Ten Million to One

My Cousin is once again at it in the Fringe Festival. Taking over London and Hamilton venues. This year his act is based off chance and probability called "Ten Million to One" This year I have animated sequences incorporated into the show. It's all stop motion animation shot off the wall, with a few cut out overheads and a projector.

Here are some still images of the animation.


Go check him out. Here is his website for all the info! Fingers crossed but a Toronto show is on the way!

Resident Rob

"Resident Rob" is a portrait video that focuses on Rob Ferguson; a friend from my hometown who's interests revolve around video games, especially Resident Evil. Robs passion for Resident Evil has lead him wanting a tattoo of the Umbrella Corporation logo for quite some time. While filming, Rob explained his interest in Toronto and how he wants to go there. As a surprise, his friend Billy Housh and I decided to take him there when they were shooting the movie "Resident Evil 2". It was awesome!

How We Made Ohbijou - New Years.

The people at The International Film Fest Breda have asked Exploding Motor Car to show some of their content at the 2010 festival. The music video we made for Ohbijou will be screening and when asked to show some stills or videos of us making it I decided to finish assembling the footage I had shot, to give to them.

While working on the music video, we documented the process and tried to capture just about every step of the way. 8 hours of footage later, I have built this behind scenes for the festival in two parts.

Romo Roto - Caterpillar Massacre

Here is a fast paced music video we created for friends Tomas and Alex for their band Romo Roto.

check the band out here!
hope you enjoy!

Man Made Hill - Kool Cops

Before the Christmas break I had the opportunity to work with Randall Gagne of Man Made Hill.

Here is the music video I helped out with.

my frog loop

I wasn't too sure what I was doing. Here is some blind animation of a frogs jump cycle. The blue will be keyed out and replaced with live footage. Here are the results.

FROG LOOP

Wham City

I finished this promotional video last night for the Wham City and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Canada) held at the Deleon White Gallery. This video took longer to animate then the length of the festival itself. So much fun!

Trash Palace

Here is some promotional material for Trash Palace. A Toronto weekly screening .



I animated this using Dragon Stop Motion in a night. It was done all in one shot, and was digitally punched-in in post to be able to read the font. Unfortunately the popcorn was stale by the end and was fed to the rats.

I Don't Exist

...in this photo. However I am in frame consumed by an enormous closet monster.



Reverie Sound Review - You Don't Exist
Music video shoot

On the weekend, Exploding Motor Car shot a music video directed by Jesse Ewles for band Reverie Sound Review
On set, I had the luxury to puppeteer a giant monster created out of garbage and scrap material. It took one month to build and is fairly heavy, especially after being inside all day.

Video to be released before Hallowe'en
Behind Scenes to follow

Ohbijou - New Years

This music video was shot during the garbage strike in Toronto On. It became really muggy inside our studio but that didn't stop myself and Mike Weiss from animating over the 2 and a half weeks.

here is the video!!!


Documentary to come....

Too Late

I haven't had much time to update this blog. Been busy working on a music video for Ohbijou.

Here's something I animated for the last film fort screening on June 13th.



Documented footage to be posted soon!

December Film Fort

For the first time, Winston Hacking and myself decided to make an animated poster for Film Fort.

Here it is on youtube

BABA AND BILLY: Episode 1

Episode 1 is finally here and available for more viewers! After Youtube's launch of widescreen and higher quality video I decided it was an ideal time to get the first episode of the "Baba and Billy" saga up and running.

Baba and Billy is a documentary series that focuses on the relationship of an Iranian father and son living in Canada. Billy is in pursuit of becoming a successful comedian in Toronto, all while being out-shined by his middle aged father who is very out spoken and not afraid to say what's on his mind. No matter the consequence.

Feel free to join the facebook group to support the series, as well as be updated by bonus material and new episodes.

TO DOWNCAST YOUR EYES - HONEY IS SWEET

hey there

it's been a while, and about due for an update.
this is a music video i shot with Winston Hacking for band To Down Cast Your Eyes
The song is called "honey is sweet"


To Downcast Your Eyes - Honey is Sweet from explodingmotorcar on Vimeo

Old Films, New Update!

2nd year Mood Piece
3minutes


3rd year Final Project
4min 37secs

SLIM TWIG - GATE HEARING

here's a video that was just crerated by my friends and I

EGGS TO THE MAX

Hey guys, thanks to you my video on youtube is doing extremely well.
Here it is. The video screened for Film Fort #2
Eggs to the Max
Enjoy

THIS IS BASIL; PORTRAIT OF A PSYCHO SKELETON

film premiered at the first film fort screening