tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9854379334233357322024-03-07T02:35:28.054-08:00Pete Levin FilmsStop motion animation and other recent endeavors by me, Pete.PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-50045677689700476442018-10-05T14:36:00.001-07:002018-10-05T14:36:58.248-07:00Hollywood Reporter obituary for Will Vinton<div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
I wore out my VHS copy of Claymation Christmas Special and went as The Noid for Halloween one year, finding inspiration from Will Vinton’s creations from an early age.</div>
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It was my honor to be able to write his obituary for the Hollywood Reporter.</div>
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Thanks to Michael Barnes for the opportunity and guidance in writing this and to Webster Colcord for a wonderful phone chat about what it was like to know and work with Will Vinton. PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-55467662419727395182018-09-26T23:27:00.000-07:002018-10-05T14:38:28.780-07:00ExxonMobil Biofuel Campaign through The New York TimesBack in the summer of 2017, I was awarded the <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2017/05/new-partnership-with-new-york-timess-t.html" target="_blank">opportunity</a> to be on the roster of animation filmmakers who would bid on projects through the branded content creation arm of the New York Times, T Brand Studio.<br />
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This is my first collaboration with them and we dove right in!<br />
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In <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/exxonmobil/algae-may-be-small-but-its-impact-could-be-big.html#100000006080550" target="_blank">promoting ExxonMobil's biofuel initiative</a>, I wanted to create something forward-looking, futuristic, clean, and elegant. I decided to work using some processes I'd only touched upon in the past: 3D printing objects and laser-cut acrylics.<br />
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Stylistically, this is pretty different from anything I've directed before and I'm really excited about how everyone's hard work came together.<br />
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Director/Producer........................Pete Levin</div>
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Writer........................Steve Murphy</div>
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Editor........................Nathaniel Miller</div>
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Director of Photography........................Matt Hazelrig</div>
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Lighting Technician........................Scott Beardslee</div>
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Animator........................Kent Burton</div>
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Animator........................Melissa Shepherd</div>
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Animator........................Savannah Steiner</div>
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Storyboards........................Greg Sesma</div>
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Art Director........................Emily Franz</div>
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Production Designer........................Jeffrey Bounthavong</div>
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3D Design........................Astral Design Studio</div>
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3D Printing/Cast & Mold........................SNL Creative</div>
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Laser Cutting........................Phantom Forms</div>
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Fabricator/Painter........................Marc de Leon</div>
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Fabricator/Painter........................Hannah Field</div>
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Fabricator/Painter........................Meirav Haber</div>
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Fabricator/Painter........................Stephanie James</div>
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Fabricator/Painter........................Felicia Rein</div>
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Specialty Prop Fabrication........................Machine Histories</div>
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Production Assistant........................Daniel Olivas</div>
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Production Assistant........................Jay Shipman</div>
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Narrator........................Arwen Fonzen</div>
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Composer/Sound Designer........................Ben Wise</div>
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Sound Recording........................Rocky Mountain Recorders</div>
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Lead VFX Artist........................Brian Kokoszka</div>
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VFX Artist........................John Ikuma</div>
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VFX Artist........................Mario Kim</div>
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VFX Artist........................Justin Sarcena</div>
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VFX Artist........................Joe Statom</div>
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Color Timing........................Technicolor</div>
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Behind the Scenes Documentarian........................Jenn Harrington</div>
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Adam Loeb, Deanna Urciuoli, Abby Wood, Adam Aston, and the team at T Brand Studio</div>
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Shot at Digital Twigs Studio in Los Angeles, CA.<br />
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PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-46962787439471277802017-05-23T00:04:00.000-07:002018-10-05T14:39:09.357-07:00New Partnership with T Brand Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two years ago, <a href="http://www.tbrandstudio.com/">T Brand Studio</a>, the "brand marketing unit of The New York Times," sought out five exciting live action filmmakers to be part of the creative force for their content and advertising. <br />
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This year, they began the search for the five corresponding animation filmmakers... <br />
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I'm thrilled to announce that I was picked to be one of those <a href="https://paidpost.nytimes.com/t-brand-studio/ul/the-selects-2017.html">five animators/animation teams</a> that will collaborate collaborate with T Brand! I'm humbled by being in the company of these other four choices and I can't wait to see what opportunities may present themselves through this new partnership!<br />
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May 28: Hard copy of the paper is out on newsstands!! <br />
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A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/petewlevin/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank"> Pete Levin</a> (@petewlevin) on <time datetime="2017-05-28T17:41:40+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">May 28, 2017 at 10:41am PDT</time></div>
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<script async="" defer="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-64301177446662540522017-01-07T00:15:00.000-08:002017-08-16T14:13:58.214-07:00Scooby Snacks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp6FiefOikmRF8NjH5fSRy5zR0xfYz8-a_OZ0LPnelAlVJXmkJcqUjdMaeoxspDJTalr66K-oOg1JVrj0NLJs5zsEUnJJUMky8smECWt315NpQhm7j8TDksbbEPJIN4Qdfrl6s18TgMm5/s1600/77f0c9e96d3359961bfb723a62e97ae7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp6FiefOikmRF8NjH5fSRy5zR0xfYz8-a_OZ0LPnelAlVJXmkJcqUjdMaeoxspDJTalr66K-oOg1JVrj0NLJs5zsEUnJJUMky8smECWt315NpQhm7j8TDksbbEPJIN4Qdfrl6s18TgMm5/s400/77f0c9e96d3359961bfb723a62e97ae7.jpg" width="400" height="346" /></a></div><br />
Directing & Producing partners Leah McKissock & Adam Blake Carver make up <a href="http://ladidafilms.com/">La Di Da Films</a> and have recently created a great niche for themselves with stop motion food animation! Here are four Scooby-Doo spots that I helped them with. Now I'm getting hungry for some mummy dogs...<br />
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PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-12345758990349624652016-11-30T23:36:00.001-08:002016-11-30T23:38:27.100-08:00Greatest Party Story Ever: Amanda Cerny's "Hot Pursuit"Tomorrow night at 11pm on MTV: Greatest Party Story Ever! <br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ohhh Yes! I'm telling ...The Greatest Party Story... EVER!!! On <a href="https://twitter.com/MTV">@MTV</a> on DECEMBER 1st. Hahaha Haven't told this one before... yikes. <a href="https://t.co/uviBbAJoAd">pic.twitter.com/uviBbAJoAd</a></p>— Amanda Cerny (@AmandaCerny) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaCerny/status/799722812151918592">November 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
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Directed, Produced, and Animated by Musa Brooker & Pete Levin<br />
Starring Amanda Cerny<br />
Director of Photography: Eric Adkins<br />
Production Designer: Julianna Parr<br />
Production Assistant: Andrew Oropeza<br />
Costumes: Simone Williams<br />
Storyboards: Greg Sesma<br />
Puppet Fabricator & Rigger: Greg Sesma<br />
Additional Fabrication: Musa Brooker & Pete Levin<br />
VFX: Caress Reeves<br />
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PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-45769785175168553842016-07-06T23:48:00.000-07:002017-09-08T16:07:23.512-07:00Manny Machado's Birthday Garden Gnome Jamboree! (Bobbleheads invited, too.) <center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fnZANK1nKAKfC7JkkhRATJRz8E87VNk4iUEAIvHHKagQI0ZQ4FWHPKI7gE1QMcxen8fPLV7Rr2njaDv1P1na6h8Carwc_mf0qm55Vhlx51lTV61__rFreJFIyRQQ-NokbmnPwjjp-aDv/s1600/Manny-Gnome.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fnZANK1nKAKfC7JkkhRATJRz8E87VNk4iUEAIvHHKagQI0ZQ4FWHPKI7gE1QMcxen8fPLV7Rr2njaDv1P1na6h8Carwc_mf0qm55Vhlx51lTV61__rFreJFIyRQQ-NokbmnPwjjp-aDv/s400/Manny-Gnome.png" width="400" height="201" data-original-width="580" data-original-height="291" /></a></div></center>The Baltimore Orioles. Stop motion animation. Two of my favorite things in the world. <br />
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My yearly animation for the Orioles remains at the top of the list of am-I-really-working-or-is-this-all-a-crazy-dream jobs. But somehow it was about to get much better. <br />
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After seeing a creative Dodgers <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0VZYPF_9d0">promotional video for Adrian Gonzalez Bobblehead Night</a> (more VFX than stop motion) and an excellent Twins <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vo6xD-4j3U">promotional video for Josh Willingham Bobblehead Night</a> (no stop motion at all), I figured that I could make something for the Orioles in the same vein. I mentioned this to the folks at Orioles Productions and they were immediately enthusiastic. <br />
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It just so happened that there was going to be a Manny Machado Garden Gnome Night three days after Manny's 24th birthday and the O's wanted a video to celebrate both. <br />
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John Sumner (my perennial partner in crime on these spots) and I started brainstorming. John drew up some simple boards and I submitted them. The scoreboard team said the designs look great... but where was the script? Script? Yes, I'd be writing a script where several current players on the Orioles would voice their animated bobblehead likenesses! If there was a way to top the thrill of the yearly scoreboard animations, this was it! <br />
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Here it is:<br />
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<b>Full Credits</b><br />
Director/Animator/DP: Pete Levin<br />
Art Director/Fabricator/Storyboards: <a href="https://johnsumnerdesign.com/">John Sumner</a><br />
Specialty Mouth Fabricator: <a href="http://gregorysesma.tumblr.com/">Greg Sesma</a><br />
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Chris Davis as Action Figure Chris Davis<br />
Adam Jones as Bobblehead Adam Jones<br />
Manny Machado as Garden Gnome Manny Machado<br />
Buck Showalter as Garden Gnome Buck Showalter<br />
Matt Wieters as Bobblehead Matt Wieters<br />
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<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-orioles-promote-manny-machado-giveaway-on-machado-s-birthday-20160706-story.html">The Baltimore Sun</a>, <a href="http://www.abc2news.com/sports/baseball/orioles/orioles-to-give-out-manny-machado-garden-gnomes-saturday">WMAR Channel 2</a>, and <a href="http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/07/06/watch-the-mannymagic-surprise-birthday-party-video/">WJZ Channel 13</a> and <a href="https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1055624-orioles-celebrate-machado-s-birthday-with-animated-garden-gnomes">The Score</a> did some coverage of the video! <br />
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<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/233026655" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><small><center>WMAR buries the lede that Machado is now apparently a pitcher.</small></center><br />
PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-44716618729817748042016-05-06T14:03:00.001-07:002016-05-24T08:58:55.378-07:00Charbroil Grill social media spots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-I02QNsFAm9MXo98-mdtVtVGdI6E_JXTbhobo6Lc6qp7z2uEQY8AQi5SW6zI94WVHQvSglYfUbaFId6MpIj9c6e5g58LLXtssB7EU4NJs5jABbNnAc8gpH2_X3p1en8hVWQ_EiESNFxU/s1600/testimonial_logo_charbroil.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-I02QNsFAm9MXo98-mdtVtVGdI6E_JXTbhobo6Lc6qp7z2uEQY8AQi5SW6zI94WVHQvSglYfUbaFId6MpIj9c6e5g58LLXtssB7EU4NJs5jABbNnAc8gpH2_X3p1en8hVWQ_EiESNFxU/s400/testimonial_logo_charbroil.png" /></a></div>In March, I was hired to direct three stop motion spots to be produced by <a href="http://mcbeard.tumblr.com/">McBeard</a> for <a href="http://www.charbroil.com/">Charbroil Grills</a>. From stylized 2.5D downshooter animation to 1:1 scale animation, we truly found out how versatile the shooting space at <a href="http://www.platypuspictureworks.com/">Platypus Pictureworks</a> could be! <br />
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These spots were really enjoyable to make! (Though animating that realistic steak did actually get me pretty hungry.) <br />
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Director/Producer: Pete Levin<br />
Creative Account Manager at McBeard: Kathleen Curran<br />
Animation Team Manager at McBeard: <a href="https://vimeo.com/vicktrola">Vick Trochez</a><br />
Producer: <a href="http://thatsmoo-say.blogspot.com/">Musa Brooker</a><br />
Director of Photography: <a href="http://www.adkinsdop.com/">Eric Adkins</a><br />
Lighting Technician: <a href="https://vimeo.com/ianraymond">Ian Raymond</a><br />
Production Designer: <a href="http://www.kylearneson.com/">Kyle Arneson</a><br />
Fabricator: <a href="https://emilyfranz.carbonmade.com/">Emily Franz</a><br />
Puppet Fabricator: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/tennessee5000/videos">Tennessee Reid Norton</a><br />
Animator: <a href="https://vimeo.com/user3640131">Hilary Lile</a><br />
Animator: <a href="https://vimeo.com/mishaklein">Misha Klein</a><br />
Animator: Pete Levin<br />
Senior Editor & Motion Graphics at McBeard: Matt Wells<br />
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Here are the first two spots: <br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BEy4YDCE0YQ/" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Magic happens when two become one. And then becomes dinner. Get Gas2Coal at the link in our bio.</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A video posted by Char-Broil (@charbroilgrills) on <time datetime="2016-04-29T18:56:28+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Apr 29, 2016 at 11:56am PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFE6PtLk0ce/" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">TRU-Infrared™: Act now and receive 50% juicer steaks. Get TRU-Infrared™ at the link in our bio.</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A video posted by Char-Broil (@charbroilgrills) on <time datetime="2016-05-06T18:59:08+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">May 6, 2016 at 11:59am PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
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<b>UPDATE - Here's the third!<br />
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More <a href="http://www.lego.com/en-us/scoobydoo/videos/" target="_blank">Lego Scooby Doo shorts</a> have been released! These were a ton of fun to do.<br />
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Here are two more that I animated: <br />
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<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2015/11/lego-scooby-doo-shorts.html">Click here</a> for my previous Lego Scooby post!<br />
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Directed by Ethan Marak at <a href="http://www.leagueofbuddies.com/" target="_blank">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a>. PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-47370915300052293612016-05-06T13:12:00.001-07:002016-05-06T13:13:33.701-07:00Principal Financial: Logo Evolution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In February, I got a chance to serve as animation supervisor on this spot about the evolution of Principal Financial's logo. I'm fascinated by the idea of how graphic design can so powerfully shape identity and inform people instantaneously about what a company is and is striving to be.<br />
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Directed by: Sean Starkweather<br />
Produced by: Arsenal Creative<br />
Animation Supervisor/Animator: Pete Levin<br />
Stop Motion Animator: Musa Brooker<br />
Director of Photography: Andy Knapp<br />
Gaffer: Christian Buchholz<br />
Production Designer: Francesca Marciano<br />
Lead Artist: Andrew Schreiber</center>
PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-41352840903661471912016-01-13T10:43:00.000-08:002016-01-13T10:44:19.828-08:00Pete Levin | Director's Reel | Jan. 2016Brand new for 2016: A Director's Reel!<br />
(Not to be confused with my <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2015/04/animation-reel-april-2015.html" target="_blank">animation reel</a>.) <br />
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<b>Featuring clips from:</b><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/22YRr8Z" target="_blank">Transformers vs. GI Joe: The Commissary </a><b></b><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/95805234" target="_blank">Oakley: Heritage</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/92841973" target="_blank">Comedy Bang! Bang!</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/59555064" target="_blank">MAD: Spy vs. Spy</a> (<a href="http://vimeo.com/96853649" target="_blank">and here</a>)<br />
<a href="http://adultswim.com/videos/robot-chicken/fist-man-strongest-of-the-slab-bodied-slab-lords-stoopid-buddy-shortz/" target="_blank">Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/44636018" target="_blank">LaMuff: Gold Lamé</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/album/2986545" target="_blank">Orioles Spots</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/123911826" target="_blank">I'm Scared</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/39997146" target="_blank">Foo Fighters: Miss the Misery</a><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/66768851" target="_blank">Discovery Communications Holiday Card</a>PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-56924783783887389322015-11-13T14:21:00.000-08:002015-11-13T14:26:08.528-08:00Transformers vs. GI Joe: The Commissary - presented by The Loyal Subjects Action Vinyls<b>BLOG CATCH-UP WEEK*: DAY 8</b><br />
<small>*Yup, not even close to being a week, but whatever.</small><br />
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This project was awesome. As a child of the '80's, getting a chance to write and direct some officially-sanctioned spots featuring some of my favorite characters was a dream come true. <br />
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These three shorts serve as advertisements for <a href="https://www.theloyalsubjects.com/">The Loyal Subjects</a> Action Vinyls line of toys. The idea is to take the collectability of vinyl toys (often sold in blind boxes) and mix it with the play value/functionality of action figures. The little guys have a really charming design to them and the collectors are a dedicated bunch. <br />
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My goal with the series was to find a fun way to mix the worlds of GI Joe and Transformers, maintain respect for the original properties, and find some organic humor appropriate for all viewers. I'm really proud of how these turned out and the work that everyone in the crew and voice cast did to bring these toys to life.<br />
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<center><b>Episode 1: Soda Showdown</b><br />
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<b>Episode 2: Birthday Blowout</b><br />
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<b>Episode 3: Zartan's Plan</b><br />
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Co-created with my pal Dan Levy, executive produced by Jonathan Cathey (the big cheese at The Loyal Subjects), and produced by myself, Dan, and Musa Brooker. I wrote the scripts for all three and directed. Full credits for our incredible crew available <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4841692/combined">HERE</a>. <br />
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<small>*Okay, I know this isn't technically a week anymore.</small><br />
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As is now a yearly tradition, my buddy John Sumner and I got to make more animated crowd prompts for use on the Baltimore Orioles' JumboTron!<br />
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Every year, we want to add something new to the fan experience at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It's an incredible feeling to see the animations with 40,000 other people in the stadium, catch a glimpse of the <a href="https://vimeo.com//94147598">home run</a> animation on TV, or to hear the sound effects from the <a href="https://vimeo.com/album/2986545/video/104759412">construction worker prompt</a> (and the fans' reaction following it) while listening to games on the radio.<br />
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As a fan myself, it's a big thrill. And as a director, it's always a fun challenge to communicate an idea in less than ten seconds to an audience who may need a moment to realize there's something happening on the scoreboard, all within a crazy double-widescreen aspect ratio that makes for some creative compositions.<br />
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The "Jaws" music is something they use as an intimidation tactic against the visiting team at Oriole Park whenever the O's seem poised to attack. This is the one 2015 animation that was a specific request from Orioles Productions. <br />
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For the "Strikeout!" animation, we wanted to try our most ambitious animation this year, comprised of several different shots and featuring the Oriole Bird pitching, which is a little more action than this puppet had previously attempted. Somewhere along the way, we decided that all Orioles players would be plastic cake-toppers and all visiting players and umpires would be cardboard cutouts. <br />
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For the "Charge!" animation, I wanted to do one spot that'd have slightly different endings to surprise fans who'd thought they'd seen the spot before. So, we have three different endings. Cake toppers, rubber ducks, and the return of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/68714302">crabs</a>:<br />
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Previous Orioles animation here: <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2010/07/baltimore-orioles-rally-animation-aka.html">2010</a>, <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2013/12/baltimore-orioles-rally-animation-2013.html">2013</a>, <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2014/10/baltimore-orioles-scoreboard-animation.html">2014</a>. <br />
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All spots conceived by myself and John Sumner, except where noted. <br />
Directed, shot, and animated by me. <br />
Art direction and fabrication by John Sumner. <br />
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These were a blast to create and we can't wait to add more to The Bird's adventures! <br />
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<script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-24047060933241945712015-11-10T23:41:00.001-08:002015-11-10T23:46:50.353-08:00Private Cast & Crew Screening of "I'm Scared"<b>BLOG CATCH-UP WEEK: DAY 6</b><br />
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Back on the afternoon of Saturday, September 19th, we had a private screening of <i>I'm Scared</i> for cast, crew, and friends of the movie. We squeezed in two screenings at the incredible <a href="http://www.cinefamily.org/">Cinefamily</a> theater in Los Angeles. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/imscaredthemovie/"><i>I'm Scared</i></a> is a short animated film I recently directed. It's base on the art of <a href="http://www.imscared.com/">Greg "Craola" Simkins</a>, featuring music by <a href="http://www.himynameismark.com/">Mark Hoppus</a> of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/blink182VEVO">Blink-182</a>, starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/user/vi858040345">Gunnar Sizemore</a>, and produced by Dan Levy, Musa Brooker, and myself. <br />
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So many ridiculously talented people helped out on this. Check out the imdb page <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3901596/combined">here</a> for the full credits.<br />
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Attendees at the event had a great time and there was a really positive reaction from the audience. While we'd love to put the short online for everyone to see immediately, first we're applying to film festivals, looking for a strategic place to premiere publicly. <br />
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Special thanks to Cinefamily for hosting the event, <a href="http://boosphilly.com/">Boo's Philly Cheesesteaks</a> for catering, <a href="http://www.ahmedbest.com/">Ahmed Best</a> for moderating the Q&A sessions, and Megan Hallo for creating some really fun "life-size" Ralf costumes. <br />
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While I didn't get much of a chance to get my phone out to take pictures of the event, luckily others did. Here are a selection of some good ones from Instagram: <br />
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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/753DZhPGRX/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">#Repost of our contest winner @voo_doolady Watched the screening of Craola's "I'm Scared" the movie last night and it was awesome and so fun to watch! Everyone involved did such a great job!!! I can't wait to see it again! 🎥💙 Thank you! @craola @imscaredthemovie @himynameismark #stopmotionanimation #stopmotionshortfilm #stopmotion #ScaredScouts #ImScaredTheMovie #silentmovietheatre</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by hi my name is mark (@himynameismark) on <time datetime="2015-09-21T19:17:03+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 21, 2015 at 12:17pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/8TqX-ShZZi/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">@jamesisntcool keeps the peace with #Crumbs #Craola2 #imscaredthemovie #scaredscouts</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by The scared scouts (@imscaredthemovie) on <time datetime="2015-10-01T19:46:31+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Oct 1, 2015 at 12:46pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/7129NmQzTF/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">This was one awesome short! 👍Can't wait to see it again! Thanks so much @craola @imscaredthemovie @dasprocess @petewlevin @markhoppus and everyone else who made this possible! 💕 #craola #imscaredthemovie #artyoushouldknow #scaredscouts #stopmotion #stopmotionshortfilm #stopmotionshort</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by Sarah Banks (@pinksugarfueled) on <time datetime="2015-09-20T05:59:14+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 19, 2015 at 10:59pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/71zq39uiLM/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">The panel after the screening of @imscaredthemovie - such beautiful and fantastic short stop-motion animation from the mind of @craola - and the talents of Dan Levy, @petewlevin @markhoppus and so many more. Congrats! #imscaredthemovie #imscared #gregcraolasimkins #craola #silentmovietheater #cinefamily #cinefamilyscreenings</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by Joe Ledbetter (@joe_ledbetter) on <time datetime="2015-09-20T05:30:31+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 19, 2015 at 10:30pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/71MG4hLM1V/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Amazing short stop motion movie "I'm Scared" by the amazing @craola. Incredibly written and creative. Truly the mind of Craola. Award winning! #imscaredthemovie #gregsimkins www.ImScared.com</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by Dan Matsumoto (@danmatsumoto) on <time datetime="2015-09-19T23:44:49+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 19, 2015 at 4:44pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/71fFJnEelw/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">The cast and crew of the short film "I'm Scared" directed by @petewlevin based on a story and characters by @craola The short film is dope!! Keep and eye out for the film. Congrats to everyone! #imscared #imscaredthemovie #cbscrew #boos #BoosPhilly #cheesesteak #stopmotionanimation #stopmotion #kids #losangeles #philly</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by BoosPhilly Cheesesteaks (@boosphilly) on <time datetime="2015-09-20T02:30:36+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 19, 2015 at 7:30pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br />
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="5" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/74hMrap5xP/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Great time at the premier for @imscaredthemovie ...the #stopmotion #animation project created by #craola. @gunnarsizemore voiced the character of #RALF (white costume in the middle) & I was BLOWN AWAY at how talented this team is! So glad #Guns was able to take part in #imscared</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by Kevin Sizemore (@kevinsizemore) on <time datetime="2015-09-21T06:46:50+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Sep 20, 2015 at 11:46pm PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script> PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-14097385559841054222015-11-09T21:43:00.001-08:002015-11-12T23:01:11.551-08:00Robot Chicken: Season 8<b>BLOG CATCH-UP WEEK: DAY 5</b><br />
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It's hard to believe it's been ten years since my first day on "The Untitled Seth Green Project". Ten years of channel flip non-sequiturs, dredged up childhood memories, a-list stars voicing 1980's cartoon characters, and toys that were never meant to be animated getting life breathed into them. I haven't been there for every episode, but what I've gotten to work on has been a great ride. <br />
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A couple of weekends ago, season 8 premiered and the shows are more jam-packed with craziness than ever. <br />
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Each season the show becomes a little more technically streamlined, each season's crew building on knowledge gained from the previous seasons' crews. It's kind of remarkable looking at the evolution of it. Because there's always more to satire, the animators, builders, fabricators, VFX team, et cetera continually get the chance to pioneer and try new things. <br />
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Excited that I get to play with these toys. <br />
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Season 8 directed by <a href="https://twitter.com/seriousdog">Tom Sheppard</a> and produced at Burbank's own <a href="http://www.leagueofbuddies.com/4356/robot-chicken-10th-anniversary-art-show-recap/">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a>. <br />
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Tune in every Sunday night at midnight on Adult Swim!PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-13248776179636707232015-11-05T23:25:00.000-08:002015-11-05T23:30:57.660-08:00Supermansion -- check it out on Crackle!<b>BLOG CATCH-UP WEEK: DAY 4</b><br />
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Supermansion, the brainchild of director <a href="https://twitter.com/zebwells">Zeb Wells</a> and produced by my buddies at <a href="http://www.leagueofbuddies.com/4086/supermansion/">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a>, skewers the conventions of the superhero genre, but also creates its own world to play in. With an ongoing show like Supermansion, we get to know the characters a little more in each episode, uncovering secrets in their pasts, learning about vulnerabilities in their daily lives, and seeing how their personalities bounce of each other. With the continual character development, it's a different challenge for the animators than a sketch show like Robot Chicken; the animator needs to create a consistent portrayal of the character that can still grow episode to episode. (There's also room for some kickass action sequences.) <br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCuDwvf0Rto">Bryan Cranston</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWO1pkHgrBM">Keegan Michael Key</a> lead a lead a top-notch voice cast, which was a blast to supply animate for. The studio pulled together all of its resources to make something pretty awesome here and I was happy to get a chance to be an animator on it. <br />
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Check out new episodes every Thursday on <a href="http://www.crackle.com/supermansion/2496222">Crackle</a>!<br />
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PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-10194044353966472792015-11-04T20:21:00.001-08:002015-11-04T20:22:37.868-08:00Lego Scooby-Doo shorts! <b>BLOG CATCH-UP WEEK: DAY 3</b><br />
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Zoinks! Lego and and Scooby-Doo together? If 7-year-old me knew that getting paid to play with these would be something I could do, he'd be freaking out. <br />
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I always enjoy Lego animation because the limitations make for stylized, poppy movement. There's also something great about the accessibility of animating over-the-counter toys. Playing in the iconic world of Scooby-Doo was awesome and I'm happy to know I added even just a little to the legacy of that series. <br />
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The friendly and talented <a href="https://twitter.com/ethan_marak">Ethan Marak</a> directed these shorts at <a href="http://www.leagueofbuddies.com/3939/lego-scooby-doo/">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a>. We had a small crew in the newly-christened "Buddy Lodge" satellite building and got to spend each day playing with Legos very slowly. (Check out the amazing sets built for the backgrounds in the shorts!)<br />
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Here's one that I animated the majority of: <br />
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Stay tuned as more of these will be showing up in the future! <br />
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Another fun project I got a chance to work on this year was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4tXvA6M94H7QMiBPYouLllv3_gr79w4y">Bratz</a>, the stop-motion animated web series based on the doll line. Directed by my good friend and frequent creative partner, <a href="http://www.platypuspictureworks.com/bio/">Musa Brooker</a>, and produced by the wonderful folks over at <a href="http://www.leagueofbuddies.com/3869/meet-the-bratz/">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a>, the series was created by a hardworking, tight-knit group in Buddy Labs, a smaller section of stages within the studio.<br />
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Here's the episode that I personally contributed to the most: <br />
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A combination of puppet animation, digital animation (for the eyes & eyebrows especially), and downshooter paper animation (for the girls' "spirit animals"). <br />
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Give it a looksie! PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-39498304455854110902015-11-02T20:23:00.000-08:002015-11-03T14:57:17.257-08:00Target Pharmacy commercial<b>BLOG CATCH-UP WEEK: DAY 1 </b><br />
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Catching up on the backlog of posts I wanted to put up here. I guess it's good when you don't have enough time to yammer on about all of the stuff you're doing because of all of the stuff that you're doing. <br />
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This is a quick, fun Target commercial I worked on in May, with the team at <a href="http://www.buck.tv/">Buck.TV</a>. <br />
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It incorporates live action, CG, and stop motion. I was the stop motion animator, with <a href="http://jasonronzani.com/">Jason Ronzani</a> serving as assistant animator. The spot was directed by Steve Day, produced by Emily Rickard, and Stacy Toyama was the DP.<br />
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Look for the sponge animation and the spray bottle coming coming out of the surface - those are the main stop motion effects! <br />
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More entries each day this week! (Hopefully!)PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-41522821097466059862015-07-23T00:50:00.000-07:002015-07-23T00:52:35.202-07:00Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 has signed on to be the composer of I'm Scared! We could't keep a lid on the news anymore. <a href="http://www.himynameismark.com/">Mark Hoppus</a>, along with musical collaborator James Ingram have written a beautiful, playful, exciting, spooky, original score for <i><a href="http://imscaredthemovie.com/">I'm Scared</a></i>.<br />
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It's different from anything Mark's ever done before and we can't wait for you to hear the whole thing when you watch the completed film. Mark and James were a real pleasure to work with and the creative process of collaborating with them was as fun as it was rewarding. As a sneak preview, <a href="http://blbrd.cm/gikrUA">we've given Billboard an exclusive clip of the movie.<br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blink-182's <a href="https://twitter.com/markhoppus">@MarkHoppus</a> makes scoring debut on "I'm Scared" (exclusive video): <a href="http://t.co/K2ajms5B0s">http://t.co/K2ajms5B0s</a> <a href="http://t.co/AdoLDMwM3B">pic.twitter.com/AdoLDMwM3B</a></p>— billboard (@billboard) <a href="https://twitter.com/billboard/status/623605905981054977">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
This also marks the first time that Gunnar Sizemore's vocal performance as Ralf is publicly available to hear! He's done a great job bringing the character to life!<br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.himynameismark.com/blogs/blog/38158725-hmnim-podcast-episode-6-weehalvepause">Mark's blog here</a> for a mention of our film as well as a shout-out in his podcast! <br />
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<b>ART OF TOYS - Museum Exhibit</b><br />
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In other news, the Museum of Art & History (<a href="http://lancastermoah.org/">MOAH</a>) in Lancaster, California is currently having an exhibit on The Art of Toys. Stop on by if you're anywhere near Lancaster! <br />
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Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with John Ikuma to record his <a href="http://stopmotionmagazine.com/">Stop Motion Magazine</a> podcast. Unfortunately, that also means that he had to endure to me yammering on about animation for fifty minutes. But a good time was had by all. Important topics are discussed, such as:<br />
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- I'm Scared: The Movie<br />
- Pete & Dan: The Early Years<br />
- "The Munch District" of South Pasadena<br />
- And more baseball wriggles its way in there. <br />
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Here it is!<br />
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We started preproduction over a year ago and production last November. Now, we're finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for this little film. <br />
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We're currently immersed in postproduction and sound design/score, but I found some time to cobble together this short teaser. <br />
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Based on the work of Greg "Craola" Simkins, here's the teaser for our stop motion short, <i>I'm Scared</i>:<br />
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PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-28470696397677658262015-04-01T22:55:00.000-07:002015-04-01T23:04:49.742-07:00Animation Reel: April 2015Hey lookie here!! A new animation reel!<br />
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<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/123897540" width="395" height="222" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/123897540">Pete Levin: Animation Reel - April, 2015</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user4048530">Pete Levin</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
<b>Featuring clips from:</b><br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2014/05/oakley-heritage.html">Oakley</a>*<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2013/12/spy-vs-spy-on-mad-season-4.html">Spy vs. Spy</a>#<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2011/04/foo-fighters-miss-misery.html">Foo Fighters</a>*<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2011/09/ups-my-choice-little-paper-t-rex.html">UPS</a>#<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2012/12/december-catch-up-dinosaur-office.html">Dinosaur Office</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2014/10/baltimore-orioles-scoreboard-animation.html">Baltimore Orioles</a>*<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2014/06/cardboard-animation-for-google.html">Google Cardboard</a>#<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2013/02/detroit-lions-season-of-your-life.html">Detroit Lions</a>#<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2013/04/new-trailer-for-minhocas-aka-worms.html">Minhocas o Filme</a><br />
<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hauntersthemovie/haunters-the-movie">Haunters</a>*<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2015/04/im-scared-teaser-trailer.html">I'm Scared</a>*<br />
<a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2014/06/wwe-slam-city.html">WWE Slam City</a><br />
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* = I directed or co-directed this animation as well as animating it. <br />
# = I was a lead animator on this project. <br />
PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-46341189454933570352014-10-23T17:50:00.000-07:002015-11-12T21:30:40.303-08:00Baltimore Orioles Scoreboard Animation 2014: AL East Division Champs EditionRecently, graphic designer and blogger Todd Radom did <a href="http://toddradom.com/frank-cashen-fresh-up-freddie-and-the-birth-of-the-orioles-cartoon-bird/">a great article</a> about the history of the Baltimore Orioles' cartoon "Swinging Bird" mascot. I'd previously known about the history of <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-11-25/news/bs-md-backstory-oriole-bird-20111127_1_oriole-bird-boyhood-home-baseball-season">James Hartzell's bird</a> who graced the <a href="http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/53/52/full/4rzjwfztogqmfzomv44xxzgc8.png">1954 logo</a> and appeared daily on the front page of the Baltimore Sun to quickly illustrate whether the O's had won or lost the night before. And I'd known about <a href="http://ricig.co/">Mike Ricigliano</a>, the cartoonist who <a href="http://brooksrobinsonrules.mlblogs.com/2009/04/14/oriole-bird-cartoon-returns/">brought the tradition back</a> in <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-oriolebird-pg-photogallery.html">2009</a>. <br />
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But Radom's article covered the direct inspiration for my stop motion Bird, the <a href="http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/53/52/full/624.gif">1966 Swinging Bird</a>. And to my surprise, this Bird was designed by Disney animator <a href="http://mrmagooschristmascarol.blogspot.com/2011/10/paul-carlson-production.html">Paul Carlson</a>. Maybe I'm being sappy here, but I like the fact that the Oriole Bird that inspired my Orioles animation was designed by another Los Angeles animator. (But make no mistake, my blood runs orange and black.) <br />
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Anyway, on to the 2014 animation! <br />
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2010 brought the <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2010/07/baltimore-orioles-rally-animation-aka.html">original stop motion Bird</a> animation. 2013 brought <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2013/12/baltimore-orioles-rally-animation-2013.html">Oriole Park at Cardboard Yards set</a> into the mix. For 2014, I wanted to animate more things that the costumed Orioles mascot couldn't do in real life: wardrobe changes, stunts, different environments, and crazy vehicles. <br />
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As with the previous Orioles stop motion animation, I collaborated with <b>John Sumner</b> who created all of the incredible sets and the majority of the props. (Although I did get in on some of the prop-building this year!) Costumes were all created by <b>Season Mustful</b> who really brought her A-game on this!<br />
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The first new animation of 2014 was a new Home Run train. The Orioles used to actually have an old animation of The Bird conducting a train for home runs that they showed on the old dot-matrix scoreboard in the 90s. Not sure if anyone else remembers this, but I wanted to do an updated version of it. <br />
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Here are some photos of the animation in its native environment:<br />
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The second animation played with a simple pun. Get it? <br />
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In the third animation, The Bird finally got to leave the confines of Oriole Park, dressed as a daredevil similar to Evel Knievel.<br />
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For the final animation of the season, I wanted to do a "Make Some Noise!" spot. What could be louder than a construction worker with a jackhammer? (Answer: Orioles fans in October baseball.) Funny enough, there was some jackhammering going on outside of my studio as I was animating this!<br />
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Thanks to all the great people at Orioles Productions for being awesome!PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-59628663678358358632014-07-14T23:20:00.001-07:002020-08-18T10:32:32.365-07:00an [adult swim] short: Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJE9F_afFFbyH2t9IuiYJuwZTzGxuO5cCc_buLAcLFBNc_zIb7-KGC7iqdsGZegBtTy0fKiK2MRGrF1K9HsJrcdvkLBL6ysBQTiiUKrNEhBGLB_yDJWSfJptuh_hOc8uitkJ0QEkMdX2L/s1600/FistMan-vintage-look.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJE9F_afFFbyH2t9IuiYJuwZTzGxuO5cCc_buLAcLFBNc_zIb7-KGC7iqdsGZegBtTy0fKiK2MRGrF1K9HsJrcdvkLBL6ysBQTiiUKrNEhBGLB_yDJWSfJptuh_hOc8uitkJ0QEkMdX2L/s320/FistMan-vintage-look.jpg" /></a></div><small></small><br />
<center><small> Title logo created by <a href="http://bulletrider80s.deviantart.com/">David "Bulletrider" Göbel</a></small></center><small> </small><br />
Early last year, my old friend <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3aec3de11d/the-creamster-says-goodbye-to-macho-man">Dave Park</a> (of the comedy troupes <a href="http://www.drgodcomedy.com/">Dr. God</a> and <a href="http://lustyhorde.com/">The Lusty Horde</a>) and I pitched a couple of ideas to the producers at <a href="http://www.leagueofbuddies.com/">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a> for their new Adult Swim shorts program. One of the ideas we pitched them clicked with them and we were on our way to writing and directing our own short for Adult Swim. <br />
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Dave and I both love the absurd, campy, cheesy-yet-somehow-compelling <i>He-Man and the Masters of the Universe</i> cartoons from the '80s and we felt they were ripe for a send-up. Somewhere along the line, we decided that vintage live action toy commercials could make for good cutaway gags. <br />
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Thus, <i>Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords</i> was born: <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/84110928?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="395" height="222" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/84110928">Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/petelevin">Pete Levin</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<small>Animated by <a href="http://stephanesia.com/">Stephanie Simpson</a>.</small></center><br />
As you can see below, we were lucky enough to get some very talented friends to help us with the project: <br />
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</tbody></table><small>Alvah Smith came in and did a pass on the designs as well.</small></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZmFIwqgyZ13w-8yjclMQeAdIXEPLE6OqNf-VJxefAeTwLvYu3ZofSBVSJFfrs9ANk-rx4-bGZ64_UhJwMXWIHNiMEMflk7-nNi0_qeMxvSITpHDGTk1VW5KBFYTI0-lHyi_Al2rcSX-2/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+12.39.13+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZmFIwqgyZ13w-8yjclMQeAdIXEPLE6OqNf-VJxefAeTwLvYu3ZofSBVSJFfrs9ANk-rx4-bGZ64_UhJwMXWIHNiMEMflk7-nNi0_qeMxvSITpHDGTk1VW5KBFYTI0-lHyi_Al2rcSX-2/s320/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+12.39.13+PM.png" /></a></div><center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoeU71qT5klJ4bik6zJNOV-H7rPOYENPpiRodEQdzIgZVCMIN6hpot2EeJD_HLPGJhbbveJAGizEGixlwfOM7Yo70UrSnrOIXAYrory_Olsbft1Q1EFOyWklhKauilbkfj1go64RB1NJ5/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+12.38.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoeU71qT5klJ4bik6zJNOV-H7rPOYENPpiRodEQdzIgZVCMIN6hpot2EeJD_HLPGJhbbveJAGizEGixlwfOM7Yo70UrSnrOIXAYrory_Olsbft1Q1EFOyWklhKauilbkfj1go64RB1NJ5/s320/Screen+shot+2013-02-27+at+12.38.58+PM.png" /></a></div><small>Storyboards by <a href="http://kevinmcshane.org/">Kevin McShane</a> (also the voice of Cannibaloid)</small></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm-3Z8XqImDGSA6sSeI0dFc9TvUnLc6we6CLdyJTf1wjv1c2UfdRAEhA0_zpXVcPiaCasG3mjxvb4BSJLfrkyfrYd3xJFZNJPU2m1WjXowfiHMDtykkBwj9ulvIuzbzoRrXy5h1dUDEtl/s1600/Shot07_SitInChair_Plane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm-3Z8XqImDGSA6sSeI0dFc9TvUnLc6we6CLdyJTf1wjv1c2UfdRAEhA0_zpXVcPiaCasG3mjxvb4BSJLfrkyfrYd3xJFZNJPU2m1WjXowfiHMDtykkBwj9ulvIuzbzoRrXy5h1dUDEtl/s320/Shot07_SitInChair_Plane.jpg" /></a></div><small></small> <center><small> <a href="http://www.colingeller.com/">Colin Geller</a> rocked the backgrounds, which really sold the vintage Filmation feel.</small></center><small> </small> <br />
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<small><a href="http://benwisemusic.tumblr.com/">Ben Wise</a> created a full version of the Love Theme from Fist-Man. I'd love to see the opening credits to this!</small></center>Dave Park was the voice of Zantor, Kevin McShane as Cannibaloid, <a href="http://www.drgodcomedy.com/neil-garguilo/">Neil Garguilo</a> as the announcer, and the one and only SETH GREEN makes a cameo as the voice of the kids in the commercials! Lots of other amazing people contributed their time, effort, and talents to this short as well. Dave and I are incredibly thankful for their help. A full list of credits can be viewed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3865372/combined">clicking here</a>. Take a trip over to the official <a href="http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/season-7/">Robot Chicken website</a> for more Stoopid Buddy Shortz.<br />
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And no, we're still not exactly sure what a Slab Lord is. PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985437933423335732.post-43661503991513733962014-06-26T23:11:00.000-07:002015-11-02T20:27:48.922-08:00Cardboard animation for Google!A few weeks ago, I got a call to work as an animation director on a project for Google and jumped at the chance! Google's got a bit of a <a href="http://www.theinternshipmovie.com/">legendary status</a> as a cool place to work and I wanted to try out some of the cafeteries on their campus at the <a href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/googleplex.htm">Googleplex</a> in Mountainview, CA. <a href="http://www.nickandben.tv/A_DIRECTING_DUO.html">Nick Carbonaro</a>, a talented director that I worked with on a series of <a href="http://blog.petelevinfilms.com/2011/09/ronzoni.html">Ronzoni commercials</a>, would be directing this spot and remembered me from our previous work together. <br />
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I brought the incredible <a href="http://thatsmoo-say.blogspot.com/">Musa Brooker</a> along for the ride to animate with me on the spot. We were total tourists when we got to Google:<br />
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We actually shot the spot up in Sonoma with Colin Blackshear & Josh Livingston with a crazy moco camera rig at their production house, Film Country. Director of photography was <a href="http://www.dpjacobson.com/">David Jacobson</a>. <br />
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<small>Check out the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.samples.apps.cardboarddemo">Cardboard app</a> for Android.</small></center>
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The animation ended up being a demo for Google's Cardboard. The big surprise of Google i/o Conference this week, Cardboard is literally a package made of <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2014/google-jumps-vr-market-cardboard-box/">cardboard that unfolds into VR goggles</a> that will work for your Android phone.<br />
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You can scroll down the page <a href="https://developers.google.com/cardboard/">HERE</a> to step through the animation. <br />
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Google's gotten the ball rolling and I'm really excited to see where developers are going to take this from here...PeteLevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363379546461583032noreply@blogger.com1