Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person.

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.

Get updates at www.diceproductions.co.uk, facebook.com/diceproductions & twitter.com/diceproductions

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

It is entirely possible to long for two lives, to feel that one life can’t come close to containing it all. 

~ Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin

Excuses are tools of the incompetent. They build bridges that lead to nowhere. Those who indulge in them, seldom accomplish anything at all.

- Jonathan Harris

The Shins - It's Only Life

Stranger! If you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, To You

The Drums - Days (Trentemøller Remix)

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible.

- T.E Lawrence

UBS "Stephen Wiltshire"

UBS "Stephen Wiltshire" from HUMBLE TV on Vimeo.
Director/DP Noah David Smith recently teamed up with humble and Publicis to shoot a touching film for UBS featuring artist, Stephen Wiltshire. After spending the early years of his life as a mute Stephen found his voice through drawing. Later diagnosed with autism, drawing began to be the way he communicated with the world. At age nine he began to speak and his art continued to flourish. Stephen has the amazing talent of drawing city skylines from memory. Having spent only a few hours in a helicopter flying from Brooklyn to the tip of Manhattan, he memorized the city skyline and headed back to a studio to begin his drawing. Stephen then spent the next 3 days sketching the skyline. The panoramic drawing will be featured on a billboard that will be displayed at JFK airport terminal The piece speaks to the vision of the UBS campaign “We will not rest”.

Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Star Trek: Generations

No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater…The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.

- Sarah Dessen

The Colors of Evil

The Colors of EVil from Phillip Simon on Vimeo.

The XX - Angels

“If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.”

— Bill Cosby

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill