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Animated Journal No.6 061109
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Toad now on Vimeo
Toad from Paul Greer on Vimeo.
This was a project that was very long in the making. It began as very heavily storyboarded drawn piece based on a poem and the piece of music I had.
It slowly degenerated into the above.
Made in Maya.
So recently I submitted it to a few festivals with the following synopsis:
“God’s taps gleamed far above, like Chomolungma’s peak, but they leaked . The Devil’s toad sat by the death plug unable to progress beyond early meiotic division. Although distressed by Charons pet nymphs, it gained succour from the drip and stole time before new washers arrived.
Short psychedelic whimsey.”
“Without You” on Cartoon Brew
Very pleased to announce that the work I did at BDH on the viral for “Without You” has been featured on Cartoon Brew. They published my short description of the methods used to make it.
Some nice comments too.
Boy with The Incredible Brain
“…One is like bright light. Two is a movement from left to right. Five is like a clap of thunder or the sound of a wave against a rock.”
Daniel Tammet is known as an “autistic savant” and has often written about his life with high-functioning autism and savant syndrome, this film aimed to illustrate his mental process and synaesthetic mental process with numbers.
“Daniel can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, and learn a language in a week. ‘The Boy With The Incredible Brain’ follows Daniel as he travels to America to meet the scientists who are convinced he may hold the key to unlocking similar
abilities in everyone. He also meets the world’s most famous savant, KIm Peek, the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in the Oscar winning film ‘Rain Man’”
At BDH we were challenged to find a visual language to illustrate Daniel’s thought patterns for this, and my contribution were the numbers themselves.
Re-posted Toad
I’ve redone Toad with titles and have come up with a 49 word synopsis:
“God’s taps gleamed far above, like Chomolungma’s peak, but they leaked . The Devil’s toad sat by the death plug unable to progress beyond early meiotic division. Although distressed by Charons pet nymphs, it gained succour from the drip and stole time before new washers arrived.
Short psychedelic whimsey.”
It’s at MySpace and YouTube. Any ratings or comments given will be rewarded with kind thoughts and loving regards.
Without You
I recently made a short musical video for English two man band, Nizlopi, and they have posted it on YouTube.
The brief was for a fairly straight interpretation of the lyrics and only one third of the song was covered.
It’s a cunning mixture of hand drawn and CGI animation.
Toad
16 years later and I managed to get my shit together and make myself another animated short.
Time has been limited, so although a bit low on the content side, it’s mostly gut instinct, with hardly any sensible thought getting in the way.
It’s called “Toad” and you can see it at either MySpace or YouTube, depending on which side you like your corporate bread buttered.
Hopefully, it ‘s the first of a few, and next time, I might even start with a script.
Paul Greer 