Here's the New Kid (As Promised)

Check out my latest creation for the Philadelphia Zoo, Kid Zoo U campaign. I teamed up with my usual crew consisting of pure awesomeness and the talents of Left Hand Creative (the brains), Visual Innovations (the shooters), and music by Joe Fusco. We are all really excited about the spot, congratulations to all involved! I love making magic! :)

Noir Worldwide: "There's a New Kid in Town"

I had a blast working on these spots! Come back next week when I post the centerpiece spot for the campaign.

Noir Worldwide: "There's a New Kid in Town": We've had a lot of fun working with Left Hand Creative, Visual Innovations and the Philadelphia Zoo on the new campaign for their newest...

There's a New Kid in Town: City Hall from Noir Worldwide on Vimeo.

There's a New Kid in Town: Boat House from Noir Worldwide on Vimeo.

There's a New Kid in Town:Charge from Noir Worldwide on Vimeo.

Interrogation Photo (Making of)

I've been fortunate enough to work with some amazing photographers on some of my photo manipulations. Photographer Chris Razoyk is no exception. His amazing attention to detail and well trained eye make my

job that much more fun.

Interrogation Photo (Making of) from David Van Allen on Vimeo.

Music: Killbot – sound surgery

  The trick to getting this photo just right was the tone of the overhead light. Chris and I spent some time figuring out how it should look and feel in conjunction with the subject matter. After all we are trying to tell a pretty compelling story so it had to be just right. Chris and I also wanted the blue tone in the background to stay prevalent in order to give the photo a good sense of depth. Overall I feel the piece is a great success. I used Photoshop CS6 My trusty Wacom and Red Giant plugins for the lights.

Check out Chris's blog for more details on the shoot and an amazing video about it.

Chris also had a great article written up about his process in ISO1200 Photography Magazine's Blog

10 Ton Meteor hits Russia

and this is a "small" one so imagine what a "big" one would do... but we have more important things to do than build some sort of asteroid defense system right? I mean those cell phones and tech gadgets aren't going to build themselves.

10 Ton Meteor hits Russia

Link Via Geekologie (one of the most awesome sites ever!)

Over at the A.V. club there is a wonderful article about one of my favorite childhood cartoons. Duck Tales, a frequently overlooked but brief Renaissance for quality in a world where cheap and fast was and is the norm.

DuckTales invented a new animated wonderland—that quickly disappeared

Below is a link to the wiki if you are interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales

I read an really amusing reddit post today with none other than the great William Shatner doing the shortest AMA of all time. HE has the best lines and I quote:

It seems like it always comes down to this question: "Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck?"
My answer: I'm a lover, not a fighter. 
                                                 -WilliamShatner

Monday Animation Awesomeness!

Paper War

This is a really awesome take on a time tested mixed animation style a-la- Slow Bob In The Lower Dimensions or Don Hertzfeldt's - Rejected Cartoons but 
director Zhe Zhang takes it a bit further.This fun animation coupled with a great story and
timing makes for some absolute viewing pleasure.
Enjoy!

Paper War from GKCFF on Vimeo.