Fulfilling a special request

Fulfilling a special request from 420 Science on Vimeo.

Carpe Morte!

Don't Fear Death from Dice Productions on Vimeo.

A fast-paced comedy arguing the joys of being dead, aided by a montage of corpses and a dance-crazed Grim Reaper.

Starring Rik Mayall. Produced in association with Lupus Films for Channel 4 as part of their Random Acts strand.

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CAST:
Rik Mayall
Marc Silk
Myles McLeod

CREW:
Directed and Animated by Louis Hudson
Written and Produced by Ian Ravenscroft
Associate Producer - Ed Bye
Sound – Mark Ashworth (http://www.znoblog.co.uk)
Music - Rob Connor (http://robconnormusic.com)
Animation – Ross Butter, Jo Hepworth, Ian Whittle
Animation Assistant - Alex Jolliffe
Voice Recording - Guilt Free
Post Productions Services - Munky

Thanks to: Chris Shepherd, Ruth Fielding, Jon Petrie

Animated in Flash. Graded in After Effects

Vasily

Vasily from STEREOTACTIC on Vimeo.

Esquire's (Russia) September issue is about common and ordinary people, not celebrities. This is the story of Vasily Ilyn, a retired farmer from the village of Ryshkovo, on a first time journey to see the world, New York, the ocean, and a cover photo shoot for Esquire.

director, camera, editor: Alexander Khudokon
idea: Dmitry Golubovsky, Maxim Nikanorov
producer: Lev Maslov
associate producers: Katja Kagan, Polina Eremenko
sound fx: Vadim Kolosov
music: VTGNIKE
production: STEREOTACTIC
shot on Kodak film

Moscow 2013

“I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that - I don’t mind people being happy - but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seems to me a really dangerous idea and has led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It’s a really odd thing that we’re now seeing people saying “write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep”, and “cheer up” and “happiness is our birthright” and so on. We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position - it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say “Quick! Move on! Cheer up!” I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word “happiness” and to replace it with the word “wholeness”. Ask yourself “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is.” 

~ Hugh Mackay