Web-Stat hit counter July | 2011 | ventilate

Tendril, Cypheraudio: The Content Experts

The Content Experts / OpenText :: A :60s Director’s cut of a 1min 30s film for OpenText describing the vision and purpose of the company … designed and directed by Toronto based Tendril with music & sound design by John Black ~ Cypheraudio.

W+K Tokyo, HIFANA: Iphone App

W+K Tokyo Lab, along with breakbeat duo HIFANA, released a free Iphone App today; Fresh Push Play, is a sound sampler/sequencer/game … a new kind of music app that features 16 pads, and the equipment HIFANA use in their live performances. The app features a socially interactive game where players can simulate HIFANA original songs, giving users complex beat-making by simply tapping buttons.

You most likely saw this video from HIFANA:

The Mill, MJZ: VW ~ Black Beetle

An amazing follow-up to the Volkswagon Darth Vader Ad, but this one directed by MJZ’s Dante Ariola with 3d and post by The Mill, both for Deutsch and all for VW. Also check out the Black Beetle Youtube page … much like the previous page takeover done by Nintendo, but here throwing dirt and bugs across the page. Also a great timelapse making-of:

Siff 2010 Trailer

Seattle based Oh, Hello created this trailer for the 2010 Siff festival. Movie references galore throughout one long pan-back.

Giant Ant Media: New Reel

Vancouver based Production/Design shop and Creative Agency Giant Ant Media have updated with a new reel for 2011, along with about a dozen new interactive and motion projects.

NOOK: illustrations

Brooklyn based illustrator Nook has some fantastic work to see: www.raccoonnook.com

Taichi Saotome: Sword Dance and Shadowgraph

Impressive live action performance choreographed to CG projections. Sword Dance and Shadowgraph produced and performed by Taichi Saotome, was a special new year performance taking place last January at the Galaxy Theater Tokyo. Video production by TEAMLAB.

Imaginary Forces Teaser

Short Film Teaser – ‘Imaginary Forces’ by Ruairi Robinson.

fireapple films: We Miss You

“We only protect what we love.” WE MISS YOU is a social campaign that deals with our relationship to earth. Our aim is to get people back in touch with nature. Produced and Directed by Fireapple Films, three German film students who lost touch with nature, creating WE MISS YOU is there attempt at rediscovery. www.wemissyou.de

Ronda: Taste it

Taste it; Development of a graphic package for a 2011 travel and food program by Ronda, and Argentinian animation studio. Great illustration/animation work.

Skittles: Newlyweds … feeeeel the rainbow (NSFW)

(NSFW) <--- A fake ad, I wonder how long this could possibly stay online. On one hand its a hilarious parody of Skittles commercials but I mean, how long before Skittles sees this? What does this do to the Skittles brand, if anything? I know I never want to eat another Skittle ever again lol!

Bold moves from directors Cousinswww.stepcousins.com (ahem)

Outliers, Vol. I: Iceland

Beautiful journey to explore the remote countryside of Iceland by photographers Tim Navis and Kim Høltermand in partnership with Scenic Studio.

Cake is here!



Thiago Maia and David Pocull launch Cake, a creative animation, design and live-action studio based in London. Check out the showreel and the site, tasty stuff!

PostPanic: Showreel 2011

Amsterdam based PostPanic uploaded a whopping 4:25 showreel for 2011. Not sure I’ve ever seen a studio reel that long … tons of great work, some new some old but all good. PostPanic was founded in 1997 and is a Dutch hybrid film production company creating unique visual work for the international advertising, broadcast, retail and music industries.

Daniel Mackie: illustration updates

After over 10 years using photoshop, U.K based illustrator Daniel Mackie abandons it in favor of pencil and watercolour, recently winning ‘Best in Book’ in the Creative Review Illustration Annual 2011. Judge Kuchar Swara says,” i was really impressed with the level of Detail and attention to the figure and it’s distortions of scale…” All Daniel’s illustrations are now hand drawn and painted on 300gsm saunders watercolour paper.

Anthony Hurd: Updates

Arizona based, freelance artist, director, illustrator and designer Anthony Hurd updated with new interactive, design and art projects along with a new site.