Giles Timms’ Blog

The above is a still from one of the animated sequences I illustrated and animated for Jeffrey Blitz’s new documentary, Lucky. Lucky premiered at Sundance 2010. I was fortunate to work again as an animator and illustrator with Bill Barminski from Walter Robot on this production and it was also great working with Jeffrey Blitz. I found Jeffrey to be a very intelligent and challenging director. The sequences were animated in After Effects, with the illustrations drawn and colored/textured in photoshop.

The reviews of Lucky have been positive and it seems people also liked the animated sequences, as this review from Scott Weinberg testifies “with nifty animated interstitials full of interesting jackpot stats.” You can read Scott’s full review here:

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/01/27/sundance-review-lucky/

I’m excited to see the full film. Please leave a comment if you’ve seen the film and let me know what you thought, thanks.

Another cool shout-out for my animated music video, ‘Dead All Along’ and work in general. I was featured as “an emerging filmmaker to watch” as part of Film News Briefs November Filmmakers to Watch newsletter. The archive of the newsletter is here: Film News Briefs: November Filmmakers to Watch

Big thanks to Jessica Kantor :)

I was really excited and honored to be the Featured Graduate Student Accomplishment in the UCLA Graduate Quarterly. My work on my animated music video, ‘Dead All Along,’ was the featured accomplishment in the Fall 2009 Issue, Volume 19, Number 1. You can download a pdf copy of the issue here: UCLA Graduate Quarterly, fall 2009

Many, many thanks to Mary Watkins at UCLA :)

Manifestations is screening agian this coming weekend at the 18th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival. Here are the details for the second screening.

Where: Tivoli Theatre, Animated Shorts Program 1
When: Sunday, Nov. 22, 9:30 p.m.
Link: http://www.cinemastlouis.org/2009/short_programs.html#sp10

Manifestations was created within the UCLA Animation Workshop at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Music by Ceri Frost

I finished my reel this week and have added it to my online portfolio as well as my vimeo and youtube accounts. My reel showcases select work from the past year, both freelance and personal projects. To download my reel or to find out more information, visit my main website here: http://www.gilestimms.com/reel09.html

Manifestations is screening twice at the 18th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival. Here are the details for the first screening.

Where: Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Animated Shorts Program 1
When: Saturday, Nov. 14, 5 p.m
Link: http://www.cinemastlouis.org/2009/short_programs.html#sp10

Manifestations was created within the UCLA Animation Workshop at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

My animated music video, ‘Dead All Along’, performed by Ceri Frost, is featured this week on Channel Frederator on their Frederator Show along with an interview on the Frederator Blog.

Channel Frederator YouTube Feature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLMnSFHY0k
Channel Frederator Show Feature: http://www.channelfrederator.com/frederator/episode/CFR_20091110
Frederator Blog Interview: http://frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2009/11/12/giles-timms-dead-all-along/

Channel Frederator is the ‘cartoon central on the internet and features original cartoons.’

Thanks ever so much to Bailee DesRocher and Bobby Miller :)

This is the animated video I completed for the UCLA Anderson School of Management for their home page video and call to action campaign. It’s an animated video of Max Ohlendorf’s original audio application for the MBA program at UCLA. The production company was Fraser Communications.

Hand drawn, Photoshop and TVPaint elements with compositing and animation in After Effects.

I’m really excited that Manifestations is screening at The Revenge of the Freakishly Short Animation Festival. The trailer is brilliant and it looks like an awesome fest. The fest includes such amazing films as David O’Reilly’s, ‘Please Say Something’ and Jake Armstrong’s, ‘The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!’ I would love to go to this.

Where: Akron Art Museum, Ohio
When: Thursday, Oct. 29th at 7pm and Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2:00pm
Site: http://www.akronfilm.com/

Thanks ever so much to Steve Felix :)

Manifestations was made at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

‘Manifestations – An Animated Tale of Love’ is screening at The Other Venice Film festival, here in Los Angeles, Oct 15-18th.

When: Sunday, October 18th in the 2:30pm to 4pm, ‘Abra-Cadavers’ Shorts Block #3
Where: Beyond Baroque Theater, 681 Venice Blvd Venice, CA 90291

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This should be a great fest and I’m really excited as ‘Manifestations’ is playing in the ‘Abra-Cadavers’ Shorts Block #3 which features Tim Burton’s, ‘Vincent’ short.

Music by Ceri Frost
Manifestations was made at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television