High Above the Sky

MewLab are currently in production of a new short film called “High Above the Sky”.
The film will be released in May 2012
The film will be created entirely from cardboard, here’s an early design of the lead character

“High Above the sky” is a co-production with SPID Thetare Company


“My World Shared” Brick Lane Exhibition

 

Kim Noce will have a series of photographs in the first Instagram exhibition in London.
The exhibition will take place on the 22-23 October 12-8pm East Gallery E1 6SA.

‘My World Shared’ (http://www.myworldshared.com)
Organised by @IGersLondon, 30 participants will be displaying a selection of images posted on Instagram . The exhibition has been  featured in over 60 websites/bloggers from all over the world East Gallery – 214 Brick Lane – London E1 6SA.

East Gallery Map


Phantom Of The Opera

October 1st at the Royal Albert Hall see’s the opening of the 25th year anniversary of Phantom of the opera. Both Shaun and Kim have been part of the video projection team helping to create the content for the back projection of the play.

“The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall” will be screened live in around 250 cinemas nationwide across the UK on October 2nd. The event will also be screened live on over 500 screens in North America on October 2nd, with additional broadcasts in cinemas on October 5th and 6th, and a special encore on October 11th. Canada will broadcast on Oct 3 with additional screening on Oct 22nd. Australia has a special premiere screening at the State Theatre in Sydney on October 8th, followed by screenings from October 13th – 23rd.


Sam Mendes “Richard III”

Mew Lab have been part of the video team working on Sam Mendes new play “Richard III” at the Old Vic theatre, London.


Lady and the tooth

Mew Lab Director Shaun Clark has been over in Bristol recording the voices for his new film “Lady and the tooth”. Voice artist Melvyn Ternan provided all the voices and Sound Designer Alison Bown recorded the session and will be designing the sound over the next few months.


Air Scheme 2011: A bit of Green Screen

Kim Noce & the Students of Newport University have been filming in the green screen studio some terrifying and amusing gags. The drop in shooting sessions could not have been done without the help of the fantastic technicians “putting all the light up for the show” , the students of Newport and the indispensable wonderful Stan Evans.

Is that a Pig?

Beware of the Bear at the Bus Stop!

Buster Keaton or Stan Evans?


Museum at Night in Watford Animation Online

For  the Museum at Night  event,  MewLab projected  a commissioned animation onto the building of  Watford Museum,  with a soundscape created by Hutch Demouilpied.

“Museum at Night in Watford” on Vimeo

“Museum at Night in Watford” on YouTube

If  you want to know more read a review and look at the pictures!

Watford Museum & Space2
www.watfordmuseum.org.uk

Museum at Night
museumsatnight.wordpress.com

MewLab
www.mewlab.com

Hutch Demouilpied
www.hutchdemouilpied.com

Platinum Projections
www.platinumprojections.co.uk

Air Scheme 2011: Evolution, Involution, Revolution

Kim Noce has been awarded  the Air Scheme 2011, run by the University of Wales, Newport Animation programmes at the Skillset Media Academy Wales During the residency she will create her next short film in collaboration with the students of the University of Wales. The short ,entitled “Evolution, Involution, Revolution”, will be a poetic and playful portray of a town under the siege of a radical change. In the story the inhabitants of a town slowly start to transform into animals, literally.  At first the town’s people are scared. But as the number of transformation start to soar the human left in the town realize they are becoming a minority… Check out their website Animation Newport and the Air Scheme 2011  You can also view the previous winners and their films here at Air Directors


Night at The Museum in Watford

MewLab will be screening animation for  Watford Museum and we will project it onto the building itself  with a soundscape created by Hutch Demouilpied. The show will start at around 9.oopm on the 14 May!

Where ever you are dont miss it, museums all over  London and around the country are staying open till late and have special event during the 13-14-15 of May. For more information go to Museum at Night

For information of the event please go to Watford Museum Website


UK premiere “Looking Glass Music” & “Unearthing Shadows”

UK premiere “Looking Glass Music” & “Unearthing Shadows” at the Contemporary Music Festival Canterbury, both films will be screened to live music starting at 9:30 pm on Monday 23 May

Ticket and information for the event  can be found here

Robert Stillman plays live score: “Expanding his set-up to include a small ensemble of brass and percussion, the repertoire in this program reflects Stillman’s interest in juxtaposing the archaic with the futuristic, and the mechanical with the human.”

www.robertstillman.com

http://robertstillman.blogspot.com/


USA Premiere “Looking Glass Music” & “Unearthing Shadows”

On the 3rd and 4th of April  the premier of “Unearthing shadows” and “Looking glass music” in New York  at Douglas Street Music Collective NY tonight at 19:30 and at The Tank 7:30pm.

Robert Stillman plays live scorewith ‘Plainville’ Jeremy Udden:
“Expanding his set-up to include a small ensemble of brass and percussion, the repertoire in this program reflects Stillman’s interest in juxtaposing the archaic with the futuristic, and the mechanical with the human.”

www.robertstillman.com

http://robertstillman.blogspot.com/


BBC WebWise films

Mew Lab are busy making two short films for the BBC WebWise site. WebWise is a beginner’s guide to using the internet. You can find out how you can use computers and the web to get the most out of life online.


Animations for “Alice Adventures in Wonderland” @ The Royal Ballet

Mew Lab Director Shaun Clark  & Kim Noce are animating a series of  characters and elements for the world premiere of a new full-length ballet created by Christopher Wheeldon for The Royal Ballet: “Alice Adventures in Wonderland”

The characters  will be composited by another animator onto a series of backgrounds which will be projected throughout the ballet

Shaun Clark & Kim Noce : Assistant animator

The Royal Ballet 2 March 2011 to 15 March 2011
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Music    Joby Talbot
Choreography  Christopher Wheeldon
Scenario   Nicholas Wright
Designs Bob Crowley
Lighting Design   Natasha Katz
Animation Design G. Carrington

Watch the trailer


Frau Holle in film of the month competition


Frau Holle is one of the chosen films in “Shooting peoples film of the month competition” and is currently on the Leaderboard

Each month, Members view and rate their peers’ films, creating a Leaderboard. The three films at the top on the first day of the following month go through.

These films are sent to one of Shooting People’s high-profile patrons, who gives a personal review to each, and then chooses the Film of the Month.

Shooting People’s Patrons include Morgan Spurlock, Mike Figgis, Danny Boyle, Martha Fiennes, Asif Kapadia, Stuart Beattie, and Nick Park


London International Animation Festival 2010 Trailer Online

 Mew Lab are proud to make this year London International Animation Festivals Ident to promote the festival taking place at various different cinemas across London from 27 August to the 5th of September LIAF 2010 is to Screen 250 + films from 30+ different countries, showcasing the whole spectrum of creative animation, showing that animation is so much more than slick blockbusters and special effects.

LIAF 2010 Ident  on YouTube

LIAF 2010 Ident  on Vimeo

The animation is scratched & hand painted ink onto acetate film

Directors & Animation:
Mew Lab (Kim Noce & Shaun Clark)
Composer:
Chris White
Voice Artist:
Melvyn Ternan

Useful Links
To know more about LIAF go to: www.liaf.org.uk
To know more about Chris White go to: www.chriswhite.info
To know more about Melvyn Ternan go to: www.melmation.com
You can also view this movie and other fanstastic animations at MEWLAB CHANNEL: http://vimeo.com/channels/mewlab
You can view this animation on youtube if you prefer at  our YOUTUBE CHANNEL is http://www.youtube.com/user/MewLab


Earthquakes in London

Mew Lab Director Shaun Clark has just finished animating a series of  characters and elements for the National Theatre play by Mike Bartlett, “Earthquakes in London”. A story of disaster and hope unfolds around you in this epic  play which examines our fear of the future and guilty pleasure in the excess of the present.

The characters  will be composited by another animator onto a series of backgrounds which will be projected throughout the play and as a voice over narrating the introduction

Shaun Clark: Assistant animator


Ident for LIAF work in progress

The deadline for Liaf production is approaching.  We have been using camera-less techniques to reproduce the effect of paint of film.

Here some work in progress pictures… a flim strip version of the movie,  some stills and our house

 

The Frames drying out in the house

Here the film strips

 


Five year of Idents for Liaf

For the fifth year  Mew Lab are proud to make this years London International Animation Festivals “Trailer” to promote the festival taking place at various different cinemas across London this August and September. Here you can view the Ident we created in 2008

On Vimeo

On YouTube

LIAF 2010 is to Screen  hundreds of films from 30 different countries, showcaseing the whole spectrum of creative animation, showing that animation is so much more than slick blockbusters and special effects.

 


“The Magic Fish” broadcasted in January on BBC2

Based on a traditional Italian folk tale, The Magic Fish is the story of an elderly couple who live near the sea and are struggling to survive. An ancient chestnut tree takes pity on them and offers them help, and the couple become the proud owners of a fish that saves their lives. Here you can view the  english and italian version

On Vimeo


On You Tube

And translated into Italian.

BROADCASTED on Tue 19 Jan 20 11:35 BBC Two

Directed, Designed and Animated by:
Shaun Clark & Kim Noce @ MewLab
Animator Kaori Hamilton
Producer Neil Ben @ Glasshead


“Just So Darwin” nominated for a Bafta

Just So Darwin has been shortlisted for a Bafta in the Childrens category for best Primary Learning programme. Mew Lab created the title sequence for the 13 episode show as well as background designs and compositing the episodes.

JUST SO DARWIN NOMINATE FOR A BAFTA

(WATCH Episode 1)

or  (WATCH Episode 2)

Sam, a 7-year-old tortoise, loves to hear his Grandad Charlie tell stories about different animals and why they are the way that they are.

The stories that Grandad Charlie tells have been passed down to him through generations of tortoises; they started out when a small tortoise overheard them many many years ago.

Each story has one or two key ideas based on Darwin’s theories and is relevant to the science curriculum for 6 to 9 year olds. For example; animals change over time and different animals have different useful features such as trunks or shells. ( 13  episodes x 5 minutes for the  BBC)

You can view here the  full list of nominations for the EA British Academy Children’s Awards in 2009.

Children between the ages of 7 and 14 vote for their favourite Film, TV Show, Video Game and Website at www.baftakidsvote.org

 


New BBC Film in production

Mew Lab have just returned from Southern Italy were they spent a week photographing the landscape for a new film for the BBC. The film  called “The Magic Fish” is based on a italian fairy tale and will be screened on BBC Two next year.


Audience Award for Home? at LIAF

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“Home?” Director Shaun Clark (Watch Film)

On YouTube

on vimeo


Home? has won the Audience Award for best film in the Abstract Panorama at this years London International Animation Festival.

www.liaf.org.uk


Return To The Forbidden Planet

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Mew Lab have created a series of B-Movie style animations to accompany the stage play of “Return To The Forbidden Planet”.  The animation sequences will be projected onto two large screens on the stage to accomapny the performance.


Kitchen Sink Cabaret

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Origin (2007), Lightman (2005) and Home? (2008) Directed by Shaun Clark will be screened at The Adelphi Club, Hull. The films are part of an evening of music and films with all proceeds going to “Shelter”.

The Adelphi club is one of the last surviving underground live music venues in the country. One man, Paul Jackson, the club’s owner, has championed original live music, and in doing so has nurtured fledgling talent, many of whom have gone on to become household names. The club has played host to thousands of live bands  local, national and international  making the Adelphi the undisputed music capital of Hull.


The Witch’s Ballade

Kim Noce has created an illustration for the poem  ”The Witch Ballade” by Doreen Valiente  inspired by the style of Italian & Dutch medieval paintings.

View Full size illustrations

The Witch's Ballade

The Witch’s Ballade Illustration

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The Witch's Ballade_ Close Up

The Witch’s Ballade_ Witch Detail


Two new films in progress

Shaun Clark has been hard at work making two new short films “Welcome to Joetown” and “Lady and the Tooth” (work in progress title).  Currently the two films have had a rough edit and music and sound will follow once the edit has been locked. Composer Chris White is composing the music for both films.

Lady and the Tooth (2009)
Technique:    2D Drawn Animation & Cut-Out. Running Time:   4 minutes (approx)

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Welcome to Joetown (2009)
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echnique:    2D Drawn Animation & Cut-Out. Running Time:   3 minutes (approx)

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Lightman at Nozstock

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“Lightman” Directed by Shaun Clark will be screened in the Cinetent at this years Nozstock Festival. The Cinetent will showcase programmes from BBC Film Network, onedotzero, Encounters, Shortsip and Rural Media as well as Nozstock’s own selection of shorts, spanning animation, narrative tales, documentary, experimental visions + music videos from professional to amateur filmmakers.

Nozstock Festival is run by family and friends and takes place on a farm in Herefordshire on Friday 31st July until Sunday 2nd August . With only 5000 people Nozstock offers a grass roots intimate experience with all the quality acts you’d expect.

It is colourful, unique, crazy and thrilling incorporating four stages, three dance arenas, a theatre and comedy area with round the clock giggles and a new kind of burlesque glamour, cinema, kids corner, two bars, food and drink, diverse stalls and circus skills.

The  Buzzcocks and Red Light Company amongst a few that will be playing this years festival.


Glastonbury Festival

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Anyone who was lucky enough to attend the Glastonbury festival this year may have seen “The Village Screen” at the festival. The two big screens were showing amongst other things a number of short films. Mew Lab director Shaun Clark had four short films included in the screenings. “Lightman” (2005) and “Philophobia” (2006) were screened mid evening while “Origin” (2007) and “Home?” (2008) were screened in the late night Glastonbury sessions.


“1030 Footsteps”

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Mew Lab Director Shaun Clark has started work on a new film “1030 Footsteps”, the film should be completed before the end of the year and delas with similar themes as his previous film “Home?”.


“Elephants” wins Welsh BAFTA

Congratulations to Sally Pearce the Director of “Elephants” which has won the Best Short Film Award at BAFTA CYMRU (Welsh BAFTAs). Mew Lab’s Shaun Clark worked on the film as a After Effects Animator.

View Clip of “Elephants” by Sally Pierce

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“Picture This” at Waterstone’s

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View all the illustrations

Kim Noce has created a series of illustrations for “Freddie and The Fairy ” written by Julia Donaldson for the Waterstone’s “Picture This” Competition.


Home? at the London International Animation Festival

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“Home?” the short film made by Mew Lab animation director Shaun Clark has been selected for the London International Animation Festival. The film will be screened in the abstract panorama during the festival week (August 28th to September 6th).

The festival will take place predominantly at the Curzon Cinema in Soho, the heart of London, UK, and LIAF will be screening the best of the world’s most recent animation and some specialised programmes and retrospectives. For more details look at www.liaf.org.uk


Mew Lab on Vimeo

mew_lab_workTheir is now a selection of work from Mew Lab on their Vimeo page! Click here


Amnesty International Media Awards 2009

Mew Lab are currently hard at work producing a “sting” and several graphic presentation slides for the annual “Amnesty International Media Awards” being held in London this year.


“24/7″ Animated Documentry

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Mew Lab Director Kim Noce is currently producing 30 seconds animation for an awareness video; for Bracknell Teenage Pregnancy Unit . The film will be shown in the Berkshire area of England later in the year.


All’s Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends WellWATCH trailer

Mew Lab Director Shaun Clark is currently animating a series of animals for the National Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s play “All’s Well That Ends Well”. The animals will be composited by another animator onto a series of backgrounds which will be projected throughout the play.

Shaun Clark: Assistant animator


Home? at MIAF 2009

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Mew Lab Co Director Shaun Clark will screen his new film “Home?” at the Melbourne International Animation Festival (22nd-28th June 2009).


Origin at Glimmer 2009

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Mew Lab are pleased to anounce that Origin (2007) will be screened at “Glimmer 2009, the 7th Hull Short Film Festival


Just So Darwin

Last year Mew Lab, Shaun Clark and Kim Noce, created a twenty second title sequence, created backgrounds and composited 12 episodes of animation for the BBC series “Just So Darwin”.

The twelve part series is currently screening on BBC TWO

Darwin title(WATCH title sequence)

Darwin Ep1(WATCH Episode 1)

Darwin Ep2(WATCH Episode 2)


Home?

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Home?. The new short film by Mew Lab Director Shaun Clark will premiere at the Bristol Encounters festival as part of the “Emerging Talent” section showcasing the latest animation from around the world. This programme will provide the shortlist for the 4mations International Newcomer Award. Supported by 4mations.tv


LIAF 2008 Trailer

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For the fourth year running Mew Lab are proud to make this years London International Animation Festivals “Trailer” to promote the festival taking place at various different cinemas across London this August.

LIAF_2008 WATCH LIAF 2008

LIAF_2007WATCH LIAF 2007

LIAF 2006WATCH LIAF 2006

LIAF 2008 is to Screen 220 films from 30 different countries, showcaseing the whole spectrum of creative animation, showing that animation is so much more than slick blockbusters and special effects.


Forget Me Not travels to Hiroshima

WATCH Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not



Kim Noce Channel Four “AIR Scheme” short film “Forget Me Not” was screened at the International Hiroshima Animation Festival. The film was part of a special program entitled “Animation for Peace”. The story is about an elderly woman recalling bygone memories of Wartime. As a child she had three imaginary pets that she held with strings. She carried them with her all day and night, until one day she lost them. She looked for them everywhere to then find them unexpectedly.

Forget Me Not“, combines 2D cut-out, collages of archive photographs and animated embroidery.


Anansi and Turtle and Frau Holle

Mew Lab , Shaun Clark and Kim Noce, have been busy making two, five minute films for the BBC. Both films are aimed at 7-11 year olds and are to be recorded in many different languages as part of the “Telling Tales” series.

 

Frau Holle (WATCH )



In this traditional German folk tale, the gentle Clara falls down a well and ends up in a strange land where she moves in with the wily witch, Frau Holle.

She is rewarded with gold for her help and hard work, but when her lazy stepsister seeks the same experience, she is in for a surprise.

 

Anansi and the Turtle (WATCH )


Anansi invites Turtle into her home to share a meal, but contrives to eat all the yams herself – leaving Turtle hungry. Turtle returns the compliment by inviting Anansi to join him – and cleverly gets his own back.


Mew Lab

Welcome to Mew Lab, the collective talent of Shaun Clark and Kim Noce.


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