Short Films & Tests

This is the short films section from my blog. If you want to see work produced please click on the ‘Work’ tab above.

• British Animation Awards 2012…

  by Darren Robbie on 19th March 2012 ~ in Animation News Short Films & Tests

  …were held a few days ago at the BFI in London. INTO THE COSMOS was nominated for ‘Best Music Video’ & ‘Public Choice’, but unfortunately didn’t win. However, it was fantastic to be considered & a great honour to be included as one of the 3 finalists. We had a great night out & will [...]

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• ChopsyAnimation at the B.A.A.

  by Darren Robbie on 16th January 2012 ~ in Animation News Short Films & Tests Uncategorized

  Awesome news – I’ve just been told that ARCHITEQ: INTO THE COSMOS is a finalist in the category of Best Music Video at the upcoming British Animation Awards (as well as being selected for the Public Choice section). Huge thanks to everyone that helped in the making of the film -  giving their time, expertise [...]

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• Into The Cosmos in British Animation Awards

  by Darren Robbie on 10th January 2012 ~ in Animation News Short Films & Tests

  INTO THE COSMOS  has been shortlisted in the Best Music Video category in the upcoming British Animation Awards! Big thanks to everyone involved.

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• INTO THE COSMOS

  by Darren Robbie on 7th December 2011 ~ in Animation News Short Films & Tests Uncategorized

  More great news for everyone that worked on ‘INTO THE COSMOS’ – I’ve been told that it’s been selected for the ‘Public Choice’ category in the forthcoming British Animation Awards!

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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’ 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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• INTO THE COSMOS – Architeq/Chopsy

  by nouveller on 18th April 2011 ~ in Animation News Short Films & Tests

  

  At long last! I’ve been sitting on this for a few months now, but now it’s officially released – my short film/video for the music maker Architeq! Created using a combination of stop-frame, pixellation, live-action & time lapse animation, Chopsy has come up with a fresh twist on the video format.

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