To recap, here is the creative brief the delegates were given, Product: Air Feature: Keeps you alive Spot length: 15 sec, you have to use the below character in  6 different backgrounds.

The objective of this workshop is to think beyond one production platform and mix the 3D character with whatever media; this can be live-action, digital stills, stock footage, 2D drawings, matte-paintings a miniature set or the use of stop-motion – you name it!

Tomorrow we begin the rendering process and should have some scenes to show. On Friday we will continue rendering and composite all the 2D and 3D elements and output the final Animated spot. To view an easy explanation of the Animation Process check out our quirky and entertaining ABC to Animation here

Delegates can comment today’s progress by visiting our Cirkus booth @ the Palais and/or via social media: www.facebook.com/CirkusNYNZ and https://twitter.com/CirkusLtd. If you’re not @ Cannes please here’s your chance to get involved!

Click here to see the first WIP!  The Cirkus artists have started to put the elements and 3D characters on a timeline to see how the story can work. This is the first real step in the animation process and, evidently, it’s pretty rough, complete with stand-in voice-overs. Over the next days we will animate the character and object(s) proper, work on camera, layout and timing. Once we’re happy with all animation we will render and composite all the 2D and 3D elements to create this animated spot.

We are working with the following creative brief:

Product: Air Feature: Keeps you alive Spot length: 15 sec, you have to use the below character in  6 different backgrounds.

The objective of this workshop is to think beyond one production platform and mix the 3D character with whatever media; this can be live-action, digital stills, stock footage, 2D drawings, matte-paintings a miniature set or the use of stop-motion – you name it!

To view an easy explanation of the Animation Process check out our quirky and entertaining ABC to Animation here

Delegates can comment on the film’s progress by visiting our Cirkus booth @ the Palais and/or via social media: www.facebook.com/CirkusNYNZ and https://twitter.com/CirkusLtd. If you’re not @ Cannes, here’s your chance to get involved!

The 2 sessions of “My Animation Rules” workshop were full to the brim with eager Cannes delegates. Just check out the pics and movies here:

The delegates were put into teams and asked to create the storyboard and environment using assets supplied by Cirkus, with the following creative brief:

Product: Air Feature: Keeps you alive Spot length: 15 sec

The objective of this workshop was to think beyond one production platform and mix the 3D character with whatever media; this can be live-action, digital stills, stock footage, 2D drawings, matte-paintings a miniature set or the use of stop-motion – you name it!

You can vote for the board that YOU would like to see go into production, so check out the Cirkus blog or go on our Facebook or Twitter feeds to get in on the action. The boards have also been put up at the Cirkus booth in the Palais at the festival. Voting will finish end of day June 17th.

Once the winning board is chosen the Cirkus artists will perform their magic tricks to produce an animated spot during this Festival week.

Votes will be counted at the end of today, so make sure to jump to the Facebook page before then. Good luck to the delegates and now, let the show begin!

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Some – dare we say – amazingly detailed 3D modeling and design, as well as fluid magic from Dare Devil Chris Lyne completed the action packed character animation.

Click here for the final movie:

Agency Credits:
Creative Director: Gustavo Asman
Agency Producer: Ayu Safitri

Cirkus:
Director: Christian Greet
Animator Directors: Christian Greet, Dylan Coburn, Martin Haughey (Karactaz Animation)
Producer: Kate Goodwin
Liquid Animation: Chris Lyne
Rigging: Jake Tuck
Rendering: Layne Howe, Romain Borrel, Andrew McCully
Compositing: Sandesh Codhadu

The Cirkus promo tour 2013 kicks off this week with a lot of new eye candy! Ringmaster Marko Klijn will be pitching up the Cirkus tent in Jakarta as of this Wednesday 5 June.  We’ll be breaking up on Saturday to WOW Ho Chi Minh City, Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 June. On Wednesday June 12 until Friday June 14 we’ll by performing tricks in Singapore.

Please e-mail ringmaster@cirkus.co.nz to see the greatest Animation Show on earth!

Cirkus’ stop motion animator and in-house “Flea” Norman Yeend hand animated hundreds of pure Arabica Maatouk coffee beans assisted by bean builders Fortune teller Kylie He and Joonseok Yoon.

Check the final spot here:

Check out the making of…

Cannes is the perfect platform to perform our tricks for a worldwide creative audience.

Since our first visit in 2009, we have built a highly successful relationship with the Cannes Lions organisation and with that comes our continued presence in sponsoring and hosting a workshop.

Our 2010 “Kamikaze” workshop, 2011 “How much animation does my dollar buy” workshop and 2012 “Do it not the Same” workshops all have the same objective, demonstrating to delegates that animation is a fun and creative tool which, if done in a smart way, will have the X-Factor.

The core mission of Cirkus is making animation accessible and understandable to the general public. The purpose of our workshops is to engage delegates into generating creative ideas for animation, storyboarding and the use of mixed media.