When CLP (chrisdelucavsphono.com) asked us to do a video to a track from their new album, we dug deep in the prop-box, whacked the helmet man on the head a few times and he dreamed up this colourful cardboard Alptraum. Bang out of order.

2009 / Video: Transforma / Audio: CLP / Duration 2:40 minutes

"They came, they found paradise, they made it their own..."
TXT ISLAND an animated typographic adventure by director Chris Gavin. The film uses plastic signboard letters to convey an epic story of man versus nature.

This film was shot as stop-motion animation, then 'enhanced' with After Effects. The soundtrack was created by Russell Pay.

TXT ISLAND was a nominee for 'Best Short Film' at the 2010 British Animation Awards.

If you enjoy this film, you can find out more at
http://www.txtisland.com
More info and other work by Chris Gavin can be found here
http://www.chrisgavin.com

I was invited to be one of the 20 artist to do a short for Julien Vallée’s Challenge Your World project with Motionographer.

About the video:

Thiago's imagination of a perfect world was the inspiration for his machine. It transforms paper back into trees (the reverse process performed by humans). Flying hands would come and collect the paper to feed the machine and plant the trees in the earth – doing the manual work for us. In reality, we need to do our part and help the environment by using less and recycling more.


Full Quality Video at: http://www.thiago.tv/2009/02/recycle-invaders/

Links with the official article:

Motionographer: motionographer.com/challenge-your-world/
Challenge Your World: challengeyourworld.com/2020
Vimeo: vimeo.com/cyw

Directed by Thiago Maia thiago.tv
Music by Marcelo Baldin ( Combustion) combustion.ws

Music video directed and produced by tomadutter