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Supinfocom Students Ready Folksongs & Ballads

Aaron — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:33:51 +0000

Here’s a trailer for Folksongs & Ballads, a new CG short directed by Mathieu Vernerie, Pauline Defachelles and Remy Paul, students at Supinfocom in France.

Paf Paf Quintet Bands Together For Misteur Valaire

Aaron — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:13:51 +0000

Put on your headphones for this next one – it’s a music video by Paf Paf, a team of 5 CGI designer/animators from across France. They are Corentin Bachelet, Gilles Cortella, Augustin Clermont, Adrien Jalade and Juliette Grandjonc, many of whom are attending Gobelins in Paris. The track is from the Canadian band Misteur Valaire. Très Magnifique!

Briand’s Hand-Crafted Proteigon Animation

Aaron — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:41:36 +0000

Paris-based artist Steven Briand is either a wizard with the ability to conjure objects, or he’s really good at animation. I’m going to leave that one for you to decide. Here’s his new short, Proteigon, which he produced during an internship at Partizan.

Gobelins Students Display Their FX Skills

Aaron — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:20:52 +0000

Oni is a short animated FX test created by Augustin Clermont, Guillaume Dousse, Thibaud Petipas, Adrien Gromelle and Cyrille Chauvin, students at Gobelins in Paris. You’ll see the team sharpening their smoke, fire, snow and sword slice skills.

CRCR Fights For Justice With Amesty PSA

Aaron — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:15:13 +0000

Following up on their short Vésuves, the French animation team CRCR have revealed a new PSA for Amnesty International. The heartbreaking, traditionally-animated piece was produced in conjunction with WIZZprod°. You’ll also see the inclusion of some photographic elements, visually splitting the worlds of good vs evil.

The Night We Were Kings – New Gobelins Short

Aaron — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:21:59 +0000

Remember The Night We Were Kings? Well you can’t, cuz it’s brand new. Below is a new dialog-free short from a team of 5 Goblins students – Chloé Nicolay, Manddy Wyckens, Anthony Lejeune, Gaspard Sumeire and Léa Justum. Youngters in love, expressing their rage! [NSFW - very tasteful nudity]

Tension Boils Below the Surface of Vésuves

Aaron — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:39:58 +0000

Lay your eyes on Vésuves (Vesuvius), a new short directed by Kevin Manach, a member of the French animation collective known as CRCR. Manach describes the set up as “two men look at a woman. One wants her, the other one gets her.”

Gobelins Team Gives Life to My Bloody Lad

Aaron — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:16:17 +0000

Four first-year animators at l’Ecole des Gobelins directed this new animated short, titled My Bloody Lad, about a boy who gets a zombie for his birthday. Working under the team name of DeadWalter, Cyrille Chauvin, Guillaume Dousse, Thibaud Petitpas and Pierre Rutz produced the video in about a month in conjunction with the team at Wizzprod°.

Périn’s Music Video – Fantasy or Nightmare?

Aaron — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:53:52 +0000

Remember Trucker’s Delight, Jérémie Périn’s pornographic 64-bit music video? If you saw it, you probably can’t forget it. Périn’s latest video also delivers some rather unforgetable moments, and a few very rewarding surprises. Here’s his animated interpretation of Fantasy from the group DyE. [NSFW - nudity]

Students Ride Wind Mills Out of Georges Méliès

Aaron — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:58:33 +0000

Wind Mills is a 7-minute, CG-animated graduation film directed by Guillaume Bergère, Guillaume Coudert, Maria Glinyanova, Bruno Guerra and Charlotte Jammet, all students at Ecole Georges Méliès. We follow a young girl’s stuborn journey to fulfill her family’s dream of building a magic wind machine. The lighting and environments in general grabbed my attention here – the mood is especially well set.