INSPIRATION - A new version

A year ago I got contacted by Mark Vogelsang, from the Audio for Film department at the Ontario Institute for Audio Recording Technology. Mark was interested in using my projects for his students to practice Sound Design technique and theory.

I got a few samples and I must admit they were all great. But one of them caught my attention: two students, Ben Doner and Victor Rusin, had created a piece for my short film Inspiration, and I found theirs to be much better than the original. This time, I asked for their permission to use their score on my film.

Here is the result. Hope you enjoy it.

OSCILLO´s GRAPHIC CAMPAIGN IN PARIS

I have been in Paris a couple of weeks ago, and had the chance to see the Oscillo´s shop window graphic campaign I've been working on during the last summer.

Here are a couple of pictures of the designs, before their display on pharmacies.

During the next weeks the TV animated spot (also part of the same campaign) will be finally released. I´ll keep you posted about it.

ITALY

I have spent a few days in Italy, amazed by its beauty and by how mild and pleasant can the November weather be.


A few years ago I have written (and started to work on) a project about Leonardo da Vinci that takes place in Florence, but the truth is that I had never been there before.

So I got a train ticket and headed to Florence. I wandered aimlessly around its narrow streets and along the Arno River, taking pictures to use as graphic references, visiting some buildings I had described in my story and admiring the beauty of Tuscany´s autumn.

The landscape was as beautiful as I had imagined it. It was great to walk along the streets and parks I had written about, imagining the characters of my story coming to life in that scenario.




Being there made those characters become real, and I had the feeling of being in places where the situations that I made up had actually taken place.

These kind of feelings are the ones that push me to discover new places and write new stories. For me, traveling is a huge source of inspiration.

Great review of “A Short Love Story in Stop Motion” by Steve Weiss and Philip Bloom

It was a great surprise to know that the short film has been featured and reviewed at the last webisode of “Critics”, a film-review website hosted by Steve Weiss and Philip Bloom.

Here´s the entire clip. The short film appears at the end, though the entire episode is worth watching.



To see more of these great film reviews, go to Steve Weiss´ website, Zacuto, and visit Philip Bloom´s website for more film/photography-related reviews and articles.

INTERVIEW

An interview by Peter Halim for somethingwelike.com

INTERVIEW

Here is an interview offered to me by Yuri Baranovsky, from "Break A Leg Films".
Hope you enjoy it!

"THE CAN" AT PRIX ARS

THE CAN Will be featured at the 30th anniversary of the Prix Ars Animation Festival

Since its debut in 1979, Ars Electronica has become one of the world’s foremost media art festivals.

From Sept 3rd to Sept 8th, a gathering of works from creators from all over the world will take place in Linz, Austria. "The Can" will be screened as part of its Short Cuts Category.
For more of the Festival´s information and schedule, visit the Ars Electronica Site.

FESTIVALS

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION Has been featured at the 5th edition of Rawstock Film Festival, held last July 24 in Seattle.


The short film has also been featured at the YoVeo International Video Festival, a platform that intertwined the different expressions of video art, held in New York last week.

AL BALAD SPOT - BEETHOVEN

A few months ago I posted two spots I did for the Al Balad campaign. The third spot has been finally released, so I can now share it with you.
Hope you like it... all comments are welcome!

AL BALAD - Beethoven from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

AL BALAD ON MOTIONOGRAPHER!

The Al Balad campaign has been recently posted on Motionographer.

Take a look at it here.

AL BALAD CAMPAIGN, WINNER 2009!

The campaign for the Al Balad newspaper -the latest animated commercial I´ve been working on with BENT and Leo Burnett Lebanon- has been recently awarded at the Dubai International Advertising Festival.
It is great to know all those sleepless nights were worth it!!

Take a look at it here

CREATIVE CALL- GREAT SUCCESS!

I´m still very surprised about the great reception the Creative Call got: I received hundreds of emails from around the globe, and got in contact with a lot of talented people.

For those worrying about the Call being over, don´t! It doesn´t need to end, and it won´t. I intend to use it as a way to get in touch with creative people, so please don´t stop writing, even if you don´t get on time for working on my next animation project. There will always be a possibility of creating something together.

Thank you very much to you all.... keep up the good work, guys!