Surfing the old Interweb we came across this gem on Mr Cartoon. He explains the process of turning an armored truck into street art to promote Sony Pictures’ Armored (Matt Dillon). Love the idea. It’d be interesting to know how successful the campaign was. The truck circulated the streets of LA, solely.
Mr Cartoon’s all street cred. He’s worked on other fine collaborations with both Nike and Vans, designed artwork for Cypress Hill and created backdrops for Grand Theft Auto.
Mr Cartoon earned his name through his drawing abilities and personality and is one of the world’s premiere tattoo artists. He uses a technique called fine line tattooing, which saw the light of day in US prisons where black ink was diluted to create shadows and depth (colored inks were just not available).
Collaborations such as these tend to be viewed as less and less “credible,” especially in the sneaker world. But it’s cool to see Sony suits turn to the street for inspiration.
It’s the new Numéro# clip. Bonzai Studio did the VFX. They of course put a lot of stuff that wasn’t there in the first place. At any rate, the clip is cholk full of atmosphere as are Numéro#’s songs.
Bonzai’s new web site is in the works, but here’s a sneak peek.
It’s always a good time to come to California. If you look hard enough you can feel the remnants of Bukowski, of Carver, of Dogtown, heck even Mr. Hubble if you go high enough into the hills.
LA is always special because it’s about the pinnacle of sacrifice and achievement. It’s about high how high you can go and stay there. Doing it your own way. Getting noticed. Breaking out.
It’s not such a stretch to say that’s why astronomers came here and perfected the art of star gazing. Because those who came here say California offers a unique view to the universe. Unlike any other, in fact.
Like Hubble and his study of the stars, we look to the movie-making machine that makes stars all the way down here. And at the end of the day when the sun goes down all over this city, there’s something unavoidably dreamy and magic about it.
But what if there’s another dream out there? Another kind of magic? A whole new universe to play with? That’s why Woolf + Lapin is in California.
Accompanied by Patrick Boivin, Woolf + Lapin went through the usual rounds of meetings with LA’s top producers. But also visited San Francisco to meet up with Google and Youtube. We can’t say what they’re brewing up, but it’s gonna blow the socks right off every one.
Here’s Monsieur Monsieur Boivin at Google posing with the emblems of the different development phases of the Nexus One phone.
For his part, Patrick has a few more things in the works. We can’t say what quite yet. But it’s that magic we’re talking about.
3 Saisons has been nominated for 3 Awards: best editing, best actress and best film at the 2010 Genie Awards, the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television’s annual gala for Canadian film.
“I am extremely honored and excited to be invited to the awards ceremony on April 12th in my new hometown of Toronto,” says director Jim Donovan. “I am especially proud to accompany Carinne, for whom this is a first film…” Quite right. Her performance is especially noteworthy.
Here’s more on the 2010 Genies in the Toronto Star.
