STOPMOTION SHOWREEL!!!!!!!!!!!

After 4 years of university studying Animation (dont ask) and then about 6 years of working in call centres and factories (again, seriously, dont ask!!!) in between amazing but short stints freelance animating/modelmaking, I've finally plucked up the courage to put together my greatest stop mo achievements in a    "look at me, world . . . i can animate . . . honest!"    kinda way.

Now lets sit back and watch the jobs roll in *scoff*

Enjoy, and please feel more than free to comment, like, share, facebook to your gran, whatever you kids get up to these days.

Stop Motion Showreel 2013 from Adam M. Watts.

CREDITS

Personal/competition/student work - Director, Animator, Modelmaker

   ~ RedBull Canimation competition entry

   ~ Untitled Robot Adventure #17

   ~ Endless Toys

Freelance Animator, Modelmaker @ Second Home Studios

   ~ Pilsner Urquell (British Animation Award 2012 Public Choice Winner)

   ~ CITV "Machine" Ident

   ~ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe "ghoul-boy" ladder climb/arrow death

Half the work here courtesy of the amazing Director/Mentor/Legend Chris @ Second Home Studios

New Showreels!!!

Finally got my motion graphics . . . (should that be one word or two?!?!? I dont think I'll ever know!!!) . . . showreel together.

Let me know what you think. Im quite happy overall - just tried to keep it short and concise.

MotionGraphics Showreel 2012 from Adam M. Watts.

and also an up to date 2D/Flash animation reel.

2D/Flash Animation Showreel from Adam M. Watts.

New Animation

Been too rediculously long since my last post. Don't think anyone actually looks at this blog anyway... but it's nice to keep my mum updated, eh?!??!

I did a quick animation back in November for the Red Bull Canimation competition. Didn't get anywhere with it, but had some amazing comments and over 1200 views now, and my anim was featured on StopMotionPro's website about the comp, which was pretty amazing!!!

Anyhoo, enjoy with your eyes and brain.

RedBull Canimation Competition Entry 2011 from Adam M. Watts on Vimeo.

Pilsner Urquell Stop Motion Paper Animation @ Second Home Studios

OMG...... an awesome advert I worked on over at Second Home Studios (after 3 months of punishing 6-7 day weeks - and 12 hour animating night-shifts) is finally live and looking absolutely ah-mazing.

A paper cut-out stop motion epic, working using mainly different types, thicknesses and grades of paper (created using ancient processes I didnt even know existed), and various other trade secrets obtained from the delicious juicy brain of Chris Randall (director @ Second Home) we hobbled together one of the most impressive pieces of animation never to have graced the national TV screen.

We're all so bloody proud of the final work and it was... almost ;p ...well worth our collective near-demise through physical and mental exhaustion and epic amounts of papercuts.

Mostly we had a day-to-day core team of about 6 of the most talented and ruggedly beautiful people Ive ever met, and a good arrangement of other freelancers, work experiencers, and key specialists.

Im so glad i was one of the guys working for what seemed like forever on this, and I hope the world enjoys the fruits of our boundless efforts. (If you've ever taken a lunch break at 3-4 in the morning, to chow-down on a bear's-bollock flavour Kingsize Pot Noodle as your only source of nourishment, you'd understand!!!)

enjoy :)



LAST CHECK - 160,000 hits on youtube.com. WHOOT WHOOT!!!


For a lil more info... SecondHomeStudios/Pilsner

Some new work!!!!!!!!!

Finally some new work. I was involved in the model, prop, and set making for several CITV idents.
All credit to the team @ SecondHomeStudios

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CITV - Recycler from Chris Randall/SecondHomeStudios

I animated this badboy with my good friend Tristan Pritchard. Composited together by the bigman Chris himself.

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CITV - Sok & Snoo - 'Gong' from Chris Randall/Second Home Studio

I sculpted the party horn, the three-part replacement klaxon horn, and the big jumbo CITV-logo Gong (out of super sculpy).

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CITV - Robo Rocket from Chris Randall/SecondHomeStudios

Unfortunately I only made the robot, and helped out making the moon base on this one. Gotta love that rocket tho... props to Chris and Ian for that badboy!!!

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CITV - Mousetrap from Chris Randall/SecondHomeStudios

I made the mouse and mousetrap (both finished off by Ian - the gloryhogger!) and bits of set.

Update... and some cheeky n00dz

Been busy as hell recently... as well as aging another year (*cough*27*cough*) - and its starting to show. Worked full-time on a fabulous new animated commercial - more info revealed soon (when I'm allowed to!!!)

Looking for more work at the mo, but in the mean time here's a couple of quick life drawing sketches i did a while ago.

Still brushing up on my After Effects and Flash skills, and just starting to run through some Encore tutorials. Hopefully they'll all come in handy soon.

enjoy :)

Kinetic/Motion typography

It seems everyone on the planet's done one of these already, but i wanted to try out my typography skills using a quick clip from Tarantino's "From Dusk Till Dawn".

Check it out and lemme know what you think

(word to the wise, it does contain some bad language thanks to one very naughty Mr. George Clooney - but its a classic line, so we'll let that slide this time!)

EDIT: Took the video down. You can see this in my MotionGraphics Showreel on Vimeo or in its original form on Youtube

The new Flash version of the website I've been working on for months (at the minor cost of my own sanity) has just been put online by my awesome bro. I expect the flood of money and fame to start rolling in any day now!!!

I've got a modelmaking gig lined up for a short film being made in london soon, can't wait to get started on that. Applying for a few other modelmaker/animator things too - fingers crossed I can get the ball rolling.

Also if anyones based/lives in west-midlands and hasnt heard of this - check out Viral Kitchen.
Its a pilot being run by the excellent guys over at Second Home I had the pleasure of working for a while back. Im definately applying and recommend everyone lend their support to it.

Theres even a glorious picture of the back of my head on their site (studio/production stills - Wizard of Oz no.4) animating the ingenious cotton-wool kebab!!! funtimes :)

Brand Spanking New Blog!

Welcome to my new blog (I'll try and keep updated, honest).

If you havent already, check out the website
www.fallingmanimation.co.uk/

and/or
www.youtube.com/user/FallingMANimation

keep 'em peeled for updates :)