victory!

"Juxtaposed" will air this Saturday August 8th, at 11pm on PBS

For some reason I didn't make a post about this a week ago...

For the past week, people have been voting on my film at Reel13.com! It's been part of an ongoing competition since last friday; every week Reel13.com has a short film competition.  The film with the most votes gets to be shown on PBS/WNET the following Saturday evening at 11pm. 

Plus I get cash which is always helpful hahaha.

"Juxtaposed" won by two votes!!! TWO! Thanks to all those who voted! It was a nail-biter to say

the least.  I really appreciate all those who promoted the event and helped get this film some air time!

Thanks everyone, really.  Drinks on me... in 30 years when I have a stable income.

**** Update 3.30pm ****

Why does my thesis advisor rock so hard?

also- Be sure to check out his site.  Click here to visit the madness! You can connect to his blog from there as well.

ponyo tickets!

Tickets for the first east coast pre-screening of "Ponyo" recently went on sale! Of course I already bought some (section one....is that good?) but you can buy them too!  The screening will be held in the lovely Symphony Space uptown on 2537 Broadway (95th Street) on Sunday August 9th at 3pm.  Tickets are only $15 and $0-$5 for members of NYICFF.

you can buy them here

***7.28.09 in all the excitement I forgot to post the link!!!***

Don't hesitate to buy tickets for this, it's gonna be goooooooood! It's "expected to sell out" so get them now!  

Maybe you'll see me in section one... wherever that is...

juxtaposed at ABP!

Juxtaposed will be having it's first non school affiliated film festival screening at Animation Block Party!

ABP is from July 24th-26th in Brooklyn, NY.  "Juxtaposed" will be playing the first night which will be located at Rooftop Films.  The following two nights will be at BAMcinematek.  ABP wil be showcasing over 80 animated shorts and there's expected to be a great turn out this year so get your tickets now!

You can always order at the door but it's better to have them on will call

screening and ticket information can be found here

colors

Finally got some more work done on the new film.  These are the three main characters, the two on the left are the designs when they're older.  Started working on the storyboards too- hopefully I can get a lot of the pre production done by the end of the year.  Still working on the title though, I have a couple of things going around in my head but with this one, I really don't think I'll know what it'll be until I'm done with the story boards.  (And in case you're wondering- the boy on the left is supposed to have a crooked chin. I think it's probably the best thing about him :] )

Check it out.

Eat it up.

new resume

please hire me

ponyo

Apple has posted the official English trailer for "Ponyo."  Can't wait to get to see this on the big screen! Hopefully it'll be nominated for an Academy, but it's going against some stiff competition from "UP" which will be really hard to beat...  The cast sounds great so far in respects to Cate Blanchett and Tina Fey.  Noah Cyrus sounds really great as Ponyo too- it's a good match in my opinion.  

click here to see the trailer

See it August 14th!

Also, just a nice little find;  A.O. Scott from the NYTimes did a 4 minute video review of "Princess Mononoke."  You can watch the clip here

success

So I had been having a bit of a hard time coming up with a character design for my next film.  Who knew that creating a little kid would be so difficult?  After numerous versions though I finally came out with a design I am happy with.  The designs on the left are when he's grown up and there's a magic costume change haha.  

In other news,  I've been meaning to post this for a while now but- FUTURAMA is back! ahhh 2010 will see the second Animated series to be revived due to DVD sales (the first being Family Guy).  First off I'm pumped for this;  I have that stupid trait of having to quote from Futurama, 30Rock, and The Office (basically you don't want to be friends with me).  Secondly, I'm so surprised that it's happening so quickly.  I mean, the last Futurama DVD movie just came out not too long ago and Matt Groening had an interview where he said they were thinking about bringing back the series but it wouldn't be for a really long time if it did.  But  I guess when you're talking to nerds, one year is way too long for us to have to wait.  

Bet you're cryin' now, huh Fox?

let's look at another Fox failure: