Take a look at Saam

•July 5, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Although he studied art he redeemed himself by making a couple of very sharp parody virals, most notably building a mens room around Jaykay for Virtual Insanity and getting bush and blair into a gay bar.

Two years later he’s signed to Partizan alongside the likes of Michel Gondry, Chris Cairns and Traktor, and has completed videos for Klaxons and Unklejam

Read the Pingmag interview here or visit his website here and his profile at Partizan here.

Francois Vogel does HP, again

•May 17, 2007 • Leave a Comment

An Exercise in Heart Hardening

•May 17, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Photo-Animated Sci-Fi Thriller

•May 17, 2007 • Leave a Comment

“Missing Pages” is the story of Professor Tanokura, who develops a time machine only to find himself hunted by some of the most indelibly terrifying post-apocalyptic henchmen sci-fi has ever seen.

The entire short is produced from stills, 40 000 of them, cut-out and animated to create a fluid and dynamic look.

Read the full press release.

Watch the trailer.

Creator of “300″ to write/direct “Spirit”

•May 17, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Frank Miller is slated to write & direct “Spirit”.

The story revolves around a man who fakes his own death to fight the crime from the shadows of Central City.

This will be Miller’s first full feature length stint as director after co-directing sections of “Sin City”.

Read the article at Variety.com 

Congratulations to Grey’s & Keith Rose

•May 16, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Nokia “Jeans” for the Nokia Fashion week won a bronze at the Clio awards.

With post-production by The Refinery the ad shows the making of a pair of designer jeans. African Style.

Click here for the ad, and more from Keith Rose.

Shots Deconstruct 2 & Stash 32 now @ Refinery

•May 15, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Just how did Sony Bravia douse an entire block of flats with 70,000 litres of paint?

What did it take to turn a man into a machine for Johnnie Walker?

How impossible was Honda’s Dream?

How many peanuts does it take PES to produce stop motion magic for Diesel?

For this and more, pop past the Refinery to have a look at these great discs.

When last did you see Michel Gondry?

•May 15, 2007 • Leave a Comment

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This new spot for HP feautures the man himself.

Another ad in the campaign features Vera Wang

You can get more info on the campaign here.

SA gets silver and bronze at Clio’s

•May 15, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Marketingweb have the results.

DV Rebel with a Cause

•May 15, 2007 • Leave a Comment

He’s worked on Star Wars (the originals), Men in Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Now Stu Maschwitz has written a book on clever low budget filmmaking: “The DV Rebels’ Guide – An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap”

And it looks pretty interesting. FXGuide interviewed him.