On the Job is a new short by Patrick Boivin.
It is also scripted by writing partner Randall Lobb who also happens to do voices, namely that of Roméo Bulté Boivin who plays “Tom.”
It will crack you up with its slapstick, potty humor fun.
Brent Bonacorso Directs Elton John’s Home Again
This is Brent Bonacorso’s video of Elton John’s newest single Home Again from the album Diving Board coming out this month.
The music video was produced by Collaboration Factory and Passion RAW.
“It’s the fantastical journey of the Man in the Moon returning to his childhood home, and a bit of a metaphor for Sir Elton himself,” says Brent of the video.
The man is seen, quite picturesquely at that, from the point of view of different ages as he travels across an imaginative landscape back in time to his childhood home.
Visually poetic, right?
Maker Studios Behind Infinity Blade Lore Video
ChAIR | Epic Games contacted us some months back with the desire to work with some of our talents to increase their visibility on Youtube. While the ground-breaking Inifinity Blade video games remain some of the most popular to ever release on the App Store, and that success has also spawned a series of hit novels, ChAIR still felt their presence on Youtube could be elevated.
We explored several ideas until Woolf + Lapin suggested they pair up with some of Maker Studios’ talent to explore how they could complement ChAIR’s on-going marketing efforts and increase Infinity Blade’s visibility on Youtube. It was clear that bringing the talented teams at ChAIR and Maker together would help broaden the game’s audience even further.
The Maker campaign kicked off last week with this fun Lore Video, which highlights some backstory, character arcs and stakes in practically one minute flat.
For those who don’t know, Maker is a next-generation media company founded by YouTube talent and home to online video’s top digital stars. Maker Studios’ vertical The Game Station (TGS), the second largest gaming network on YouTube, can exponentially expand the fan community around a game by incentivizing major talent within its network to create content around a spectacular property. Maker’s exclusive network of pop culture influencers entertain an audience of over 70mm unique users.
Youtube talents’ influence over their audience does great things; but it’s also about the needle and it is a great way to directly affect sales in an engaging way.
Brief Candle: A New Short by Duncan McDowall
Duncan McDowall’s new short is inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World and explores how bio-electricity galvanizes into discovering muscular intelligence.
It stars the very dramatic dancer and choreographer Dorotea Saykaly. It’s nice to see the longtime Compagnie Marie-Chouinard dancer take on independent projects like this. She has collaborated with Duncan before on the prequel to Brief Candle, called PAINTED.
The short was filmed with 3 cameras in 30 minutes right after sunset, and then again just before sunrise. The light field is setup with 50 lamps, thousands of feet of power cord, and careful VFX in post courtesy of FRIMA FX.
Music is by Godspeed! You Black Emperor.
Woolf + Lapin is Excited to Pair Up With Director Brent Bonacorso
This is Brent Bonacorso’s short film called West of the Moon.
Much like his well-known advertizing visual signature, West of the Moon is chock-full of fantasy imagery and enticing, subtle effects.
The film’s script is penned by Bonacorso himself. He chooses to tell the story from the point of view of an old man reflecting on his past life. He pines for a past love lost during the Great War. “There was no Great War,” his forlorn narrator says, “it was a terrible one.”
He brings back his love from the dead with his grenade heart.
Beautiful, right?