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3. The Seed
8 months ago
A two-minute animated voyage through nature's life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed.

The film was kindly funded by Adobe, made using their CS4 range of software. It was produced at Nexus Productions and features a soundtrack by Jape. It was made using a mixture of stop motion papercraft and 2D drawn animation.

See making of here: vimeo.com/2425610

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Credits for the film are as follows:
Story and direction : Johnny Kelly
Production manager: Jo Bierton
2D animation: Michael Zauner
3D animation: Eoin Coughlan

Paper modeler: Elin Svensson
Assisted by: Anna Benner
Stop frame DOP: Micolaj Jarosewicz
Stop frame animation: Matthew Cooper
Compositing: Alasdair Brotherston

Music: Jape
Sound supervisor: Mike Wyeld
Foley artist: Sue Harding

Executive producers: Charlotte Bavasso, Chris O’Reilly
Producer: Christine Ponzevera

Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Creative director: Keith Anderson
Associate Creative Director: Tony Stern
Associate Creative Director: Frank Aldorf
Art director: Johan Arlig
Copywriter: Steve Payonzeck
Art director: Karishma Mehta
Copywriter: Gregory Lane
Interactive Producer: Stella Wong
Art Buyer: Jenny Taich

nexusproductions.com
mickeyandjohnny.com
goodbysilverstein.com
adobeartists.com
myspace.com/richiejape
mikewyeld.com
kontrastiv.com
elinsvensson.com
  • ineaux 8 months ago
    fantastico!
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  • James Houston plus 8 months ago
    Beautiful mate.
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  • sdmulder 8 months ago
    Totally awesome.
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  • Kevin Mosley plus 8 months ago
    This was so beautiful. It must have taken a lot of time and effort to produce.
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  • Adam Shannon 8 months ago
    That was brilliant, nice work guys!
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  • Kim Godard 8 months ago
    wonderful. gotta show this to my kids!
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  • Flavio Chan 8 months ago
    This is awesome! Love the technique mixture!
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  • RMVISION plus 8 months ago
    Love It!
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  • Justin Hannewyk 8 months ago
    amazing! how long did this production take? conception to final product?
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  • Teddy Pemberton 8 months ago
    where have I seen this before? youtube?
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  • Johnny Kelly 8 months ago
    Thanks for the kind comments! This was very much a team effort so make sure to check the URLS above if you're interested in seeing work by the great peeps involved in making this
  • Matt Brown 7 months ago
    Thought this was great and will be making sure it's featured on my blog tomorrow!

    Take a look for more inspirational work:

    artistconnected.com/
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  • Origen Films 8 months ago
    fenomenal!
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  • Nathen Guo 8 months ago
    so cool this kinda circular is really gives me inspiration!
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  • Boo Yoo 8 months ago
    very cool
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  • shurin 8 months ago
    wow!! so creative!!!
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  • Torrey Paquette plus 8 months ago
    Great job. Really well done.
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  • brenda 8 months ago
    que increible
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  • Sasa Vidakovic 8 months ago
    prekrasno
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  • ST SCREEN 8 months ago
    very good
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  • Status Cats 8 months ago
    Wow
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  • dataproduction 8 months ago
    makes me think a little bit about the work of Pierre Vanni...
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  • Chuck Keeler 8 months ago
    This is great.
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  • maxdiamond 8 months ago
    neat execution.
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  • Franc L 8 months ago
    1:19 Doris & Nemo! =)
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  • Evan G 8 months ago
    omg. I love it!
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  • Brian Shuggie 8 months ago
    Very creative and very inspirered. Great work.
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  • alex ney 8 months ago
    congratulations for all you guys! this is the power of coletive mind conections!

    well done!
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  • Martin Speidel 8 months ago
    this is so great!
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  • Aaron Morrell 8 months ago
    well there ya go. Thats the way it all goes down.
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  • Brian D. Lee 8 months ago
    That was great.
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  • Matthew S. Parrilli plus 8 months ago
    That was a little mean to do to the bird at the end. Mean, but funny! Great work!
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  • Choritzo 8 months ago
    amazing work!!

    thanks for sharing.
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  • ranran 8 months ago
    too lovely
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  • Nós na Tela 8 months ago
    Great work! I´ll show this video everyware!!!
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  • Astonishing work, very oneiric!
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  • Aleš Bajc 8 months ago
    nice work...but wtf happened on the end ?!
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  • ShreddedProductions 8 months ago
    Beautiful animation work.
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  • Lighbulb Media 8 months ago
    YES! YES! YES! This is art!!!
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  • Lu Suarez 8 months ago
    A gorgeous piece indeed! Congratulations, the most basic stuff is the real stuff! blessings and deep joy!
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  • Visually stunning..
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  • Chef-d'oeuvre
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  • Neil Sanders 8 months ago
    Absolutely fascinating technique!
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  • circle videosolid 8 months ago
    the best!
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  • The Rainbowmonkey plus 8 months ago
    beauty
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  • renata minoldo 8 months ago
    great!
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  • Teresa Choe 8 months ago
    Amazing.
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  • güneşşş 8 months ago
    I love it!!!
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  • HUNDERTMARK 8 months ago
    beautiful
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  • Gilberto Prujansky 8 months ago
    Colorgasmic!
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  • Laurence Davis 8 months ago
    hahahahah I lol'd when the bird got stuck in the tree!!
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  • guiguidu60 8 months ago
    What is the name of the music ?
  • Johnny Kelly 8 months ago
    Hey the song doesn't have a name as it was made for the film - but Jape has a new album 'Ritual' which is amazing
  • guiguidu60 8 months ago
    Ah... okay, and it's not possible to download this music ? :)
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  • John Sotiropoulos 8 months ago
    dope dope
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  • turkeyjaws 8 months ago
    Gorgeous....but apple seeds are poison. Do not eat apple seeds.
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  • Camila Fernández 8 months ago
    precioso como muestra el ciclo!!
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  • John Smith 8 months ago
    this is great!
    bSaves.com
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  • Derek Gates 8 months ago
    I really enjoyed this. The blending of two types of animation was great. The music was an excellent compliment to the movie. Great job!
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  • John Eh 8 months ago
    Love it! Especially how it seems like the seed is on a mission rather than his journey happening by chance.

    Such a simple idea but very lovingly executed- well done
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  • Jyant 8 months ago
    need to get anything put out by Jape... have heard so many good things about those guys.
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  • Rafael Alves 8 months ago
    I love it!!! :O
    Congratulations!!
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  • Adriana de Barros 8 months ago
    Great work!

    Featured today at Scene360.com and illusion.scene360.com
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  • Lighbulb Media 8 months ago
    I like it!!
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  • Corretta Singer 8 months ago
    WOW!! That was amazing and creative. Great work!! :D
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  • Jon Doe 8 months ago
    Fantastic bit of animation - have a horrible feeling it'll be nicked within the next 3 months for some mobile phone companies new campaign though!
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  • Steve Talkowski plus 8 months ago
    Love the transitions between 2d and 3d - great job!
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  • schepop 8 months ago
    Great work guys! Congrats!
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  • Trevor Jacobson 8 months ago
    That was incredible! The animation was incredible! Must've taken a lot of effort to do but it was so worth it in the end : )
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  • Michael Carney 8 months ago
    Very nice!
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  • ricardo vazquez 8 months ago
    super koo video!
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  • H.CHan 8 months ago
    ITS INSANE! u shud make a tutorial or making of about this.
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  • Pics by Jo 8 months ago
    That was fantastic. Gives me a whole new reason to sit down and try this stuff.
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  • Gutta Bois plus 8 months ago
    BOOMSHACALACA! this is nice
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  • The Baron 8 months ago
    great clean line style. well made and timed.
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  • molodoy 8 months ago
    great!!!
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  • Dr Haisook 8 months ago
    Amazing!
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  • Ju 8 months ago
    may i ask u something???
    what effect u use to make the line shaking....
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  • ROY 8 months ago
    wowww exelente!!
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  • jedrula 8 months ago
    kozak:)
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  • alex kendrick 8 months ago
    Wow!
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  • Ángeles Ariza 8 months ago
    Great aesthetics!
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  • Chrysa Choumeti 8 months ago
    simple and...just beautiful!
    the sound adds a lot to the whole visual aspect.
    bravo
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  • Epic Editor 8 months ago
    Incredible
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  • Justin Crowe 8 months ago
    that was awesome. Great job
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  • Gareth Cobran 8 months ago
    truly amazing!!!
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  • amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Diego Stocco plus 8 months ago
    Awesome work, and the music is really cool, congrats guys!
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  • Nhat Vo 8 months ago
    wonderfully created and it was really marvelous to watch
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  • Stephen Coghill plus 8 months ago
    Incredible!
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  • lanux 8 months ago
    yep!
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  • midia effects 8 months ago
    Really Great! We are super fans of this animation!
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  • allen mechen 8 months ago
    beautiful, loved it.
    great work...
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  • maria luque 8 months ago
    great work!
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  • m.a.Raihan 8 months ago
    nice works
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  • Michaelkelly Kelly plus 8 months ago
    95k!
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  • Mark Ragunton 8 months ago
    i could have sworn i commented this video before? oh well, my comment is still going to be the same: amazing work!
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  • TOFU 8 months ago
    amazing :)
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  • Citizen Spain 8 months ago
    Love seeing stop-mo incorporated into projects like this, very nice!
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  • jane 8 months ago
    good job.
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