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

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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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Fabulously Creepy Animated Holiday Short By Rodrigo Blaas For Alma Films

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Fabulously Creepy Animated Holiday Short By Rodrigo Blaas For Alma Films

The incredibly talented animator Rodrigo Blaas, who worked on Disney's Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille, Cars and more has created this eerie and...

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Christmastime For The Jews. (Yes, I'll Be Eating Chinese)

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Christmastime For The Jews. (Yes, I'll Be Eating Chinese)

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Google Street View Explained Via Animation

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Google Street View Explained Via Animation

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