Idioclips is a competition put together by Australian comedy group Tripod, where people make music videos to any of their songs and the finalists are screened during the Comedy Festival, with the band playing the song live as accompaniment.

Lachlan and I put together an entry this year, in a very short amount of time, and have just been told that we've made the finals!

Come along and cheer us on! The screening and winners announcement is made on April 19th, 5pm, at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. You can book tickets through Ticketmaster and for more info, check out http://www.comedyfestival.com.au or http://www.3pod.com.au

See you there!

Tags: tripod, animation, flash, hand-drawn, comedy festival, screening, music video

A banner I made for Video Game Trader
Click to view at full size.

Tags: banner, design, animation

Here's what I've been working on the past 4 months ! - Animations for the Victorian Transport Plan website for the Department of Transport. I made all the animations you see on the website. Of particular note is this interactive map showing proposed projects around Victoria. This map was built and modified with the support of the Department of Justice.

Check it all out here - http://www3.transport.vic.gov.au/vtp

Tags: department of transport, animation, flash, interactive

I recently animated an opening sequence for a website i'm not allowed to name because my site ranks too highly on Google. (...)
The intro was created in Flash, combined with Illustrator and Photoshop and ties in with the award winning 'Splash' commercials which appeared on Australian TV earlier in the year.
I'm sure you can figure out which one it is though and go there to check out my intro.

Tags: animation, flash

Anarchist's Guild Social Committee is a sketch comedy group here in Melbourne, Australia. Each month they write, rehearse and perform a brand new show. For the last show, they wanted a short animation to tie in with one of their live sketches. The sketch was titled "Moments in history where your hipster cred does you no good" and was set at Gallipoli during WW1. In part of the sketch, a soldier tells the hipster that all he wanted to do was become a teacher, passing on knowledge to the children. The hipster replies that all he wanted to do was create a short indie music video in which a cat and a dog go to buy a waistcoat... and the cat has a fringe.

Hence the following animation.....
This was done in under two weeks (in amongst my full time job and other freelance work - which is why it becomes stills at some points) and Lachlan gave me a hand with putting bits of it together.

Tags: Anarchist's Guild Social Committee, animation

I just realised I forgot to post this! Secret Handshake in September was themed Time Travel and Lachlan and I made a stop motion film in the style of A Town Called Panic. (If you've never seen it before, check out an episode here -http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HlS9T1xEd2s)
This is a lesson on how not to make a stop motion - our base was a table that moved everytime we touched it, the camera didn't have a remote so it moved everytime we took a photo... etc etc. We didn't care about all this though - we were just having fun! The sound track was us turning on the Voiceover feature in Final Cut Pro and yelling things into my laptop's inbuilt mic.

Check it out!

Tags: secret handshake, animation, ANIMATION CLUB!!!

Another quick look at the cat and dog animation. It's almost done! Luckily too, cause it's being shown this weekend.... If you want to come check it out, it'll be part of THIS SUNDAY'S Anarchist Guild Social Committee show - Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, Melbourne.
Rock and Roll!!!

Tags: Anarchist's Guild Social Committee, animation

I'm working on an animation for the Anarchist's Guild Social Committee - a sketch comedy group here in Melbourne. The challenge is to make the most indie film ever made - therefore it's an animation where a cat (with a fringe) and a dog buy a waistcoat - all to the music of Elliott Smith. OW! Indie as! Here's a quick sketch of the cat in question.

Tags: animation, Anarchist's Guild Social Committee

The theme for August's Secret Handshake was underpants.


All other Secret Handshake submissions from that month are available for viewing at the ANIMATION CLUB!!! website. http://www.theanimationclub.com

Tags: ANIMATION CLUB!!!, secret handshake, animation, flash

The ANIMATION CLUB!!! event, 'Secret handshake' launched at Loop Bar last Tuesday. The theme was Robots and the film I made (on the afternoon of the launch!) looks like this....

Tags: animation, flash, secret handshake, ANIMATION CLUB!!!

National Youth Week 2008 - Community Service Announcements



Directed by Lifelounge, the television spots were created in Flash, for the promotion of the National Youth Week talent competitions. They were shown on Australian free-to-air television from early 2008.

Tags: animation, flash, after effects, puppets

Screen IT! Awards ceremony

Screen It! is a National moving image competition for Primary and Secondary School students, run by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

I was responsible for creating a number of animated title bumpers and editing video footage for the trailers used during the awards ceremony.

I also created a DVD compilation of the winning entries, with bumpers and titles, for permanent display in the ACMI Memory Grid exhibition space.

Tags: acmi, animation, screen it

Music Video - 'Happy New Year ATOM' by Yidcore

(I play the kangaroo)

Tags: animation, ANIMATION CLUB!!!, music video

Eyes Wide Open






You can't sneeze with your eyes open. FACT or FICTION? But what would happen if you could? Little Roscoe decides to test this myth with bizarre consequences.




Duration: 3:40mins

Directed by: Sarah Phillips and Michael Hill

Produced by: Aarthi Sriram / ANIMATION CLUB!!!

Music: Jamie Messenger and James Hazelden



Festival screenings:

2007 Tropfest Best of the Rest - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra.

2007 Prix Ars Electronica festival - Linz, Austria. (Computer Animation - Best of/Late night)

2007 RMIT Film + Video Awards

Tags: animation, ANIMATION CLUB!!!

Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle




Flash animation

Duration: 2:29mins

Directed and animated by: Sarah Phillips

Written by: James Hazelden and Sarah Phillips

Additional illustration: Rhiannon McGuinness and Ian Hirons

Music: Man Bites God



Screenings:

RAGE (ABC TV), Australia.

Tags: animation, music video, man bites god

Peppermint Superfrog





An animated video clip for Melbourne satirical rock band, Man Bites God.




Duration: 2:00mins

Directed, Animated and written by: Sarah Phillips

Produced by RMIT University

Music: Man Bites God



Screenings:

RAGE (ABC TV), Australia.

Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) - Memory Grid exhibition, 2008.

Westgarth Film Festival 2007 - 10 minute wonders

Tags: animation, ANIMATION CLUB!!!, man bites god, music video