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MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:21 pm
by Mikdog


https://vimeo.com/106576633

Hey guys,

Long time!

I made a short with Nickelodeon. It's called 'MOOSEBOX'.

Lightboxes and pencil animation, Photoshop, (other pixel artists used a range of other pixel / animation apps), Anime Studio (pretty much used as a sequencer for frames animated in Photoshop, some squash-and-stretch use too) , Premiere, some other program / specialised machine for colour grade. For audio my bro used Logic, often with a plug-in called YMCK's 'Magical 8-bit Plug-in' (primitive wave sounds with some midi controls), voices were recorded in an LA studio, we patched in from Cape Town. Audio Engineer mastered in Pro Tools.

Anyways, I'm really pleased with it, hope you like it! :)

More info:

http://www.mikescottanimation.com/moosebox/

http://www.awn.com/news/nickelodeon-ann ... ts-program

Was also on front page of Gizmodo.com:

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Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:29 pm
by Danimal
This is great from start to finish. When the moose pops out and sticks his tongue out at the bad guy, I genuinely laughed out loud. Really extremely well done!

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:38 pm
by KenW
Very Impressive work! :roll:

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:41 pm
by Mikdog
Thanks Danimal and KenW :)

Yes, Moose's tongue 'Alolololololo' seems to get a laugh at that point.

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:49 pm
by FeeblyWeebly
That. Was. Amazing.

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:23 pm
by Mikdog
Lol. Thanks FeeblyWeebly :) Hoping we can make some more.

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:22 am
by lwaxana
Wow, love it so much!! >_<

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:38 am
by heyvern
It's a less offensive version of Wren and Stimpy for the 21st century. It also harkens back to Rocky and Bullwinkle.

I like it. :)

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:47 pm
by Mikdog
Hey Iwa, long time! Thanks!

HeyVern, I mean, hey, HeyVern! Man I dig Ren & Stimpy.

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:27 am
by Lukas
Looking goood!

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:12 am
by 3deeguy
I had to come up with a new word. That was just "virally" good. Every aspect of it was...good! I want to ask where your ideas come from but the short answer is probably "from your imagination". Do you plan anything else with those characters?

Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:27 am
by Mikdog
Thanks for the replies Lukas and 3deeguy :)

3deeguy > Ideas. Where do they come from? I don't know. I have a bunch of stuff in the back of my mind that I've always wanted to do in animation and every now and then an abstract idea is formalised and a couple other ideas bunch onto that. I remember being kind of relaxed when conceiving MooseBox. Here's the back of a receipt I drew on in a coffee shop to explain to a buddy the idea I had decided to pitch:

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Re: MOOSEBOX

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:47 am
by Droxon
Great animation!