Not Quite The Budget Of Transformers

'Life is a lot like jazz; it's best when you improvise.' - George Gershwin


And so we did.

While working on a pitch over the past weekend, we needed some background plate footage for two VFX tests. And so an animator (Gavin) kneeling on a skateboard became our dolly. After many crashes and a lot of laughs, we replaced it with a kneeling-posture-chair, pushed around by an editor and animator (Jaco and Kobus) underneath a nearby bridge. State of the art stuff indeed.

A guy with a camera on a chair, being pushed around by two other guys, filming a blank wall across the street.

Yes, people did stare.

...But Wait, There's More...

This one came all the way from the Czech Republic, from the AniFest 2007 Awards back in May, for a job we did last year (which won a Gold Loerie back then, too) The first statue arrived shattered (it's made from glass), but the organisers kindly sent us another.

You can't read all the text on the base in the jpeg, but it says:

AniFest 2007
Mezinarodni festival animovanyeh filmu Treban
Cena za nejlepsi reklamu

The website clarifies: Prize for the Best Advertisement, Introductory Spot.

It's standing at reception now, and is doing a great job as a conversation starter.

We interupt this programme for some shameless self-promotion

Whe-hey! July is the month of Loeries, and Wicked Pixels brought back six of 'em!

Well, since this is the advertising industry you won't see us among the winners, but if you read the fine print for six of the winners, you'll see Wicked listed as the production company and/or animation company (basically the people who did the hard bits). Therefore, as the behind-the-scenes folks, we're entitled to our own statues. 2 Bronze, 2 Silver and 2 Gold ones.

MTN-Stickes, mentioned just below, won Gold for TV & CINEMA CRAFTS-Animation & Special Visual Effects, and Bronze for ADVERTISING-TV & Cinema Commercials.
I mention this one because it's the one I spent about 3 months working on, along with freelancer and ex-Pixel Dmitri. Well, glad all that effort was worth it.

Go check our site's News section for all the details.

No, I don't do autographs.

edit:

Looks like I spoke too soon. On the page for one of the bronze Loeries, our team is actually mentioned by name. Go look, my name is under the Animation section.

But I still don't do autographs.