#Moonbot Studios

[bobthedragon]

This ask is a free ticket - I want to hear you ramble and babble about something that delights you, please. I think you're lovely.

apologies to everyone but it's time for yall to hear my story about Jack Frost u_u

so about 5 years before Rise of the Guardians came out, one of my friends, unbeknownst to me, was working with William Joyce at his new studio Moonbot. One day they messaged me and said "I have a NDA, but something I'm working on is gonna make you go nuts". I'm like "oh that's ambiguous and I wonder what dragon or monster they are getting to work on :O"

We hadn't spoken much, and we still don't talk much bc I have a tendency of being an idiot and saying the wrong things, but my dear friend had spotted that I have Issues when it comes to Spiky White Hair.

anyway, RotG comes out and I p much forgot about this until I go out to see it and instantly when I watched it I turned my head all the way across the united states to dead stare at them because I KNEW it was them somehow, they confirmed it, and now I'm Extra insane bc when I look at him, I'm like "THIS DEAD BOY WAS MADE FOR ME" and I feel the need to climb into his eyeballs against my will.

anyway I also used this knowledge later to ask my friend if Jack Frost Shits like a Bird and told them I would count their answer as word of god, and they said Yes he has a Cloaca so here you guys go. New RotG canon 11 years in the future.

bless you anon and good day to you all. u_u

[bgmedia42]

Friday Film Short

Silent, a 2014 3D-animated short produced by Moonbot Studios, featuring the return of the hero from their Oscar-winning 2012 short The Fabulous Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. First shown as part of the presentation program for the 2014 Scientific and Technical Oscars, it's currently available officially on YouTube with the blessing of Dolby Laboratories, and has also been featured on Netflix.

[cgshorts]

Taking Flight from Moonbot Studios In this fictional tribute to Pasin’s legacy, what begins as a small boy’s over-scheduled, over supervised, boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey, narrowly escaping wild monkeys and battling aliens to save the universe.

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - William Joyce

Books On Books Collection – William Joyce

The Numberlys (2014) The Numberlys (2014) William Joyce and Christina EllisHardback, paper on board. H220 x W300 mm, 52 pages. Acquired from London Bridge Books, 15 April 2021.Photos of the book: Books On Books Collection. Although bound in landscape, the book reads in portrait. Life was…fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Very…numberly. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that…

[williamjoyce]

Well it's finally happened. I'm getting to direct a movie. It's called "The Extincts".

It was announced in all the trades, Cartoon Brew, The Hollywood Reporter... you name it.

This is a journey I started when I was 5 years old...when I went to see my first movie at the grand old movie palace, The Strand, in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana. The theater is still there. And so are my movie mad dreams.

Every Saturday The Strand showed a classic kids matinee... like Robin Hood ...

or King Kong...

...or a Ray Harryhausen fantasmagoria...

These movies scorched their vivid images into my young brain and I never recovered. Who could not be haunted forever by scenes like the one from Pinocchio when Lampwick is turned from a boy into a donkey. Who could ever forget him screaming for his mother as he drops on all fours and his voice becomes a bray "Momma! Maaaaammmaaa!!!" He was lost forever but so was I. Lost in the power, the terror, the wonder of the movies.

I'll be making the film in France. My daughter Mary Katherine lived in Paris in the last months of her life. She was as brave as any film heroine. And somehow I take great comfort in continuing my journey in the place where she blazed her own trail.

Mary Katherine was always followed by lady bugs. Even when she lived in Paris. Her room still fills with them several times a year. One of my new producers, a rowdy woman from London, told me she'd been finding lady bugs in her clothes and luggage. I took that as a good omen.

The streets of France seemed open to whimsy and possibilities.

And "Extincts" has many whimsies.

Looking for daydreams to put on the screen..

Dreams that only the movies can make seem real ...

A journey that began in childhood will keep going on and on and on till I'm back where I started. Back home. Where, despite all the hard times and heartbreak the past and possibilities stroll together as easy and happily as a breeze.

Wish me luck.

[carthage-college-illustration]

The Mischievians Picture Book Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

Sketchbook Prompt #1

As we start the Children’s Book Illustration this week, I would like you to watch this promotional trailer for William Joyce’s book “The Mischievians” 2013.  Take special note on how everyday things become personified in Joyce’s characters. How does the stylistic approach inform the narrative ? 

You may want to investigate more images from Joyce’s book here

[flightschoolstudio]

Introducing Flight School Studio

Flight School is a collective of artists and technicians, fearlessly exploring the unknown in films, games, VR and whatever lies in the wide and boundless sky. Our research investigates the intersection of narrative and emerging technology. Each of our expeditions explore the outer limits of storytelling, innovation and design.

Our team facilities are located in Dallas, Texas, and efforts led by esteemed leadership from Reel FX and Moonbot Studios including Academy Award-winning Chief Creative Officer, Brandon Oldenburg, Emmy Award-winning Executive Creative Director, Limbert Fabian, CEO Kyle Clark and Executive Vice President, Lampton Enochs. Our growing team of 30 includes the boldest creative directors, producers, animators, engineers, developers and game designers.

For our first expedition together, we are exploring the outer limits of interactive virtual reality by creating a new experience, Manifest 99, which takes the user on a mysterious and emotional journey of discovery and redemption. It will arrive at a headset near you in Summer 2017.

Questions? Research opportunities? Make contact at http://flightschoolstudio.com

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Présentation de Flight School Studio

Flight School est un collectif d'artistes et de techniciens explorant sans crainte l'inconnu dans les films, les jeux, la réalité virtuelle et tout ce qui se trouve dans le ciel vaste et sans limites. Notre recherche examine l'intersection de la technologie narrative et émergente. Chacune de nos expéditions explore les limites extérieures de la narration, de l'innovation et du design.

Les installations de notre équipe sont situées à Dallas, au Texas, et les efforts sont dirigés par des leaders réputés de Reel FX et Moonbot Studios, notamment Brandon Oldenburg, directeur de la création lauréat d'un Oscar, Branden Oldenburg, directeur exécutif de la création lauréat d'un Emmy Award, Limbert Fabian, Kyle Clark et PDG Vice-président, Lampton Enochs. Notre équipe grandissante de 30 personnes comprend les directeurs créatifs, producteurs, animateurs, ingénieurs, développeurs et concepteurs de jeux les plus audacieux.

Pour notre première expédition ensemble, nous explorons les limites extérieures de la réalité virtuelle interactive en créant une nouvelle expérience, Manifest 99, qui emmène l'utilisateur dans un voyage mystérieux et émotionnel de découverte et de rédemption. Il arrivera à un micro-casque près de chez vous en été 2017.

Des questions? Opportunités de recherche? Prendre contact à http://flightschoolstudio.com

[jozhe]

Silent – Moonbot Studios

[human-relationships-stuff]

Heard on Tuesday Filed under: heard on tuesday, share it, threesixtyfive, video Tagged: Antonio Pasin, fun, Moonbot Studios, Taking Flight, Tuesday, video, vimeo

[laganumalimited]

Diggs Nightcrawler. Book, caterpillar and broken egg

Diggs Nightcrawler. Book, caterpillar and broken egg

Game Name : Diggs NightcrawlerGenre : interactive movie plus augmented realityDeveloper : Moonbot Studios, Exient Ltd.Publisher : Sony Computer EntertainmentSimilar games : Wonderbook: Book of SpellsPlatforms : PS3Release date : May 31, 2013Official site : http://moonbotstudios.com/diggs-nightcrawler/ A few months ago, we wrote about a very original gaming product for the PS3 console, using as a…

[bgmedia42]

Friday Film Short

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, a 2011 animated short from Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was the Oscar winner for Best Animated Short that year, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. It's the tale of an aspiring writer's encounter with magic in the aftermath of a hurricane in New Orleans, using Moonbot's usual freewheeling blend of traditional and digital animation techniques.

[rbolick]

Bookmarking Book Art - "Previously on ..."

Bookmarking Book Art – “Previously on …”

W is for “window”. © Myriapod Productions, 2013

“Previously on …”  Say the phrase and most listeners’ brains switch to a favorite channel and television series. It is part of our vernacular. It instantly evokes a compound state of remembering and anticipating.

Myriapod Productions embodies that state of mind in its animated alphabet-book film series Mysteries of Vernacular. Each book for each…

[gpltechnologies]

Shreveport, Louisiana is the home to Moonbot Studios, a 6-old-year multimedia production studio with a knack for creating storytelling magic. Founded by filmmakers William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg and Lampton Enochs, the company won an Academy Award in 2012 for the whimsical animated short

[techonologie]

Moonbot Studios, a 6-year-old multimedia production studio with a penchant for producing storytelling magic, is based in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 2012, the business earned an Academy Award for the whimsical animated short The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which was created by directors William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg, and Lampton Enochs. Moonbot has developed feature-quality animation for television, games, apps, branded entertainment, and a variety of other mediums with a crew of 50 artists, producers, and support employees. It has receive

[metzae]

"Destiny Falls" by Mark Petrie + "Escape" from Moonbot Studios from Metzae on Vimeo.

[vvsnotes]

Memories [practice 1] | update 1

inspirations

Memories and nostalgia is the next topic for the brief. One of my favourites animations touches on this topic in a lovely manner. La maison en Petits Cubes by Kunio Kato tells a story of a man living in the world where the water level constantly increases and because of that he is forced to repeatedly build another floor on top of the flooded one. One day he dives in the water and visits the old levels that remind him of his life. I first saw this animation on a festival and everything, from the music to the visual expression, absolutely moves me. The animation has a rather slow pace.I think what I admire about this movie is it’s ability to show a very sad topic, but still show it a way that put a smile on your face. The story and a concept is genius, the metaphor each cube representing a certain period of life, makes you really strongly connected to the story. 

Whenever I try to come up with any animation I take inspiration from La maison en Petits Cubes, just because I consider it as a very good visual story. The animation uses no words and despite that the viewer has no problem understanding the world and its laws entirely. 

For my animation, however, I would like to use a voice over. My two main inspirations are Taking Flight and One small step. I would show a kid’s perception of a world. One small step is a beautiful story that has incredible visuals. For Memories, I would very much like to go in that mood of an aesthetic. Soft colours and glow. I think it is a very well made animation because everything in it kind of reminds you of a dream and aspirations, the added glow is directly connected with the girl’s dream of being an astronaut and her father. It also reminds the viewer of the space and the stars.  Taking flight has a different aspect that I would like to showcase in my animation. It shows a father that is forever busy but once he sees he’s old cart he comes back to the world of imagination and carelessness. 

storyboard 

[voice over transcript: When you are a kid, sometimes you don’t fully grasp some concepts. So when I was a kid, I would watch this one movie, not because it was my favourite. I watched it because every time the characters would go on the adventure and every time they would be so close to the final, the movie would stop and the screen would glitch. I would be so disappointed... But in my kid’s logic, I just had to give the cassette some more time to rest and so it could stop being so mean. So I would watch it again and again, until I got too old. I need to say, it still bugs me, how did the movie end?]

The story is quite long, I assume that I won’t be able to complete it all in less than a week. However, I think I will try to start it and completed it to some extend. 

I am still learning the new software so I will have to figure out how to get a best visual effect with what I know so far. The animation of a character I want to be inspired by the main girl from One small step. 

references. 

Kato, K. (2008). La Maison en Petits Cubes. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhQ75OV4VRs [Accessed 19 Nov. 2020]. 

TAIKO Studios (2018). One Small Step. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcpRSQ-irs [Accessed 19 Nov. 2020].

Moonbot Studios  (2015). Taking Flight . YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj6V-xZgtlQ&feature=emb_logo [Accessed 19 Nov. 2020].