2011 open screening

At the end of my selections we open up the floor for any local animators to show there work.  2011 saw Jono Candlish-Wilson of studio distract bring along his abstract short "judgement day"

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And to finish off we come full circle and go back to Denmark and the "Animation Workshop" for "Elk hair Caddis".  Made using a mixture of real miniature backgrounds, cg characters brilliant comic timing.  Check it out

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From "Il Luster" comes a cool and stylish thriller in the shape of "Pivot", it has a kind of low res render look about it, but don't be fooled - it's a slick and smart piece of work.

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The Brothers Mcleod got a BAFTA nomination for this quirky and surreal short, unfortunatly they haven't put the full film online yet.  So here's the trailer.

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A couple of years ago each region selected an animator to make a short film for channel 4.  Phil Gray and I were lucky enough to be selected for the North West.  John Dunleavy made "Crash, bang, wallow" for Screen East.  It was short and funny, I liked it a lot, so I put it in the festival

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"Pixels" by "Patrick Jean" is an little computer/live action piece showing all your favourite 8 bit characters taking over New York.

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"Meet Buck" an ordinary guy. Well, if you accept the "deer head" thing.  This was a festival favourite thanks to its oddball humour and one hell of a chase sequenec. Produced at SupInfocom.

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Some slick confident camera moves in this one from "Caleb Wood".  I like the fact that it's short and punchy, but if I'm being picky I think the ending needed more of a kick - just a final big "roar" from the monster would have been enough.  But made in one month, by a young student at risd - shows promise!

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Type "beautiful animation" into google and "Ryan Woodward's" "Thought of you" will probably come up.

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To start off I'm here's a great little stopmotion film from "The animation workshop" in Denmark.  It's called "Out of a Forest" and was directed by Tobias Gundorff.

It kinda takes a minute to really kick in, but stick with it, its an excellent piece of work.