So excited to finally let everyone know that we were an official nominee at the Long Island International Film Festival for best animation on behalf of our short film adaptation for Little Red Riding Hood.

It’s an absolute pleasure to be nominated by such an amazing festival. Having attended quite a few and have had films selected for others, LIFTF is one of the most organized and efficient festivals on the planet. Major props to their management and their passion for film!

Long Island Film: http://www.longislandfilm.com/

If you happen to be in the area, our short film adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood will be playing at the Long Island Film Festival. From what I’ve been told we may even be nominated for an award or two. We’ll have to wait and find out, but if you’re around you could always attend the festival as our rep and let us know for sure!

Here’s the link with all the info: http://www.longislandfilm.com/

If you haven’t noticed, we’re big fans of Vimeo. Over on Vimeo there is a new channel just for Main Titles. Our opening credits to the Thriller Sensored were just added to the mix. Go check it out! Vimeo: Main Titles http://vimeo.com/channels/maintitles

Also, speaking of Sensored, go grab a copy of it right now on Blu-Ray or DVD.

Amazon Store: http://www.amazon.com/Sensored-Robert-Picardo/dp/B0030Y122S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1270694187&sr=8-1

If you are not familiar with Sensored, the thriller stars Robert Picardo as a children’s book author tormented by his inner demons. The twist and turns don’t stop until the very last frame of the film. Naissance handled the titles and a hand full of special effects in the film itself.

In honor of the approaching Earth Day (April 22nd) the awesomeness that is Channel Frederator has posted our short film “Plastic Fish” for this week’s episode! Be sure to check it out right here:

http://www.channelfrederator.com/frederator/episode/CFR_20100419/happy-earth-day-plastic-fish-recycle-227-channel-frederator

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You might do both at the same time.

Naissance has directed another fun little short. This time the PSA is a short film titled: Plastic Fish.

I don’t want to give anything away, so without any further ado, please enjoy!

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Two film festivals will be screening Little Red Riding Hood in Europe this year! The short film will screen at the International Film Festival of Ireland and the Swansea Bay Film Festival in Wales.

In other film festival news, the music video Gray directed by Naissance for singer song writer Elizabeth Seward, has been selected by Shorts Non Stop as part of their current round up. Shorts Non Stop is an international film festival viewed online.

Check it out here:

http://www.shortsnonstop.com/

When you know a bunch of artists and designers - there is never a lack of ideas. Usually you find yourself in whirlwind of creativity and the toughest part is deciding which of those ideas to actually pursue.

This past year there has been one idea that we have absolutely loved, and it was the idea of telling a simple story through photographs. We knew from the beginning we wanted to tell a folk tale, something that was familiar but through a new lens. The story would be Little Red Riding Hood. Immediately we started talking colors, locations, wolves, fonts, music, pacing, scarves and all that usually accompanies a creative rush.

Trudging through the snow up in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada region of California we shot our shots, shivered all day and then in between the tiny breaks we have between client projects, we slowly pieced our narrative together.

We are really excited to share this fun little short film with you.

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We were really excited to see that Current TV posted an article on our music video for Elizabeth Seward’s awesome track “Gray.” Here’s what they had to say:

Elizabeth Seward's "Gray" Video Wins Sacramento Film and Music Festival Award

Article By: Mike Johnston

NYC indie rocker Elizabeth Seward continues the evolution of her musical career by claiming an award at the prestigious Sacramento Film and Music Festival. I have previously featured her winning video "Gray" here (and above) as well as another video/song she did titled "A New Town" (link: http://current.com/items/89964753_elizabeth-seward-a-new-town.htm ). The award she won was Best Independent Video (runner up) and that is kinda huge.

To check the article out on Current TV:

http://current.com/items/90749492_elizabeth-sewards-gray-video-wins-sacramento-film-and-music-festival-award.htm

Hey everybody!! The Sacramento Film & Music Festival kicks off tonight!! Opening night will launch the premiere of Sensored. There will be an after party as well to get your drink on, so if you are in the area, GO GET TICKETS! Sensored was directed by Naissance-collaborator Ryan Todd and produced by KeJo Productions. If you’re in attendance tonight you’ll get to see the titles and a few of the effects in the film created by Naissance. We’re extremely proud and really excited.

Also, super cool news is that our music video for Elizabeth Seward’s latest track “Gray” will be shown on Saturday night at the festival (7/25/09). You can check out “Gray” online, but it’ll be a lot cooler up on the big screen!!!

We are completely stoked to post that the film Sensored will be opening the Sacramento Film Festival this summer. The film was directed by co-conspirator Ryan Todd, written by Kevin Haskin, and produced by Jo Haskin. The film stars Robert Picardo of Star Trek fame as the devious Wade. A man caught between his murderous day job and his passion for writing children’s books (he has issues). The opening titles were created by Nick Trivundza and book ended with closing credits by Josh Jones.

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In the midst of one of the busiest production schedules I can remember - we have managed to concept / create / and finish the music video to Elizabeth Seward’s latest track, “Gray.” The music video itself was directed and designed by Nick Trivundza, produced by Lexie Findarle, with director of Photography Ryan Todd. Josh Jones was also on location as our special effects supervisor, but most importantly the video features an amazing performance by Elizabeth Seward herself.

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We just got back in from an awesome music video shoot in San Francisco for super cool rockstar Elizabeth Seward's brand new track "Gray." The shoot itself was handled by Naissance with Nick Trivundza directing, Ryan Todd at the helm as DP, Josh Jones over-seeing the motion tracking, and Lexie Findarle as producer.

We're now moving into the post-production and will be releasing the video into the wild soon!

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Really cool update in the realm of feature films. Director Ryan Todd’s film Sensored is currently wrapping post production. The film was produced by super cool production company KeJo and opening titles were created by Naissance’s Nick Trivundza. The film stars Robert Picardo as Wade Mixon, a children’s book author and illustrator whose “work” can be seen in the titles.

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Naissance has just wrapped a short-short film entitled "From This Window." This film, which is entirely graphic, recreates the seasons poetically passing by one's window. The film features a soundtrack by the musician Ugress and was directed by Nick Trivundza with sound design by John Northcraft. The piece was produced by Lexie Findarle who also supplied the narration. And a special thanks goes out to audio engineer Ryan Sibitiz for the record.

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Welcome to Naissance.tv, our online presence in the world of the wide web. As you may have noticed on our welcome page - we have two different versions of the site, the html “full” version of the site and the sister site built specifically for the iPhone. On the full version of the site you can check out videos, read the latest news, watch our reels, check out our team, and if you are a client or freelancer - log directly in to check out all your current projects. If you’d like to visit us via your iPhone - you can also contact us and check out our reels there as well.

Keep posted to Naissance.tv as we have a few more exciting updates coming extremely soon such as: the inaugural Naissance Reel and the announcement of our super team! We’ll also be posting work from our latest projects, and there is some awesome stuff in that line-up.

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