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The latest news from Chopsy!

• Pitch sketches 1

  by Darren Robbie on 30th September 2011 ~ in News Sculpts & Sketches

  Here’s some sketches I did recently for a pitch. These weren’t chosen (another couple have gone into research) so I figure I can post them! Right?  

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• Morph in ‘Tatler magazine

  by Darren Robbie on 20th September 2011 ~ in Commercials News Sculpts & Sketches

  As promised, here’s the October “Tatler” magazine shoot featuring Morph & loads of expensive watches (!)  

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• Summer Break

  by Darren Robbie on 6th September 2011 ~ in News

  Been a bit slack with adding news over the summer break (holidays & whatever) – anyway, working on a couple of pitches & ideas. More to come!

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• Tatler magazine shoot

  by Darren Robbie on 27th July 2011 ~ in Animation Commercials News

  Just finished shooting a six page spread for ‘Tatler’ magazine…..featuring Morph with REALLY expensive watches! We had a security guard down one day to keep an eye on a watch that was worth £140,000. That particular shot featured three watches with a combined value of over a quarter of a million pounds – & a [...]

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• INTO THE COSMOS requested by the NYICFF!

  by Darren Robbie on 4th July 2011 ~ in News Short Films & Tests

  Not a lot else to say really, so I’ll expand a bit: “Into The Cosmos” has been requested for screening at the New York International Children’s Film Festival! Will the audience know what all those flying black discs are?  When my nephew was 13 he asked me what that strange stack of  round things in [...]

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• INTO THE COSMOS in Australia!

  by Darren Robbie on 14th June 2011 ~ in Animation News

  I’ve just been informed that INTO THE COSMOS has been selected for screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival in Australia. Great news as I hadn’t even entered it – the internet is a wonderful thing!

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• ‘INTO THE COSMOS’ selected for Rushes Soho Shorts Festival!

  by Darren Robbie on 1st June 2011 ~ in Animation News Short Films & Tests

  Great news for everyone that worked so hard on it – ‘INTO THE COSMOS’ has been shortlisted in the Music Video category at this year’s coming Rushes Soho Shorts Festival! The Official Selection puts it up against The Gorillaz, David Lynch, The XX & loads more, not bad for a video that cost a few [...]

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• Designs/Illustrations for MS Society ‘You’re Fired!’

  by Darren Robbie on 31st May 2011 ~ in Commercials News Short Films & Tests

  Thought I’d drop in my original designs for the characters & end-frame (the key shot). The film came out almost exactly the same, although the foot became more of a ‘foot’ & less of a ‘leg’ in the model-making stage – which is often the case!  

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• MS Society – “YOU’RE FIRED!”

  by Darren Robbie on 25th May 2011 ~ in Animation Commercials News Short Films & Tests

  

  I’ve just finished this charity film for the MS Society called “You’re Fired!” & would love to hear what you think.   Here’s a quote from the MS press launch: “Aardman director Darren Robbie, who was a lead animator on the classic film Chicken Run and now runs Chopsy Animation, has produced a stunning short [...]

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• NEW SITE IS ONLINE!

  by Darren Robbie on 23rd May 2011 ~ in News

  Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah – new site is online! Expect to see a lot more content from me in the coming weeks & months.  

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