u8YBkDeY-rd6-7o5DJ8/s400/Picture-8.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">CREDITS</span><br />Script, direction: <a href="http://www.hykade.de/">Andreas Hykade</a><br />Design, animation: Andreas Hykade<br />Animation assistance: Angela Steffen<br />Art work: Natalia Eck<br />Compositing: Christof Hoffmann<br />Sound, Music: <a href="http://www.heikomaile.com/">Heiko Maile</a><br />Funding: MFG and FFA<br />Production assistance: Simone Fischer<br />Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann<br />Studio <a href="http://www.filmbilder.de/">FILM BILDER</a> 2010<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Awards:</span><br /><a href="http://www.sacem.fr/cms/site/en/home">Sacem Award for original music</a><br /><a href="http://viennashorts.com/en/festival/programm-2010/int-wb-aa/aa2.html">Vienna Independent Short Film Award</a><br />Music Award, <a href="http://www.annecy.org/">International Film Festival Annecy</a>, 2010<br />Music Award, International Short Film Festival Hamburg, 2010<br />Special Award, Animafest Zagreb, 2010<br />Music for Animation Award, <a href="http://www.itfs.de/">Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart</a>, 2010<br />Honorable Mention, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 2010<br /><br />And the short film has also been nominated at the <a href="http://www.fantoche.ch/">Fantoche Festival</a>, <a href="http://www.animator-festival.com/index.php?lang=EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">Animator Festival</span></a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.fest.pt/">FEST Espinho</a></span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.animamundi.com.br/en/festival/">Anima Mundi Festival</a></span>,

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Logorama Takes Home The Oscar. Here's The Whole Animated Short Film.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq3CO2E4p18dBa4tsS8Nwj8d01CEoK8gLwMQwMRKfJZTc5FExd-9to0auZ2l5Ks4sEYRFvOI5Aaryr9d54KtJOwiKzUOTJulgB3sdgFUn5uZn-yQM0mGIKAvstYT3fkHeNOj8FFtNU5o/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446319661977581042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq3CO2E4p18dBa4tsS8Nwj8d01CEoK8gLwMQwMRKfJZTc5FExd-9to0auZ2l5Ks4sEYRFvOI5Aaryr9d54KtJOwiKzUOTJulgB3sdgFUn5uZn-yQM0mGIKAvstYT3fkHeNOj8FFtNU5o/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 292px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C6d4v8xFUqBqV4l1jE3fy1LalF1Gf8wdWPuWtD_bOv6-M6LQRD1wqIOg_ic3GauAg9EyexbjsDLrUT0-HMdoL0xwlRBmKe1S-ZVFJGcnm3cKmml2i1Ytum8k8PYJ0RsWc1SMORDqRNU/s1600-h/Picture+6.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446319302774377058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C6d4v8xFUqBqV4l1jE3fy1LalF1Gf8wdWPuWtD_bOv6-M6LQRD1wqIOg_ic3GauAg9EyexbjsDLrUT0-HMdoL0xwlRBmKe1S-ZVFJGcnm3cKmml2i1Ytum8k8PYJ0RsWc1SMORDqRNU/s400/Picture+6.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 167px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18r04DExxy4JkBKF4RKsmUhMQijUbxgdQ5GB_CWjQe1D5Fh9HngQncP-JlfdPhnxeH-nZJbdgAAg7HqRO9mvRYhCAExrAQ0ZIeKaeWIQ3uEVl-SSmlX1zJtqOySN1kje1bmrbmJ9hTd4/s1600-h/Logorama_Presse.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446323405251643490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18r04DExxy4JkBKF4RKsmUhMQijUbxgdQ5GB_CWjQe1D5Fh9HngQncP-JlfdPhnxeH-nZJbdgAAg7HqRO9mvRYhCAExrAQ0ZIeKaeWIQ3uEVl-SSmlX1zJtqOySN1kje1bmrbmJ9hTd4/s400/Logorama_Presse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 298px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: As I suspected 48 hours after this post went up, they have disabled the link to view the entire film online. Below are two different trailers for the film now. My apologies.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Logorama</span>, a 16 minute movie, took home the Oscar for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Animated Short Film</span> last night. As you can imagine, many of the sites that previously has this short feature online have quickly disabled it, but I've got both the trailer and the whole film for you (until someone disables the link):<br /><br />The trailer:<br /><object height="469" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xchrht"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xchrht" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="469" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br />The whole film:<br /><object height="320" width="540"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10149605&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10149605&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="540" height="320"></embed></object><p><br /><br />Directed by <a href="http://h5.fr/">H5</a> (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain), the short animated film featurtes more than 2500 logos which make up spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals rampaging through the city... and much more.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwClOIlpT7P7Hb-R8IhUBpJRiyrg4ShLGBxUpO6Z2NacQCl6NFDEknHNSKNhNwmJ0IrF52F50zFIGzNXDFjS0sgczMhzkUJnMgSuutNOby6WilDsicUgXrL1lvB1O3cAcUSgOx7hHU-JI/s1600-h/4356695539_4db105f91d_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446322537851298722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwClOIlpT7P7Hb-R8IhUBpJRiyrg4ShLGBxUpO6Z2NacQCl6NFDEknHNSKNhNwmJ0IrF52F50zFIGzNXDFjS0sgczMhzkUJnMgSuutNOby6WilDsicUgXrL1lvB1O3cAcUSgOx7hHU-JI/s400/4356695539_4db105f91d_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 298px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OYMdVdk7NexX3a-Txhw71RFyccHF5Yy_qAOmIVp5u94btLWFJJ83whsUZmRjRiOIVxfDERJmhpKvjyKbHbKvdfdUScLuXU44MmhaYQzcQoFyM_8bezqxIa06G12DvNuWHh81OTyK_YE/s1600-h/Picture+17.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446319951525933106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OYMdVdk7NexX3a-Txhw71RFyccHF5Yy_qAOmIVp5u94btLWFJJ83whsUZmRjRiOIVxfDERJmhpKvjyKbHbKvdfdUScLuXU44MmhaYQzcQoFyM_8bezqxIa06G12DvNuWHh81OTyK_YE/s400/Picture+17.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36QV_uK-qOAdTqKPn27pcbZXwwgL-aLZKNQrAyLkXoVSrqbpnavmN_BnHQgJce7amCc42_SBqThqeh7HxI8ObSwmb_BAf8lPkG-2WZBGOeQlvMXzg9md_gGeSc79odwoLPSAWV2n8OCk/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446319592811581906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36QV_uK-qOAdTqKPn27pcbZXwwgL-aLZKNQrAyLkXoVSrqbpnavmN_BnHQgJce7amCc42_SBqThqeh7HxI8ObSwmb_BAf8lPkG-2WZBGOeQlvMXzg9md_gGeSc79odwoLPSAWV2n8OCk/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 294px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Geek Details</span> (thanks to <a href="http://www.aeromental.net/">Aeromental</a>)<br /><ul><li>The yellow persons on the streets are the logo from the Messenger of AOL.</li><li>The Quicktime logo is a clock in the caffeteria</li><li>For Pixar’s Wall-E fans, you can see the Buy N Large logo</li><li>The Bar Equalizer from the Helicopter was the logo of Cisco Systems</li><li>The earthquake in the city formed the X-Box logo, ironically destroying the Windows building and IBM </li><li>The road near the mountains forms the VAIO logo.</li><li>When the car crashes against a tree, many old Apple logos fall, the multicolor version.</li><li>The cactus were made with the standard USB icon.</li><li>The butterflies are the MSN logo.</li><li>The floating W is for Microsoft Word.</li><li>Sony Ericsson is the Moon.</li><li>Internet Explorer appears as a planet.</li></ul><br />You can also find Logorama in full length on iTunes (in case by the time you see this, they've figured out I posted the whole thing and disable it).

Logorama Takes Home The Oscar. Here's The Whole Animated Short Film.

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Honoring Mom With A Beaver, A Bird & A Bee (and a downloadable card!)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYfuIVhiRKaO6G89qpeITuKSGFBCzgWZfVVUh3drRloTdpD63uOSXuwu9vMv8_C4Uin2uTnVA9RTa5VL1T3YLNYRp2Gof0rfABG1xH7dPWK2D4M3yxzyexzuSHhVZdxUhLkquIPWVqv9s/s1600-h/Picture+60.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198039681407942674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYfuIVhiRKaO6G89qpeITuKSGFBCzgWZfVVUh3drRloTdpD63uOSXuwu9vMv8_C4Uin2uTnVA9RTa5VL1T3YLNYRp2Gof0rfABG1xH7dPWK2D4M3yxzyexzuSHhVZdxUhLkquIPWVqv9s/s400/Picture+60.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />In celebration of Mother's Day, Zune Arts, the program that aims to bring the best creative minds together to collaborate on inspiring works of art, has released a new video "Mother Like No Other." The new work is a short film created by French animator, Yves Geleyn, set to the delicate music of The Bird And The Bee's track "Come As You Were". Available now at <a href="http://www.zune-arts.net/">Zune-Arts.net</a>, the film "Mother Like No Other" also comes with a unique downloadable Mother's Day card that fans can print out to give to their moms for Mother's Day.<br /><br /><embed src="http://zune-arts.net/flvplayer.swf" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="&displayheight=300&file=http://zune-arts.net/media/Films/mother/content/ZUNE0075_Mothers_Day_533x300.flv&image=http://zune-arts.net/~/media/Films/mother/content/mlino_generic_380x240_1.ashx+&height=318&width=533&frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&backcolor=0x888888&lightcolor=0x888888&showdigits=false" height="318" width="533"></embed><br /><br />This heart-warming tale follows a young beaver and his cardinal friend on a collaborative journey to create a beautiful bouquet for the beaver's mother. With a twist ending, this unique 2D animation film demonstrates just how far some will go to show appreciation for mom. Fans can see a previously released behind-the-scenes video that follows animator Yves through his New York studio during film production <a href="http://zune-arts.net/news_yves.">here.</a><br /><br />Zune Arts recently announced the availability of Zune Arts content through a new podcast series, which showcases a broad selection of today's cutting edge cultural artists expressing themselves through film, music, design and illustration. In addition to showing these works, the podcast series will feature artist interviews, exclusive content, behind-the-scenes videos and more.<br /><br />For more information about Zune Arts podcast subscription, visit <a href="http://www.zune.net/en-US/videos/default.htm">here</a><br />For more on Yves Geleyn and Hornet Inc., visit <a href="http://www.hornetinc.com/index.php?site=3&sub=25">here</a><br />For more on The Bird and the Bee, visit the Zune Social <a href="http://social.zune.net/albumdetails.aspx?aid=45268a00-0100-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">here</a>

Honoring Mom With A Beaver, A Bird & A Bee (and a downloadable card!)

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My friend Ro & The Aliens tell The Untold Story of Space-Dog, Laika

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2etlwSIPF7gYZQ9WCXWnEY7mGnsuud103dtXvKR5pPP6vbEGHpiJ-55soe7TM7am6-cOPZA6aRJ56Pf_1SZBCB4wnFUA_0-jnjo-89_PRql2zvt82M5SWwegS3o8Wm6tXkSxVI4Hk9fi/s1600-h/Picture+6.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154318557584140754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2etlwSIPF7gYZQ9WCXWnEY7mGnsuud103dtXvKR5pPP6vbEGHpiJ-55soe7TM7am6-cOPZA6aRJ56Pf_1SZBCB4wnFUA_0-jnjo-89_PRql2zvt82M5SWwegS3o8Wm6tXkSxVI4Hk9fi/s400/Picture+6.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br />Not only does this animation for Zune-Arts feature Laika, a jack russell terrier that looks just like mine, but it was created by a very talented colleague of mine, <a href="http://rohitashrao.com/">Mr. Ro Rohitash</a>!<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/50FyF7AaXnE&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/50FyF7AaXnE&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://rohitashrao.com/">Visit Ro's site here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwAuXOX3Td-_RI6PU9eS-UtG5ybcRj46z-CBZpg7DsabQn_HWAtehToOlji5PDcZjbHNHoDoX37jfqzRsYcbz4nmjGLxlJfxxu-0K_HnGoj1dtCQt4V9fg5iB82M4ZhD5YWlO4nhWUAHR/s1600-h/Picture+2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154315946244024754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwAuXOX3Td-_RI6PU9eS-UtG5ybcRj46z-CBZpg7DsabQn_HWAtehToOlji5PDcZjbHNHoDoX37jfqzRsYcbz4nmjGLxlJfxxu-0K_HnGoj1dtCQt4V9fg5iB82M4ZhD5YWlO4nhWUAHR/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><br />About the music:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9lNtFIzSc-5kb5qds6tqNsh3tmMN21q7KDZXWcW7WwdgOOMUrOBPkr53HqLBjngex4zia5RchSsDoQbrn_9jqneXpQjSLFlxV7nhOsazB3SQdZ8XD5Tty97cBBkXhUVpqWQBhOMxMeFn/s1600-h/Picture+3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154316586194151874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9lNtFIzSc-5kb5qds6tqNsh3tmMN21q7KDZXWcW7WwdgOOMUrOBPkr53HqLBjngex4zia5RchSsDoQbrn_9jqneXpQjSLFlxV7nhOsazB3SQdZ8XD5Tty97cBBkXhUVpqWQBhOMxMeFn/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://thealiens.musicblog.co.uk/">The Aliens Music Blog.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.zune-arts.com">Visit Zune Arts here</a> to see more wonderful films and music collaborations.

My friend Ro & The Aliens tell The Untold Story of Space-Dog, Laika

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Microsoft's Zune: Outhipping Apple's ipod?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONAJakGREI-nWy5JfMfU-sJe1dISSGLOKdre9kLlaDtTU_W3EUEc6lFyB3opy0XeeFb-0jb76talew6J0AgDMmufpxJmmYt24pa76PcmsaSKsZ1vYKkQvtqCnVfjLx-wCaIhF3gUCJRno/s1600-h/Picture+34.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150574887995284322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONAJakGREI-nWy5JfMfU-sJe1dISSGLOKdre9kLlaDtTU_W3EUEc6lFyB3opy0XeeFb-0jb76talew6J0AgDMmufpxJmmYt24pa76PcmsaSKsZ1vYKkQvtqCnVfjLx-wCaIhF3gUCJRno/s400/Picture+34.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgGUftqhXBLu8rHDtREIjTNDlPJFm1PC8G7W8yNAvdr_t8PjkmdJrHh4sNKYSD0nct23RRh7Lp7M0XNgfGCWPoWEA_KBg7OW7D15DCq4QhI7Ddv44_H21-FXzCoHDMfBmdXwTWeEDh0C2/s1600-h/Picture+26.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150574681836854098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgGUftqhXBLu8rHDtREIjTNDlPJFm1PC8G7W8yNAvdr_t8PjkmdJrHh4sNKYSD0nct23RRh7Lp7M0XNgfGCWPoWEA_KBg7OW7D15DCq4QhI7Ddv44_H21-FXzCoHDMfBmdXwTWeEDh0C2/s400/Picture+26.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><br />Zune, Microsoft's MP3 player, which sold like hotcakes this past holiday, has an impressive <a href="http://www.zune-arts.net/">visual arts site</a> that has terrific animated films, wallpaper, icons and posters. All available for download or just entertainment.<br /><br />The entire site is a delight and certainly more interesting than watching silhouetted people -even if it is Mary J. Blige, grooving to music (sorry Apple and TBWA/chiat).<br /><br />Just look at four examples (of many) of the latest films on zune-arts and I bet you'll be sure to register on their site. Even if you own an ipod.<br /><br />Below are the following animated films.<br />Swap Meet by Against all odds with music by The Deadly Syndrome, Generous Monster by Bitstate with music by Lily Allen, Moodbot Rob Shaw with Bitterweet Music, and Two Little Birds By Motion Theory with music by The Ashtar Command<br /><br />Be sure to turn up your volume, the music on these is fabulous-of course.<br /><br />For more information on the creative forces behind these films, visit http://www.zune-arts.net/<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-5a84ad2ec23e065b-17237" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzkWHRBaCmrjVdjvAxul-WTEq9Sj3LMkCNQiJh0P7qw5atCDXcv_K2StMQ_Cd3nBC4m-fUasgNRXqBuH5uNzaBQlnNd201ODDHlCfeIcedz-a4U-ei06yYovVOe3VgGXRKd1Srr&origin=alamat-palsu-blog.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-9253bf514ac0a4dd-10185" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxFHphe4PevutSKCgXBWzU5YMnSQhP0U1rVSiEApBCPHaT_S8g95dW67re24Gdjj1FcOEtfxCKA3nLrhUd03E4-LU1QMzhhsS_SQ-ogbnfogAVme1Fj_Q-xI5eC3zp_L3VP1PZy&origin=alamat-palsu-blog.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-21867fe7aa3bcbd2-5425" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzsBqzdaXw3DAKAMCPj02kYDOqc740Ss0I0rCQtQTlPzrVmk-cyf_lwEqYTGg3Pgnb4PXwF7do7_7K8G0tQOroRkhy4_qw7f0y1Rkr5NyxqY8fYSXLwvhGvqyNdDIDop6F2gPA&origin=alamat-palsu-blog.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-c427b719cd2f63f5-3042" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxMtKocDdd7nVgP53x5HVNd99N7n3wB4Kun0vsTVimV7ft5vi_tHigB5y5BNQBKkw5-VGGzmycZ5NxA0_qmDaPv7_g6eeiI726t7hIQpUfaC2Munlatd6ueeO-9DCQJYmSfVII&origin=alamat-palsu-blog.blogspot.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.zune-arts.net">Go here to see many more fabulous animated films, wallpapers, music and more.</a>

Microsoft's Zune: Outhipping Apple's ipod?

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