Philip

Philip is our second entry into the Flippin' Stings competition run by the Flip Festival. As our first entry was an object animation, we decided to make this sting more character driven, and used the opportunity to experiment more with the character. We worked in more of a cartoon style (mildly inspired by Camberwick Green and Pingu!), which we really enjoyed. Another reason we like working on these short projects is that it gives us a chance to experiment with different aesthetics.

The making was pretty straight forward as we had a simplified design. And the majority of the shooting went well as Philip was very stable, so we were able to just push him along! However the flip was rather tricky and we ended up having to go for closeup shots rather than a wide shot of the flip.

We really like Philip, and hope to do more things like this in the future.

We will keep you updated on the outcome of the competition.

Flippin' Charts

The Flip International Animation Festival are running a competition called Flippin' Stings, which invites animators to create a ten second ident promoting Flip, and the chosen stings will be used within the festival.

We decided to take part, as we really enjoyed making The E4sy Way for the E4 Estings competition a few months ago; when working in stop motion even a short film takes months to make, so creating a ten second film is a breath of fresh air as it only takes a couple of days.

We had two ideas for the competition so decided to make both. Flippin' Charts is the first of the two; the idea came from an office set that we already had made for something that didn't happen. As the set was already made we only needed to make the flip charts, so the whole process took just one day. The film features flip charts with animated writing displaying the four stages of creating a stop motion film.

See the video and images here: http://enjoy-film.com/Flippin_Charts.html

Look out for our second entry, 'Philip', next week.....

Joy Screenings!

The time has finally come for us to share Joy with the general public! We've been impatiently waiting to screen Joy and see what people think - so please feel free to come along to any of the events listed below, we'd love to see you there and hear your thoughts. Until then, check out the trailer and making of videos here: http://www.vimeo.com/enjoyfilm

Screening info:

SHOWROOM SHORTS 

13th September, 7.30pm @ Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. (FREE)
 Hosted by the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network (SYFN) more details here:
http://syfn.org/news/ (second feature in the news bulletin)



MINI CINE


22nd September, 7pm @ Armley Mills, Leeds. 
A monthly film screening; showing a feature film supported by a short, the feautre film showing this month is 'La Haine' written and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Tickets now SOLD OUT:
http://miniminicine.wordpress.com/%20

PECHA KUCHA
28th September, 7pm @ Portland Works, Sheffield. PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts etc. £5/£10/£20
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/sheffield/

NEXUS NIGHT CAFE


16th October, 2am - 6am (Sat night/Sun morn) @ Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester. (FREE)
A weekly night time screening event for those who want to wind down after a night out! Joy will be screened on a loop throughout the night so drop in at any time.

http://welcometo.nexusartcafe.com/

SHORTSBREAD

1st November, 6pm @ Dock St. Market, Leeds. (FREE) 
A monthly networking and screening event for filmmakers and film fans, hosted by the wonderful WYIFN:
http://www.wyifn.co.uk/

KERRY FILM FESTIVAL
1st November, 6pm @ Siamsa Tire, Tralee (6 Euro).
Joy will be shown as part of the international category of Animation Shorts
http://www.kerryfilmfestival.com/?cat=57

TINY DOG PRODUCTIONS
9th December, 7.30pm @ The Honor Oak, London. (£3 entry)
The first evening of short film from Tiny Dog Theatre.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288283354532309

NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS
12th December, 7pm @ Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds (FREE, optional donations to charity on the night)
A showcase of local film to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Trust.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=296609543696549


This blog post and Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107385339365359 will be continually updated with further details and (hopefully) details of new screenings as they come up. For anybody who is interested in screening Joy, please get in touch at contact@enjoy-film.com


Hope to see you soon!

enJoy!

The E4sy Way

We spent last weekend making a ten second animated short for the 2011 E4 Estings competition.

Our entry, titled The E4sy Way (clever eh?) is about finding the easy way in. The E4's want to be on TV, and they are all trying their hardest to get inside, but one E4 has more common sense than the others.

The video made within two days. We already had our idea for the concept and design so the first day was spent making the set, which was fairly straightforward, but we had to consider how we would do things like having the E4's coming through the wall and floor. Then the second day was spent shooting and editing, which was also very straightforward as we were just animating objects rather than human characters. All in all it was really enjoyable to work on something that was fast paced and completed very quickly, we'll definitely be entering again next time!

You can watch the video and vote for our entry in the competition by following this link and clicking Yay! http://www.e4.com/video/toCGWAyh6fnUT0bRnp9mZX/play.e4

There are also photo's of the design, construction and production of The E4sy Way on our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/enJoyfilm or in the new gallery on our website: http://enjoy-film.com/E_Sting.html