Anti- Valentines Day Screening

Somehow still screening places in 2017... This valentines day, if you think your're stuck in a shit relationship, why not head down to LIAF's anti- valentines day show and see how it could be worse. ;P

www.liaf.org.uk

A bit of Bertie

Rock 'N' Rolling Snowman!

YAY! Its Finally here! Rock 'N' Rolling Snowman!
Made using Photoshop and After Effects, it took about 4 Months to make.

After a Snowman is given an old guitar as part of his decoration- he comes to life! and proceeds to Rock out! He is soon joined by Santa (Vocals), Rudolph (Drums) Jack Frost (Bass) and some Robins (who sing La La La)

MUSIC:
Written by James Michalos
Performed by Plastic Snow
Vocals - Sean Kingsley
Guitars - Ben Wheeler
Filipe Monteiro
Tim Bonser
Bass - Ben Hillyard
Drums - Alex Waldmann
Keyboards - James Michalos
Backing Vocals - Gemma Baird
Rebecca Bowden
Siubhan Harrison

VIDEO:
Animated and Directed by Francesca Adams
Additional Animation by: Claire Winters, Min Young Oh, Lilian Fu, Kristina Yee

COMING SOON!

So this is what I've been underground working on recently: Rock 'N' Rolling Snowman!

Shortvisions International Short Film Festival

Can't believe that Bertie is STILL doing festivals in 2014... I'm pretty sure this has to be our last one. It's our Chinese premiere! 

For more information, please visit: 

www.shortvisionsfestival.com

7th LICHTSPIELKLUB SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Wow. Still doing some festivals in 2014 (O_O)
Bertie Crisp will be screening in this years Lichtspielklub Short Film Festival - British Shorts in Berlin!

For more information, please visit: 

www.britishshorts.de

EMPTY POOLS - Slack Tide

Its finally available! Premiered on the Guardian Website!

"For the deliciously crumpled sweetness of their new single Slack Tide, the band decided to create possibly one of the most charmingly depressing animated videos of all time. Directed by Francesca Adams (and premiered here), the video shows a sad cartoon man going through the daily monotonies of life as he struggles to cope with living on a series of circular planets. In the end, well, he just jumps off the metaphorical treadmill." (-Extract from the Guardian) 

Read in full here:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/28/empty-pools-slack-tide

Alan is fed up of his day to day routine and decides to take the saying 'Stop the world, I want to get off' quite literally.

Credits:

Music by Empty Pools, from debut album 'Saturn Reruns'
http://www.emptypools.co.uk
http://battle.greedbag.com/empty-pools (UK, AUS, NZ)
http://enclaves.greedbag.com/empty-pools (rest of world)

Directed and animated by Francesca Adams
http://chessca-oddcat.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChesscaAdams

Additional animation by Kristina Yee and Rebecca Barbusica
Additional sound by Axle Kith Ee Cheeng
http://axlesound.blogspot.co.uk/

Slack Tide... Coming... Er... Eventually.... (O_O)

I've been working on a music video for the single Slack Tide by a band called Empty Pools for the past few months, and its almost finished! :D

Hit some render issues and general... 'This file is far too big to handle without splitting it into 12+ files'. And the fact that I have just one computer have made what should have been a weeks work into almost an extra month (@_@) BUT the end (the real end this time!) is in sight.

The Official release of Slack Tide by Empty Pools will be in a week or so. But until then, I thought I'd post some stills and a link to the song :D

The track 'Slack Tide' by 'Empty Pools' is now available :D 

You can listen to it here: 

soundcloud.com/emptypools/slack-tide

Future Heroes | Heroes of Animation

So... Amazingly, got asked to be a part of this. Apparently I am a 'Future Hero of Animation' Woot :P 

You can watch the whole series here: 

Heroes of Animation with Bing! | HUHA

Ciné-court animé

Bertie is screening in Ciné-court animé in France this month. 

(Pretty sure we're coming to the end of Bertie's festival life soon!) 

For more information, please go to: 

www.animationfestival.roanne.fr

Lets Get Squiggling! Storyboards

So last year I got the chance to be Storyboard Artist for Ceebeebies 'Lets Get Squiggling- Letters!' at Blue-Zoo. It was pretty awesome, Each episode was based around a letter of the alphabet, so they had whole new characters and settings for each.

Here are some from one of my favorite episodes- D (Dinosaur, Dentist and Donut)

you can find out more about the series here: 

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/get-squiggling

and watch the latist episode on BBC i player (which is Ep D) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episode/b01qsl16/Get_Squiggling!_Letters_Letter_D

Y was another one of my Fave episodes. It involved an over sensitive Yeti.

Magmafestival!

Bertie will be screening at this years Magma Film Festival! 

For more information, please go to:

www.magmafestival.org

ASFF

Bertie Crisp will be screening at this years Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF)

in York From the 8th- 11th of November.

For more information- or to book a ticket, please go to:

www.asff.co.uk

The Van d'Or Awards

At the Van d'Or Awards 2012 (aka. Cannes in a Van) Bertie Crisp won 'Best Animation'! Woo!!! 

This means that Bertie Crisp is off to Cannes film festival!... in a van! 

For more information, please visit:

http://www.cannesinavan.com/mobile-film-festival/

GIFF

Bertie Crisp will be screening at the 15th Guanajuato International Film Festival! July 20th - 29th, 2012 in San Miguel de Allende & Guanajuato, México.

For more information, please go to:  

www.guanajuatofilmfestival.com

Anima Mundi 2012

Bertie Crisp Will be screening at this year's Anima Mindi in Rio de Janeiro! Its our Brazilian Premiere! :D .

(On the poster, Grace is wondering why they have a statue of Richard Branson- or 'the Telly Channel guy')

For more information, please visit:

www.animamundi.com.br

RUSHES Soho Shorts

Bertie is screening at this years RUSHES! Soho Shorts in Animation Programme 2 

(Tuesday 17th July, 20:30 Old Crompton Street, SOHO) 

 

For more information, please go to:

 www.sohoshorts.com

Anger Management

From my first year at the NFTS, this is my 'Project Two' film.
Project two focused on character development and gave us the chance to work with voice actors for the first time.

The only rules we had was using our character, and someone else's- we have to make them hug.
My character was 'Simon', a Bat with anger management issues... the character I got was 'Vincent', an elderly Cartographer who is bitter with the world... not the most likely to hug.

The film is done completely in Biro (Ball point Pen) on paper (using a light box) Being in able to make mistakes sped me up- as I only had a few weeks to make the film.
The set up is- Simon and Vincent meet in the canteen of a community centre. Vincent has been to Calligraphy class, Simon to Anger management.

My Top animating speed on this project was 112 Frames (Individual drawings) a day- but I did have to sellotape the Biro to my hand, due to RSI...  I could only keep up that speed for about 2 days (@_@)

Sand Animation!

Sand Animation from my first year at the NFTS- Taught by Caroline Leaf.

The 'Story' is based from my childhood, when I would have a plastic skellington (insted of Barbie), there was a stream in the next village me and my brother would paddle in. We would dangle our plastic skellingtons (Bonies) in the water, pretending they were fishing for us :D

BAA DVD!

Bertie is now on DVD! (... A proper DVD :P)

For more information, and to order a copy, please go to: 

www.britishanimationawards.com