Mimi Goese & Ben Neill – Cusp from DaBrainkilla on Vimeo.

Name: Christophe Thockler Country: France Job: Freelance graphic designer and videomaker URL: http://www.christophethockler.com About: I am a french freelance graphic designer and videomaker and I am collaborating with business companies and artistic organizations all over the world in many ways (design, video, web design, print, web, flash…). I am very curious and devoted to the projects I am taking care of, trying to mix effective communication and ideas with an artistic point of view. I am able to manage important projects alone and also work with my clients from the reflexion step to the delivery of the final product. I am also directing music videos, trying to express myself and mix the music with surreal and at the same time mundane imagery. I always try to play with the imagination of the viewer, using a particular stop motion technique at 24 fps. I already had the luck to worked with Ben Neill, Mimi Goese, Doctor Flake, Degiheugi and Barry Adamson. Get inspired by: I think I really get my inspiration from music. More precisely the mix of my mind and the music I am listening. I am fond of movie and video (the work of people like Michel Gondry, Shinya Tsukamoto, David Lynch, Vincenzo Natali, Samuel Bayer, the Quay Brothers, Gabriele Salvatores… and many more), but I really got my first real “flashes” in my head walking on the streets with headphones on my head, looking at buildings in front of big clouds, city lights in the dark, etc… I am always listening to music, and, for example, I always shoot my music videos with headphones and a music playlist. When I have to shoot street images, I wander in the city listening to music, and according to my mood and the playlist, I see different things to shoot. It’s a very personal technique but sometimes very interesting, for the projects and myself. Tools/Techniques: Stop motion : 36000 photos, 40 blocs of ice, 40 time-lapse of 4 hours, 25 liters of water. Made with the objects from the special edition of the album Songs for Persephone by Mimi Goese and Ben Neill. The music video can be interpreted in many ways, but I created it like a metaphor for time (ice) and souvenir (objects). Made with a Canon EOS 60D. Making of available here : vimeo.com/30349370. Music by Ben Neill and Mimi Goese: mimigoeseandbenneill.com.

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Toyota Prius Wagon from Circus Family on Vimeo.

Name: Maurits Venekamp Country: The Netherlands Job: I work at Circus Family
URL: http://www.circusfamily.com About: Hello, I am Maurits Venekamp a motion graphics, visual effects artist. My speciality is motion graphics and visual effects design created in After Effects. Currently I work at Circus Family in Amsterdam. Circus Family is a audio visual design studio Circus Family specializes in motion design, animation, visual effects, and live action production. I work here since its launch in 2004 and I have work on different kind of projects like documentaries, short films, in-store presentations, music videos, commercials and animations. Get inspired by: I get my inspiration from my google reader, where I read a diversity of blog’s, not only on my line off work. I’m also interested in Architecture and industrial design, I like to head out and get away from my desktop. Tools/Techniques: Andre Maat the Director of this video and I created a Animatic as preparation for the actual shoot. We tried different things and the animatic took us about two weeks. This helped us during the shoot. every second in the video was determent in the animatic. That made it possible to shoot this commercial in only one day. All the people in front of the webcams are shot in front of a green screen. In post we added extra lighting and the room they where in. I must really say, it was a nice project to work on, especially creating the animatic.

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Soulburners – Supercool (uncensored) from Michał Dziekan on Vimeo.

Name: Michal Dziekan Country: Poland Job: Illustration / Character Design
URL: http://supercool.co About: I’m Polish based illustrator and character designer with experience in motion graphics and design. I’m represented by Richard Solomon Artist Representative. Get Inspired by: Life, World, Dreams, Internet. Tools/Techniques: Live shot material + CG. Compositions done in After Effects, for 3d parts we used 3d studio max.

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kuwait tv – fillers presentation from infofillers© on Vimeo.

The Story: This is a three months project (June,July,August 2011), s7production contact me to produce the Kuwait re-branding, with a big list of deliverables, I needed to depend on a team with strong art direction as will as technical skill. Wissam Altroudi, a friend of mind, Director and Art Director, co-founder of Ai Productionz, was in a visit to Dubai, we met, and we asked Saad Alqahtani and Talal Alenzi (s7production), for 6 days, to present an animated filler, it was the jumping fish. Three months later, we delivered 8 fillers, multiple version of logo animation, and Athan(call for prayer) sequence.

Videos, Details, and the Making: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Kuwait-TV/1643106

Name: Firas Country: Syria,Palestine , Kuwait, UAE Job: Producer, Designer,Director URL: http://be.net/firas3d About: Founder of infofillers.tv, and animation director. Get inspired by: Inspiration for me comes from ambivalence, I think we are very good in seeing the contrast, and all what I do is taking a break from the daily routine, get outside of myself.

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Maar from Margherita Castriota on Vimeo.

Name: Margherita Castriota Country: Italia Job: Freelance Photographer
Url: http://www.margheritacastriota.com About: I’m a young photographer working as a freelance photographer in Rome, IT. I like to photograph people, especially in their most authentic moments. My particularity is being able to steal moments and share them with a very delicate and intimate feeling. Get Inspired by: Since the photographic style that I like the most is those of that of the great masters like Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa I find inspiration simply by observing places, light and people and let them create the perfect moment to capture.

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