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  • Chris Dooley has been working his magic and his charm on set in LA this week - working with Agency Driver for a spot with UHC. More to come soon.

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  • Hooray, Not To Scale are featured in Creative Review’s 2013 Annual. Work form both of our Directors;  Matthias Hoegg and U.F.O. are in print, recognising our creative collaboration with Autism Charity Spectrum, curated by our friends over at Art & Graft.

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  • Silent Studios directed and helped write this charming short for Google. Shot through Not To Scale over two action packed days across London, the guys have weaved into the story of an expectant couple, some of little ways in which we are reliant on Google and their devices to help us in the everyday and er..particularly on very big days. The animated overlays were designed and composited through Silent & Not To Scale too and even Silent Studios music arm Resonate, were responsible for composing and performing the evocative music.

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  • Not To Scale were happy to be presented at Radio Lollipops AGM. Not To Scale generated 11% of the total funds for 2012 from the excellent Art Auction ‘Jubilee Jamboree’ based at NTS HQ - London.

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  • Steve Scott has been dreaming of Summer fun and holiday capers with this recent beautiful illustration of a family road trip. Bring on the Sun.

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  • Here is an excellent trend reporting piece about The Future of Advertising with Nathan from Silent Studios in the driving seat - courtesy of Computer Arts Collection.

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  • Google Baby film has been received to terrific acclaim in the webisphere. With LBB showing Silent Studios film some serious love. 

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  • Tonight Kelly Ford and Debbie Crosscup will be playing host at LFM Venues and Events showcase of The London Film Museum at the historic County Hall. For guestlist please contact kelly@nottoscale.tv

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  • CLOSE Audio Visual event at FABRIC tomorrow night with luscious film footage directed by Silent Studios with production support by Not To Scale starts at 1.30 am. Don’t Miss it if you’re in London EC1

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  • ATYP Talk at See No Evil Next Tuesday 5th at 7.30pm, 91 Brick Lane,  see you down there?

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Recent Work

U.F.O - Lacoste - Celebrating 80 Years

Co-Designed & directed by Axel Courtiere & FX Pourre at UFO this latest stop motion project takes us through the years of Polo Lacoste. Part of the 80 years of the Lacoste Polo campaign the 1 minute film was created with French agency BETC LUXE was shot in Paris over 3 days.
With over 250 polo’s UFO worked on a 3D animatic before debarking on the animation.
The Film was screened inside Lacoste stores

Headless - Strange Oaks

Strange Oaks is an Excellent teaser from the talented folk at Headless. With clever character design, impressive 3D animation they continue to prove their ability and talent in creating colourful and impressive animated content. They are sure to be a brands new best friend.

Maxime Bruneel - Concorde - Summer House

The french band Concorde trusts Maxime Bruneel and his excellent direction with this music video "Summer House" by Concorde.

For the set, Maxime Bruneel worked with french-english designers Hugo Hélène and Becky Mc Donald.
This film is a lullaby, the spectator has to let himself get carried away by the music and the pictures living in a dreamy nostalgia of summer time...

Parallel - By The Larches

A beautiful and beguiling new music video from the young Parisian directing duo Parallel – The artist is Erevan Tusk and track ‘By the larches’. An elderly woman returns to the place of her favourite memory some 50 years hence encountering a dreamlike apparition of her beautiful younger self. Through our production tie in with the talented Chez Eddy familly. Parallel are available to direct in U.K. and U.S. through Not To Scale. Watch this space.

Silent Studios - Google - Baby

Silent Studios directed and helped write this charming short for Google. Shot through Not To Scale on two action packed days across London, the guys have weaved into the story of an expectant couple, some of little ways in which we are reliant on Google and their devices to help us in the everyday and er..particularly on very big days. Silent Studios music arm Resonate, were even responsible for composing and performing the music.

Maxime Bruneel - Nespresso - A drop of emotion

A wonderful mix of visual and audio. Maxime Bruneel directs this beautiful film for Nespresso, shot at high frame rates to capture the liquids gracefully descending. The different coloured liquids representing the full Nespresso range of coffee.

Chris Ketchell - A Liar's Autobiography

Chris Ketchells animated section of the Monty Python cast film "A Liar's Autobiography". Filmed in 3D, this section is the beggining and end of the film. Edited here in one whole segment! Shoot on a live action set, and animated in after effects, this section of Graham Chapmans autobiography shows a classic sketch from the python years!

Vincent - BBC - Love 2013

Vincent studios were commissioned by RedBee Media and BBC One Marketing to design and produce a series of brand Identities for the New Year on BBC One.
Vincent director John Hill & Rheea Aranha designed a pin cushions that could work movement and tonal change to compliment the wide range of ground breaking programming the BBC flag ship channel has to offer.

Kook Ewo - Silent Hill 2 End Credits

Dark, moody and stunning work for Silent Hill II's end titles designed and directed by Chez Eddy's Paris based Director, KOOK EWO (it¹s his nickname) and also available to direct in U.K. and U.S. through Not To Scale.

Pierre + Bertrand - NickJr - Rescue Mission

Journey on a wonderful mission into Space (and cardboard) for Nick Jr.

Not To Scale all-rounders Pierre+Bertrand direct this fun mixed media space odyssey spot for Nickelodeon London.
The Kids were shot in London on location and Green-screen but thereafter nearly everything within is modelled, lit and rendered by the guys and some very powerful computers and re-composited later, e.g. the entire spaceship, is as imaginary as Charlie and Oliver's vivid imagination, anyway please join them on their Journey into the unknown. Cue Star Trek music....

UBIK - Tic Tacs - Conga

Not To Scale and award winning directors Ubik are proud to announce 2 tic tac topping new adverts created for Krow Communications and Tic Tac.
Working with Creative Director Nick Hastings and creative team Darryl George and Jon Mitchell. Ubik’s very own Nick Losse and Ste Dalton came up with creative solutions with the agencies creative team to make timely transitions and humorous moments.

Matthias Hoegg - Spectrum - Claire

Matthias, storyboarded, designed and animated this charming story all about Claire for the widely acclaimed Portraits Project which is a valuable awarness programe to help raise awareness of Autism. Turn it up load it might bring a tear of happiness to your eye.

UBIK - Wizards vs Aliens - Series 1 VFX

The hotly anticipated new TV Series for CBBC from BAFTA winning writers Russell T Davies, Phil Ford and Producer Brian Minchin is now on air. We were proud to be tasked with the designing, directing and in house production of over 300 VFX shots and the title sequence, for the new series. Directing duo Ubik led the project, teamed with our VFX production crew and our specialist VFX Producer and Supervisor Mel and Grant.

ATYP - Permission to Explode

Directing duo ATYP have just put their finishing touches to their new short film meets promotional video for electronic artist Si Begg's new album.

The film utilises stop motion film techniques to track a rapid-proto-type an exploded model of Begg’s head, combining these incamera techniques with a mix of projected and CG animation, the film is a metaphorical exploration of the musical and creative process Begg undertakes when exploring the deepest waveform generating corners of his mind to create his very distinct sound of music. Si views his musical output as his own “Permission to Explode”.

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