Getting The Book Invented

This little animated gem by Gavin Edwards was an entry into the Literary Platform's international competition which asked creative to animated Douglas Adams' audio clip recorded for his publisher tracking the evolution of the book.

The winner was named Eleanor Stokes with her animation. The scroll bit is pretty lolworthy.



Check out the Sourcery for the full story and more linkage concerning 'prophecies'. The Francis Ford Coppola one is particularly eerie/interesting.

Pause Fest 2011 | Open for submissions!

Melbourne’s already vibrant cultural and arts scene is about to receive a fresh new feel and perspective with the launch of its first digital festival. Pause Fest, which will be held from the 7th-13th November 2011, is about the new, innovative, interactive, exciting, creative and contemporary in the digital, advertising and creative industries featuring some of the world’s most creative minds of the 21st century.

This exciting addition to Melbourne’s cultural landscape has launched their impressive website which provides information about the amazing local and international artists and agencies that will be taking part in this years inaugural festival. The website features profiles, interviews and show reels from the likes of industry heavyweights such as Tronic Studio (USA), Fantasy Interactive (SWE), Director Kobayashi (UK), Leviathan (USA), Plenty (ARG), Physalia (ESP) as well as talented solo artists making waves in the industry: Dima Grubin (BLR), Andrey Muratov (RUS), Ronaldo Tozzi (BRA), Antonis Zagoraios (GRE), Dante Nou (AUS) and many others.

Pause Fest’s mission is to transform the city into an open gallery and create networking opportunities as well as dazzling visual and interactive experiences for both artists and the general public. That’s why Pause Fest has a number of opportunities for creatives to get involved and welcomes all submission whether from agencies that are looking to expand their scope and be part of something truly unique and innovative, or from solo artists who would like an opportunity to have their work showcased to an international and national audience.

Pause Fest is looking for a range of different types of talent to be involved, from local agencies and artists, production houses to musicians, performers and VJs to truly show off the plethora of creative activity that Melbourne offers. The festival will be an amalgamation of open exhibitions, interactive displays, live musical performances, visual projections, brand and product launches and new technologies.

Submission forms for show reels, animation, anything that moves and is at the cutting edge of the creative industries or blurs the creative boundaries can be found online on the Pause Fest website as well as submission for their world wide open poster contest for graphic artists. Submissions close September 1st 2011.

The type of submission Pause Fest is looking for are:

• Show reels of animations, anything that moves or is 3D
• Interactive displays and exhibitions
• Product and brand launch events to be part of the festival - anything that is new and innovative from concept cars to new technologies and communication devices
• Visual projections that truly dazzle
• Musical and live performances of any kind and any genre
• Poster graphics for the Pause Fest poster
• And anything to that is digital and kick’s ass!

Contact: submissions@pausefest.com.au

Saatchi&Saatchi | Moby - Hello Future

The Brief

This year, as part of The Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Saatchi & Saatchi partners with Vimeo and Moby to discover yet another unique filmmaking talent, with a Music Video Challenge.

The brief is simple: interpret and bring to life the idea of 'Hello, Future' in the form of a fantastic music video for one of Moby's tracks from his new album, 'Destroyed'.

The winner will be announced and their video screened at this year's New Directors' Showcase in Cannes, as well as on the Vimeo site.

Historically, many featured directors in the Showcase have gone on to seriously successful careers: Tarsem, Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, Ivan Zacharias, Kinka Usher, Danny Kleinman and Jonathan Glazer included.

No pressure.

Submission deadline: midnight EST May 9, 2011
Winner announcement: 10.00 EST June 23, 2011

Download tunes here!

Orange | Balloonancy

First to finish! STARTS 8TH NOVEMBER!
Be the first racer to the end of the internet and you’ll win a luxury hot air balloon flight anywhere in the UK, with lots of posh nosh for you and three friends to enjoy. There is more prizes, but most of all the experience of competing in race on the net is priceless. Check the balloonancy website for more details.

World’s Best Bars | World’s Best App Competition

World's Best Bars iPad Competition from World's Best Bars on Vimeo.

Over the next few weeks, the website 'World's Best Bars' is crowd sourcing ideas for their new iPad app, inviting developers, students, and general creative types to submit their ideas. After all of the submissions are received there will be a period of public online voting to narrow down the top ten ideas and then a jury of some select executive and media types- including Tim Cunningham, the director of digital media at Pernod Ricard- will decide on the winning concept. Best of all, the winner gets a $10,000 prize.

Rebrand 100 Global Awards

REBRAND and REBRAND 100 - Rebranding Strategy Overview by Anaezi Modu from REBRAND™ on Vimeo.

2011 REBRAND 100 Global Awards entry information is now available. If you believe you're a world class branding expert or an executive driving and shepherding amazing brands, you'll want to enter this year.

> September 22, 2010 - postmark entry deadline
> October 6, 2010 - late entry with late fee deadline