James Goss from E4 got in touch recently and asked for something on theme of internet culture possibly in the style of an old Ladybird book.
Taking the idea and running with it, we (me and Dave of course) turned to the I Spy books of the 70s and combined it with our 50 favourite web memes.
Really hope you enjoy this, as to create this project was a joy.
Doing more songs and animation for JibJab – for this batch we (yes, that’s me and Dave) used claymation.
Stupid Clients
Not the easiest thing to pitch – “Dear client, please buy this song and animatiod. It’s called ‘stupid clients’. It’s not about you.”
The smashing phone thing, I’ve done that too many times.
Background? A pile of CDs.
Snowman
Song written muttering under by breath waiting for a meeting. I probably looked utterly mad – tapping out the rhythm with a pencil on my forehead.
Background? Twigs and tissue paper for snow.
Rotten Christmas
Pleased with the melody on this one – partly written in a waiting room at Wittington Hosptial.
Background? More twigs from the garden.
This little thing likes you
The most throwaway one – maybe the simplicity is charming? Or maybe it’s just RUBBISH.
Background? Out of focus wall.
Happy Birthday Groovy Chick
Has a walking a bassline. Never tried one of those before, ended up so pleased with it I reused it as a cheesy organ part.
Background? Postit notes.
Commissioned to make a short animation for Amnesty to promote The Ball is Back, me and Dave have come up with this.
http://www.protectthehuman.com/videos/the-ball-is-back-
Stuff to note:
* Visually – our most ambitious stop-motion to date.
* Produced on the edge of my desk – as the photo should make clearer
* The wooden sets? They’re offcuts from Angus’s shed
* Mostly referencing Indiana Jones, although I confess the Boosh shot is obviously Star Wars
* We flmed this thing 2 times, losing the first version in the Great Hard Disk Crash of 2008
Production photos
