Recent News
The official music video for Modest Mouse’s, “The Whale Song,” has had over 370 thousand views on the two sites combined. We want more! Produced right here on Bent’s stage by the amazing artists who inhabit our studio every day, “Whale Song” is a testament to imaginative filmmaking and the incredible ambition to create lasting imagery. Utilizing a myriad of techniques, the music video marries live action footage of Isaac Brock with stop-motion animation, CG, motion graphics, high-speed footage and more. Check it out for the first time, or the third. You’re sure to see something you missed the first time.
Strategy Magazine has named five brands for the honor of “Brand of the Year.” Koodo’s “El Tabador” campaign, produced by Bent Image Lab in conjunction with Taxi 2, was named as one of these five winning brands. Watch the Campaign and Read the article Here.
Rob Shaw’s short film, “The Machine” takes home the Jury Prize from the 2010 Atlanta International Film Festival for BEST ANIMATED SHORT.
Back in 2007, Creative Director Dilly Gent was in charge of commissioning environmental short films for Al Gore’s Live Earth project. Wind was among the 60 chosen from more than 500 film concepts. Recently Dilly mentioned a few of the films for that project, including mine, in Videophiles, a curated collection of video clips on the NYT Culture blog.
UPDATE (March 4, 2010): See Rob’s interview on the Channel Frederator Blog.
Channel Frederator is what happens when one of the guys who came up with Comedy Central creates an internet channel dedicated to edgy new animation. (It also goes by Cartoon Central.)
Frederator’s a regularly updated, no holds barred, indie animation nerd fest and we love it. The “channel” works half like a TV station, four shows with distinct subject ranges, and half like Youtube, with all site’s shows available for streaming and sharing.
This week Frederator Show features Rob Shaw’s “Machine”.
We recommend checking out the whole site. The aptly named — and not worksafe – Cartoon Hangover show is great for giggle…
The Portland Advertising Federation recognized two of our projects at this year’s Rosey Awards. We also took home a prize in the Advertising & Design Club of Canada’s annual awards.
