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17. reel 11/12
3 months ago
15. production test
5 months ago
14. Don't swim after lunch
8 months ago
12. cooked trailer
1 year ago
11. Strange Beast
2 years ago
10. Neon
3 years ago
8. Sample
3 years ago
7. In The End
3 years ago
6. Creation
3 years ago
5. Hase
3 years ago
3. Symbiosis
3 years ago
2. Lunar Eclipse
3 years ago
Direction & Design /// Jens Blank
Prod. Company /// MCQ Films
DOP /// David Liddell
Sound /// Jussi Honka
Music /// Paul Pringle
additional animation /// Bence Varga & Balogh Zsolt

concept art, cast and behind the scenes here:
animateme.me.uk/blog/?page_id=624

Credits

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  • Michael Fragstein plus 7 months ago
    fettes ding!
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  • MotionGasm plus 6 months ago
    Hey Jens! Great to see you're still making such amazing work!
    Thom
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    hey, did not see this until now. Thanks Tom, great to see you're still around.
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  • Thomas Knowler 6 months ago
    I like! Charming.
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks man!
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  • Celyn Brazier plus 3 months ago
    Lush.
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  • Beakus 3 months ago
    Lovely Jens! Those penguins are fab... Thanks for sharing this - hope all's well..!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks glad you like!
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  • jim le fevre plus 3 months ago
    Jens, this is just terrific! Congratulations. Beautiful indeed!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks a lot Jim!
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  • Vicky Mather plus 3 months ago
    NICE one!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    cheers, hope you're good
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  • dylan white plus 3 months ago
    Yay! Great stuff Jens!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks man
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  • Nadya Mira 3 months ago
    I can feel frosty air. So nice, thank you for sharing!
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  • nico domerego 3 months ago
    nice stuff!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    merci
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  • Michael Fragstein plus 3 months ago
    wuuuuunderbar!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    dank dir nochmal, hoffentlich bis bald!
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  • Desrumaux Celine plus 3 months ago
    cool!
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  • mpared plus 3 months ago
    crazy goo! this needs more views ! Shared at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done :-)
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    Thanks a lot for sharing! The thing with the views seemed to have worked out :)
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  • Jakub Jezek 3 months ago
    Hey Jens, thats great video!! Really nice animation on penguins.. was it done in massive?
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    haha I wish, especially for the forrest and ice this would have been nice. But no all hand keyed :)
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  • Aden Bahadori plus 3 months ago
    Very Nice.
    Cool Piece. I liked the 3D tracking. Reminds me of Mike Sevigny. vimeo.com/30389676

    3D tracks are NEXT LEVEL.
    Peace
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks! Was very painful to track though :)
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  • ys lee plus 3 months ago
    I wanted to see more !!!!
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  • AwesomeShot Studios plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful! Loved the animation and sound design.
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  • miguel gonsalez 3 months ago
    un gran trabajo de animación excelente véanlo
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  • Dale Robinson 3 months ago
    Wow!
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  • Irakli Gharibashvili 3 months ago
    brilliant
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  • It's so cool! I like it.
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  • cento lodigiani 3 months ago
    beautiful!!!!
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  • Adam Gross 3 months ago
    beautiful!
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  • Sam Shiryaykin 3 months ago
    cool
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  • Pavlov Philipp 3 months ago
    Amazing work!
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  • ichbinmatthias. 3 months ago
    wow this is so cool. The Fox character is great! It freaks me out that it is actually a 3d rig. Would you mind saying a few words about it?
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    hi matthias, sure I can. What do you want to know? There are a couple of wip pics if you follow the link above. But basically they're pretty standard
  • ichbinmatthias. 3 months ago
    basically I am just curious how you deform the 2D character. Or is it actually a 3d mesh? Just sent you a message. Thanks!
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  • Vitography 3 months ago
    Awsome! Great Work!

    Vitali
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  • helen animate 3 months ago
    Love it Jens! Especially the penguins, which is apt considering Frozen Planet was on last night.
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    Thanks Helen, I think penguins are becoming sort of my hobby :)
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  • takeitoutsidefilms 3 months ago
    a joy to watch, thanks.
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  • peter s. 3 months ago
    It's an amazing work!!!
    and the animated animels are very cute!
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  • CIANIMATION 3 months ago
    Wow.... Really cool.
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    Thanks man! Hope all good on the animation front?
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  • Avgousta Zourelidi 3 months ago
    Fantastic Jens!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks, hope all's good
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  • Ivan Clow 3 months ago
    Those effects are perfect!
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  • CIANIMATION 3 months ago
    Yeah man its all good. We should def hook up for a drink soon.

    I was going to say how impressed I was with your new film but we already know how talented you are!!!
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  • Jurriaan Hos 3 months ago
    nice work, amazing how you are able to combine this real table world with your graphic world and still dont break the suspention of disbelieve. thanks.
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  • Tumi Moutlana 3 months ago
    Absolutely brilliant concept and delivery. What did you shoot it on? What did you animate with?
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    Thanks!, shot on a 7D the DOP was David Liddle. Animated in Maya
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  • Judie Luszcz 3 months ago
    I heart this with all my heart.
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    lovely comment, thanks
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  • JACONNI 3 months ago
    Great creative use of space. Wish there was a couple more scenes!
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  • Inscapes 3 months ago
    enjoyed the playful & light-hearted feel!
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  • Schmapp'n Schmazz 3 months ago
    Awesome! I enjoyed the animals very much! (not in that way), but great work!
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  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    they do, -thanks!
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  • Directors Notes plus 3 months ago
    Superb work.

    Added to vimeo.com/channels/wearedn
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  • Plenty plus 3 months ago
    amaaaazing work Jens! its lovely!
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  • Carlo Vogele 3 months ago
    ganz toll!
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  • Sam Tomkins 3 months ago
    gay as fuck what was the point of that?
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    wow! haters gonna hate...
  • Tumi Moutlana 3 months ago
    @Sam What the heck is that all about dude?! Take your hating somewhere else. Ass!
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  • shadedbox plus 3 months ago
    nice work!
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  • Rolf Silber plus 3 months ago
    Funny, funny, funny.

    Drei Daumen hoch dafür....!
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  • Edi Singer 3 months ago
    What a beautiful work!!!!!!!!!
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  • hmi 3 months ago
    This is an incredible exercise! The underwater part blow my mind! Congrats.
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  • Hishimaru Joshi 3 months ago
    That was perfectly executed!
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  • Koen de Graaf 3 months ago
    Great! Amazing work! You should go on with this, make some more scenes with other theme's!
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  • Daniel WK 3 months ago
    Genius concept! but it ended so soon, I wanted to see more!
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  • ResisterOfEvil 3 months ago
    Wow, that was very impressive!
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  • The Old Mill plus 3 months ago
    This is absolutely great, fresh stuff
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  • Mark Fitzsimons 3 months ago
    Wow love it
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  • Yew Fai Low 3 months ago
    Nice work. :)
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  • Thomas Arnoldi 3 months ago
    Nice...very nice
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  • Yaman Kaytaz 3 months ago
    Ingenious
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  • Roman Puchta 3 months ago
    its fantastic, outstanding compositing job !
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  • Martin Raanhuis plus 3 months ago
    Amazingly creative!
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  • v melissa 3 months ago
    i love this soo much!! great work
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  • François Mathey plus 3 months ago
    This is great, there are some shadows flickering, but it's the only negative remark I can do, I like this a lot, well done.
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    Thanks, -the shadow flicker is actually on purpose. I wanted a very simple look to everything so I used very low rez depth map shadows.
  • François Mathey plus 3 months ago
    I understand that, but however I think I would prefer without the flickering, but it's only my opinion, and as I said this is really great :)
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  • Jr.canest pro 3 months ago
    Respect Jens, respect :)
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  • Ceiga plus 3 months ago
    Great short film, love the idea.
    Posted it on ceiga.co.uk/blog/
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks for sharing!
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  • dmente 3 months ago
    this is absolutly amazing, posted on estoesdmente.com/blog/
    Barcelona BlogginG!
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks much appreciated
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  • Thomas Lambert 3 months ago
    nice ! very original
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  • Tigre de papier plus 3 months ago
    very nice
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  • fedelpeye 3 months ago
    lovely
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  • Leif Pedersen plus 3 months ago
    Great design. I actually like the strange stiff animation, it kind of works. The 3d track slipping was very distracting to me though.
    Nice work Jens.
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  • Joka 3 months ago
    wooow!, excellent job. congratulations.
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  • Alex Trimpe plus 3 months ago
    needs to be longer! i want more.
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  • Damien Rigolet plus 3 months ago
    Lovely ! I let you know that your animation film is on
    oanim.com

    thanks for sharing
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    thanks
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  • Green Ace 92 3 months ago
    Is the music used in this video a released song or is it a piece of music composed by the animator?
  • Jens Blank 3 months ago
    The music was composed by Paul Pringle
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