Absolutely thrilled that the Umbrella Factory will be playing live tonight in England! It'll be part of a sneak peak for audiences gearing up for the Leamington Film Festival where it plays again later this fall. To all of our friends in the area, if you're looking for something to do this evening, why not grab a pint of beer and watch some great films!
Here's the details:
Umbrella Factory will be playing on July 19th at Leamington's marvelous new LAMP venue between 7 pm - 11:30 pm
Our brand new short film is now online! As we follow the infamous killer on one of his evenings, we enter a world somewhere between Sin City and the opening titles of Mad Men.
We are really excited to announce our next short film, Jack the Ripper! Along with the Umbrella Factory released earlier this year, this is our second short that we've been working on. We're also really excited to be working with the super talented James Brinkley once again as he embodies the voice of the Ripper himself.
The Umbrella Factory was made of paper, cut outs, Victorian etchings that we printed out and cut and then scanned. Jack the Ripper, goes the opposite direction with some really beautiful 3D cities, models, and sets developed by some great 3D artists!
There was an approach we had been wanting to experiment with where we could use hand made paper cutouts and textures, scan them in and import them into After Effects and tell a story. We had been wanting to try it for years.
One cold morning in February while I was talking (or rather whining) to Nick about wanting to do a an awesome project that felt Tim Burton-Neil Gaiman-Jamie Caliri-Walt Disney Museum-(which you have to go to if you are ever in the Presidio of San Francisco) -sort of-look. He chimed in about what if we do “The Umbrella Factory,” the adaption he’d been working on of the Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs. It was then that we started talking about ideas in terms of what that world might look like and how best to pull it off...
Naissance is extremely excited to unveil our newest short film, The Umbrella Factory! The tale of three brothers and the traveller they meet who knocks on their door one evening and asks to come in out of the pouring rain.
Here's the official synopsis:
One evening, a traveller knocked upon the door of three brothers. Asking for a place to stay, as he has nowhere else to go, he offers them his magic talisman for payment in exchange for room and board to come in out of the pouring rain. What the brothers learn is that the talisman is capable of granting three wishes. But be careful what you wish for.
Based on the Horror Short Story, The Monkey’s Paw, by W.W. Jacobs.
Soooooo, we keep getting asked about that new film still on our website we let out of the bag a few weeks ago all suspiciously. Well, we're stoked to announce our new short film:
The Umbrella Factory!
It's a twisted little tale of Victorian paper cutouts, based on the gothic horror story of the Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs.
One of the greatest films of all time is without a doubt the Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn classic, Charade. We’ve seen this movie about a million times. One of our dreams has always been to have directed the Opening Titles. So, hop in your time machines and let’s go!
Below are the Main Titles for Charade, as done by us.
And if you haven’t seen the original titles, go see this excellent movie! The original titles from 1963 by Maurice Binder are amazing! People have called this film “the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never directed.”
Hello Ireland! Our film One Shot is part of this years official selection at the Underground Film Festival. It’ll be playing at the festival with a bunch of other dangerous sounding films! It’s going to be great! Guinness and popcorn! I suppose. Maybe it’ll just be Guinness.
The festival is from August 10th - 18th
One Shot is a film shot entirely in one shot. For more on the film you can check it out right here:
This last week we traveled over every inch of Northern California. We talked with creatives from every industry possible about what their lives are like. We chatted with animators, photographers, sculptors, musicians, filmmakers, fashion designers, painters, brand strategist, graphic designers, actors, producers, and more. But what we found were adventurers, matadors, zen masters, and people who are following their hearts. It was a pretty amazing week and we want to thank everyone who stopped by, helped out, told us their story, and invited us into their homes.
Last week we were invited to Pixar to check out their latest short film, La Luna, which has a ton of buzz right now! The film, which debuted to big reviews on the festival circuit, will be opening with Brave this summer, and it’s amazing. It’s a little early to put it on the calendar, but when it’s out, go see it!
After a presentation of their films reaching all the way back to 1984 (the historic Adventures of Andre and Wally B) to the present Small Fry, it was amazing to see how their work had progressed and continues to progress. The film played with a nice little intro and making of presentation by director Enrico Casarosa (who definitely deserves the oscar nom).
We’re excited to unveil One Shot! One Shot is our short film filled with oil tycoons, propaganda, glitches, and a little bit of blood!
One Shot is a film made in one take (well, two takes if you count the camera man falling over in the middle of take one to everyone’s surprise)! It’s an experimental piece we directed so that we could hang out with actors all day, play with guns, and dress up in ski masks.
This last weekend, Naissance producer Lexie Findarle Trivundza produced a stereoscopic short film over at Adobe working with director Erik Espera. The shoot had it all, from haunted basements, crew running in every direction, and of course: zombies. The reason for the crew running in every direction? They only had two days to produce the shoot, edit, and blast through post!
This stereoscopic zombie fantasia makes it’s debut next Wednesday in San Francisco.
Premiere Screenings:
Date: Wednesday, June 22nd
Time: 7PM and 9PM
Place: Lumiere Theater, 1572 California Street, San Francisco, 94109
Tickets: $10 (Purchase them here...)
Our final posting of Behind the Scenes on set photos have just posted! The shots were captured by photographer Melissa Haugen and you can check them out right here.
We just launched our second update of On Set Photos by super awesome photographer Melissa Haugen. The photos document some of the behind the scenes from the set of the film “One Shot.” You can can check the photos out right here.
While filming the film “One Shot,” we were lucky enough to have super talented photographer Melissa Haugen on set. She managed to capture some truly remarkable moments behind the scenes and we are super excited to show those off!!
Extremely excited to announce our new short film, One Shot! One Shot is a film shot entirely in one shot, starring Reed Daniels, Erin Gilley, and Cole Panther.
A few weeks back we were showing off some of the recent graffiti work created here at the studio and we’re pleased to say that one of the pieces, Tree of Krlyon (named after the currently preferred spray paint) painted by Lexie Findarle Trivundza, will be on display at the 24th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition this October. The Opening Reception will be on 10/1/10. Hope to see you there!
Super pleased to announce that our short film adaptation of the classic Little Red Riding Hood, will be making it’s third film festival appearance this year!! Following up the Wales International and the Long Island International, Little Red Riding Hood will now be heading off to debut in Ireland!! The festival starts on September 4th and continues through the 11th. If you happen to be on that side of the pond, go see it on the big screen at the International Film Festival Ireland!!!
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/
