Magazines & Cruel Jokes

The May issue of Video Maker Magazine, where our cartoon, Bacon Samurai, won animation of the year has hit news stands everywhere. Wright's name was left out as the creator by mistake, so we'll give him a shout out here while we wait for the correction in an upcoming issue.

We also found this a little while ago. Its called Spider by Blue-Tongue Films, a small group of film-makers based in Australia. Enjoy it, as well as all their other work.

The new Flash vCam has Awesome Features

Bryan Heisey has released a friggin' sweet new Flash vCam based on the original created by Sham Bhangal and Dave Dixon. It is compatable with CS3 (the old one wasn't) and has some really awesome new features, including blur and tint. Also looks like it's compatable with different blend modes. I love Flash.

V cam and CS3 - BryanHeisey.com

Be sure to watch the two demo movies, it's quite powerful.

-Chris

Cornell University

Chris has just completed a pro-bono job for the Dean of Students at Cornell University as a creative consultant.

Olympus Burger - Best of Week at NG

Thought I'd post this screenshot, both parts of OB in the top 10 of the week!

Olympus Burger #5 of All Time!

It's since changed, but for a day Olympus Burger was #5 of ALL TIME on newgrounds. They cycled Part 2 to the homepage, which brought the scores down (some people saw part 2 before part 1) but I figured I would post this screenshot because it's awesome.

OB kills it on NG!

Olympus Burger is doing very well on NewGrounds this week! Part 1 has been featured on the homepage since Friday, and Part 2 has won WEEKLY USERS CHOICE and REVIEW CREW PICK for this week! It's also ranked #5 of all time for score, with a 4.41/5.00 ! (it peaked last night at a 4.44). Apollo's Webcast is getting less attention, but it hanging steadily atound a 3.5.

If you've got a minute, head over to Newgrounds and VOTE to support us! You can vote once a day and you don't even need an account!

Olympus Burger on NewGrounds.com

Olympus Burger and Apollo's webcast have been released in an ALL-FLASH version on NewGrounds.com! Show your support by voting on the pages below. It only takes a second and you don't even need an account!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/428909
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/428928
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/429456

March Update!

The dust has settled here at Moving Box Studios; we’ve almost finished with renovations and are awaiting inspection. Assuming all goes as planned, we will be having a grand opening gala in early April! Yay for progress! Despite the sawdust in our laptops, we’ve managed to keep the ball rolling on our current projects. A meeting is being scheduled with Adult Swim to discuss Olympus Burger.

In addition, Joe has brought the long awaited Chalk Outlines to its final stages of post production! He has also finished M.9 and, after consulting with our sound designer Dave, will be submitting it to film festivals. All preliminary interviews with the staff at Ithaca Health Alliance have been completed and we hope to finish the documentary within the next 6 weeks.

After an impromptu photo shoot at Cayuga Medical Center, Wright and Chris have gotten the second episode of Days of our Lamps under way. Entitled ‘General Popsicle,’ its release date is expected to be in late spring or early summer. Finally, next week we’ll be getting two Sony EX1 HD cameras! Check back with us soon for final release dates and information about our Grand Opening Gala.

Bacon Samurai wins at Video Maker Magazine

BACON SAMURAI created by Wright Rickman and produced by Chris Davidson has won Video Maker Magazine's 20th annual video content for BEST ANIMATION.

More info as we know more. Our friends over at OurStage.com entered Bacon Samurai for us.

Credit bump for ICTV

Check out the opening titles I just finished for Joe Pera's 1950's episode.

http://www.movingboxstudios.com/chris/joepera/JoePeraCredits.swf

-Chris

The Making of Wright Talks About Yams

New Animation! A special Behind-The-Scenes look at the making of Wright Talks About Yams.

Check it out on newgrounds, and please VOTE FIVE!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/425040

The Last Time We Built a Studio

Here are some photos of Moving Box Studio #1. Hope this will serve as fuel for the fire that is Moving Box Studio #2 in the CSMA. If you have any photos, you can log in with the Google account and add them to the album.

Click Here to view the history.