The Globcore Productions website is currently being developed. It will provide links for Twisted by Design, as well as future projects. The portfolios of people involved with TBD are being uploaded first. Expect a site launch by the end of the week.
TBD's comics website, tbdcomics.com is up, but only hosting two comics. That's probably for the better, anyway. Do you know how hard is it to go through 120 webpages all at once? It's barrels of fun.
A short animation showcasing a scene from the pilot episode will be up by the beginning of summer. Concept work and progress will be posted here.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
The bear inside me: A retrospect: And a review: There's a bear: Inside me:
After a long quest for the best animation of our time, I have stumbled upon a piece so deep, thrilling, and powerful that I find myself gripped to the edge of my seat. It's a piece that will be passed down though generations. Let me have the privilege of bringing it to you:
Watch the video here:
This is the director's cut of Colin's Bear Animation, a brilliant piece written, directed, and animated by the young Colin Sanders. With the industry of animation turning over new soil, younger blood is needed to revitalize the aging, senile industry. And the blood doesn't get newer than this. Colin made this stunning piece while still being a third year student in college.
Needless to say, the animation itself secured Colin an A in his class. Not only that, he received a personal congratulation from the Dean himself. It was only when his maverick friend uploaded the piece to popular video sharing website Youtube.com that the bear was unleashed to the world. This quickly trickled down to my viewing, and I have no been able to look at animation the same way since.
Upon first watching, I was taken back. Never since Duchamp have I seen anything of such caliber. I had to watch it, and rewatch, and rewatch it again. I was sucked in, enthralled. I had new motivation in life. If you will, let me dive into what happens in this piece, and watch along with me.
This piece showcases the plight of The Nameless Bear (who we will here on refer to as Big Bear, for sake of clarity and simplicity) who cannot find himself. The first scene places Big Bear walking in complete darkness, a feeling we have all felt before. This quickly and effectively sets the dark mood of the piece. With nothing left in his life, he turns to the dark underworld of the night life. He beings to dance until his problems mean nothing to him, his cares melt away. The next scene shows Big Bear as a regular in the seediest of night clubs. We can only assume at this point in his like he is on some mix of hard club drugs. Big Bear has hit rock bottom. he then goes to what friends he have left to try to help him find some sort of resolve, but to no avail. I might add as an aside that this scene is beautifully rendered in a field setting that is reminiscent of the field with the oak tree from the end of Shawshank Redemption. This leads directly into the climactic ending. Sanders leaves us pondering at the end. we see Big Bear floating through space. What is Sanders trying to say to us? Perhaps Big Bear has spiraled through clubbing straight into an overdose, where in his mind he is floating through space itself. Maybe he went to find himself in space. Maybe the first three quarters of the scene was all a drug induced dream and this is his actual reality. But, such is the brilliance of the master of the surreal, Colin Sanders.
The phrase "ahead of it's time" is thrown around a lot. Sega's Dreamcast, Pepsi Co.'s Pepsi Blue, and the musical group The Shaggs, all brilliant, but just not ready for the public. Colin's Bear Animation unfortunately falls into this category. Unfortunately, this piece has barely breached the animation world. Perhaps, like Van Gogh, Beethoven, and the great artists of the past, the work will not be appreciated in his life time. One can only hope that as the animation world grows, we can really begin to see the influence that Colin's Bear Animation has had on it.
This piece easily gets a perfect 6.5 on my rating scale of 6.5.
Watch the video here:
This is the director's cut of Colin's Bear Animation, a brilliant piece written, directed, and animated by the young Colin Sanders. With the industry of animation turning over new soil, younger blood is needed to revitalize the aging, senile industry. And the blood doesn't get newer than this. Colin made this stunning piece while still being a third year student in college.
Needless to say, the animation itself secured Colin an A in his class. Not only that, he received a personal congratulation from the Dean himself. It was only when his maverick friend uploaded the piece to popular video sharing website Youtube.com that the bear was unleashed to the world. This quickly trickled down to my viewing, and I have no been able to look at animation the same way since.
Upon first watching, I was taken back. Never since Duchamp have I seen anything of such caliber. I had to watch it, and rewatch, and rewatch it again. I was sucked in, enthralled. I had new motivation in life. If you will, let me dive into what happens in this piece, and watch along with me.
This piece showcases the plight of The Nameless Bear (who we will here on refer to as Big Bear, for sake of clarity and simplicity) who cannot find himself. The first scene places Big Bear walking in complete darkness, a feeling we have all felt before. This quickly and effectively sets the dark mood of the piece. With nothing left in his life, he turns to the dark underworld of the night life. He beings to dance until his problems mean nothing to him, his cares melt away. The next scene shows Big Bear as a regular in the seediest of night clubs. We can only assume at this point in his like he is on some mix of hard club drugs. Big Bear has hit rock bottom. he then goes to what friends he have left to try to help him find some sort of resolve, but to no avail. I might add as an aside that this scene is beautifully rendered in a field setting that is reminiscent of the field with the oak tree from the end of Shawshank Redemption. This leads directly into the climactic ending. Sanders leaves us pondering at the end. we see Big Bear floating through space. What is Sanders trying to say to us? Perhaps Big Bear has spiraled through clubbing straight into an overdose, where in his mind he is floating through space itself. Maybe he went to find himself in space. Maybe the first three quarters of the scene was all a drug induced dream and this is his actual reality. But, such is the brilliance of the master of the surreal, Colin Sanders.
The phrase "ahead of it's time" is thrown around a lot. Sega's Dreamcast, Pepsi Co.'s Pepsi Blue, and the musical group The Shaggs, all brilliant, but just not ready for the public. Colin's Bear Animation unfortunately falls into this category. Unfortunately, this piece has barely breached the animation world. Perhaps, like Van Gogh, Beethoven, and the great artists of the past, the work will not be appreciated in his life time. One can only hope that as the animation world grows, we can really begin to see the influence that Colin's Bear Animation has had on it.
This piece easily gets a perfect 6.5 on my rating scale of 6.5.
Excerpts from a survey.
First Post!
1. Name
Brandyn Bold
3. Hometown
Pittsburgh, PA
5. What is/was your Major?
Animation
21.What is your favorite animated Movie?
Space Jam
22. What is your favorite Anime Movie?
Space Jam
23. What is your favorite movie?
Space Jam
25. Who do you admire the most?
Space Jam
1. Name
Brandyn Bold
3. Hometown
Pittsburgh, PA
5. What is/was your Major?
Animation
21.What is your favorite animated Movie?
Space Jam
22. What is your favorite Anime Movie?
Space Jam
23. What is your favorite movie?
Space Jam
25. Who do you admire the most?
Space Jam
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