Two workers send emails to each other in their office cubicle. Each e-mail is a physical cuboid creature that crawls across the desk to the receiving computer. This allows objects on the desk to interrupt messages and cause them to be corrupted in the real world, leading to some unintended office tension.

Commissioned by Adult Swim for Adult Swim SMALLS. 2020.

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Direction and animation by Michael Marczewski

2D animation and effects animations by Alex Grigg

Additional 2D animation and comp by Michael Marczewski

Music and sound design by Polyphonia.

Produced by Dave Hughes

For Adult Swim SMALLS

Thanks to Blinkink

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2020, it’s that things are hard… and that we’re in it together.

BTS and other goodies on the relaunched giantant.ca

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CREDITS
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Teresa Toews
Written by Jay Grandin
Storyboard: Esther Cheung
Illustration: Eric Pautz, Rafael Mayani, Hugo Baurens, Genice Chan, Esther Cheung
Animation: Esther Cheung, Sitji Chou, Johannes Fast, Fabio Valesini, Diego MacLean, Conor Whelan, Ben Ommundson
Compositing: Conor Whelan, Diego McLean, Eric Pautz, Noah Bavonese, Johannes Fast
Music and Sound: Ambrose Yu

Our debut project! Thanks to Supergiant Games for the opportunity to work on such a fun project, and to the entire team for killing it on this project!

Director: Spencer Wan / Creative Consultant: Jen Zee / Key Animation: Chengxi Huang, Gem, Hartova Maverick, Weilin Zhang / Clean Up and Color: Robby Cook / In-Between Animation: Robby Cook / Backgrounds: Jane Bak / Compositing: Craig Nowicki / Sound Design: Lauren Crist / Score: Darren Korb

Process can be found here
behance.net/gallery/101251121/Missed-Connections-Was-that-your-limb-w4m

With narration sourced from a real Craigslist Missed connections ad, and visually wrapped with a fictional narrative—this is a story of a space captain late for his own launch, and the woman who was at the right place but at the wrong time.

This was a project that has been—on and off—2 years in the making, requiring me to learn and develop skills in animation principles, Photoshop, Animate cc, and 3D to complete. The film works as a thesis to showcase my conceptual thinking, as well as my directorial skills. I am thankful to be surrounded by such amazing individuals who have supported me, and who have had their hand in elevating this passion project to the stratosphere and beyond. Without you all, this wouldn’t have been possible.

Patrick Dias - Director
Tiana Asperjan - Voice
Jason Stamatyades - Sound
Adam Henderson - Character + Run cycle animations
Paige Clark - Pommies + Wc Donald’s ad animations
Karolina Ficek - Robots + TV animations
Janet Mac - Happy Jelly Pet ad, Critique + Moral support
Sarah Talunay - Moral support
Patrick Dias - Character + Clean up ani, Story + 2D + 3D design, Compositing

It’s not easy for a movie-star to age - especially when you’re a stop motion animated skeleton monster.

Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect.

Behind The Scenes:
ltnt.tv/rebootedbts

Making of Article:
ltnt.tv/makingofrebooted

Written and Directed by Michael Shanks
twitter.com/timtimfed

Stop Motion Animation by Samuel Lewis (samuellewis.com.au)

Director of Photography (Live Action):
Max Walter (maxwalterfilm.com)

Director of Photography (Animation):
Gerald Thompson (bfg-motion.com)

Full list of credits at: latenitefilms.com

Supported by Screen Australia and YouTube through the Skip Ahead Initiative.

Having moved from Australia to Sweden more than 15 years ago, I’m often struck with the crystal clear memory of a sound, smell, or particularly calm experience as a kid growing up in the land down under. This is a little tribute and collection of a few of those moments and sounds (WEAR HEADPHONES!) that leave me feeling positively nostalgic about a wonderful past, of great adventures, and of the ones we've lost. All nature you see here – vegetation, rocks, cliffs, etc – I’ve built from my own photogrammetry scans captured on a recent visit to Australia. I kept within typical game budgets for content and technical features, running in real-time on Unreal Engine. I hope you get a little taste of these memories and experiences that bring me joy. Enjoy!

Edibles is another short film based on curiosity, weirdness, love for colors, desire to create something different, and a bit of an accident. People admire a fancy cuisine, but what if ordinary and plain food had something to say as well? What if it could dance or express the character. Playing with my dinner and observing the movements was the first idea and the centered torus shape was a common key for the choreography. Make sure to turn the sound on as I carefully paid attention to this detail as well. Enjoy!

VALORANT, the 5v5 character-based tactical shooter from Riot Games is free to download and play right now.

Poem by Marie Howe. Text and context: brainpickings.org/2020/04/23/singularity-marie-howe-animated

Created for The Universe in Verse: brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse

Produced by SALT Project (saltproject.org) with Maria Popova (brainpickings.org). Original music by Zoë Keating (zoekeating.com).

This has been a multi-woman labor of love, with everyone involved donating their time and talent.

"FALLING DOWN" (2020 // thanksbrostudio)

Does our modern world reach its limits ?
What if NYC, world capital, stopped living and became a ghost city ?
What if our daily lives were reduced to memories printed on old pictures ?
A disturbing observation of our society’s downward spiral and its consequences on our world.

Directed and designed by Swann and Yoann Chesnel
Music : A Photograph - Superpoze ft. Dream Koala (Combien Mille Records)

Visit instagram.com/thanksbrostudio/ or behance.net/gallery/95748921/Falling-Down
for behind the scenes and more 🙂