Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Article in "Ottawa Magazine"

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Animation test and interview

Here's a short (very short) piece of animation I did a couple months ago as a test for a proposed series based on the children's books by Tomson Highway.



Also, here's an interview I did about my most recent film, Yellow Cake, for Motionographer.com.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Angora Napkin "Airdate"

Hey everybody.

Angora Napkin, the pilot I made with Troy Little last year will finally be broadcast...on the internet. I believe they are calling this a "non-linear launch" Which is both good and bad. Bad because we were hoping it would be shown on television, which was the original intention, but good because now everybody can see it even if you don't live in Canada.

So it will be shown on October 30th at thedetour.ca
It will also be available on iTunes but I'm not sure of the details of that...but the important thing is that it will only be online for one week so watch it while you can!

In the meantime, here's the original opening bumper that we wanted to have at the start of the show, but the network didn't like....so here it is for posterity.




Thursday, October 08, 2009

Wow + interview

Woo...I've overwhelmed by the positive response "Yellow Cake" has gotten. Anshuman Iddamsetty has just posted an interview I did for his blog, Slow Decade about the film.

Click here for the interview...

Thanks again everybody!

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Yellow Cake complete!

It's finished! I started working on Yellow Cake in November of 2006 right after I finished production on 'The Waif of Persephone'. So, after almost exactly 3 years it's all done!

Yellow Cake from Nick Cross on Vimeo.



I've decided to make this film a 'direct-to-internet' release. I will also be sending it around on the festival circuit, so hopefully it will be coming to a screen near you sometime soon.

Until then, enjoy!

***UPDATE***


I added a 'zazzle' store to my sidebar. I'm selling "Yellow Cake" T-shirts with the above design on them. I might be adding some more stuff in the near future if these sell well.

Thanks for all the great comments everybody!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

News

Wow...time flies. Sorry about the lack of updates but I have been putting the finishing touches on my latest film, Yellow Cake. It should be finished in the next week or so. Updates to follow, but in the meantime here's some backgrounds to whet your appetite,


In other news, King of Magazines, has been accepted in the 2009 Holland Animation Festival. It will also be showing in the Ottawa Animation Festival next month. It will be playing in Short Competition 2 on Thursday, October 18th at 9:15pm.
Also, the pilot I co-created and directed is premiering at the Ottawa Animation Festival this year. It is showing on Thursday, October 18th at 11:30 pm, which is past my bedtime, but I'll make an exception in this case.

See you there!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

King of Magazines - Official Selection - Ottawa '09

I just got the word today, the music video we did for Danko Jones will be in the official competion in the Ottawa International Animation Festival!

The festival runs from October 14 to the 18th. Both Dave Cooper and myself will be at the festival so feel free to come up and say hello.

Here's what I look like:

Expertly drawn by Marlo Meekins.