...A DARK SAUCE FOR THE CHEAP BURGER OF EXISTENCE
Black Dog is a team of writers and animators based in Oxford, UK. We have had several commissions and been on a few competition shortlists, and had work broadcast on MTV Base and Propeller TV.
These are images for our new project "The Black Channel", a satirical TV-Schedule-In-Miniature
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Previous Work:
We are a duo of screenwriters, animators and filmmakers based in Oxford, channelling our energies into Music Videos and Animated Comedy, while pursuing freelance work in the shallows of Film. Our main thrust is a technique of photo-animation using multiple still shots and articulated limbs to create a moving picture. This allows us to create grandiose, outlandish videos on a micro budget. We are also moving into chroma-key filming on our latest commission for ATC Management. We are from Lagos and Paris, and met at Balliol College, Oxford. We have degrees in English Literature and Physiology. We bring all of our art and science to bear on the fabrication of moving pictures.
Our major past and present Projects:
2004-6 A series of short live-action films, one of which won a prize in the Oxford "Filming Literature" Festival.
2006 BBC New Animators -- Our 2-minute Short "God and Rob" was shortlisted and featured on the BBC website
2007 "Dark Side of Uranus" -- A seven-minute space epic, animated entirely in just one month by two humans on a zero budget. Screened on Propeller TV in July 2007 (Simon Lord & Alasdair Simpson, Writers & Directors)
2007 "The Butterfly Tattoo" -- Assisted on-location at a feature-film shoot in Oxford for a minor Philip Pullman novel
2007 "The Enforcer" -- Music Video to a self-penned track, for promotional purposes.
2007-8 "The Third Secret" -- commissioned full-length screenplay for a spy thriller, developed for Swipe Films Ltd. London (Simon Lord: Writer) Also script development, treatment and research work.
2007-8 "Master Shortie -- Rope Chain" -- Commissioned music video for ATC Management, London. Budget of £1000 + royalty, worked closely with artist. Video licensed to Orange and iTunes, YouTube views: 20,559. Airing on MTV Base from July.
2008 "Master Shortie -- Prince Charming/Rope Chain Dance Remix" -- In discussions regarding forthcoming commissions, as well as projects with other artists.
2008 Affiliated with Screenplay Productions Ltd. -- 3-minute animated comedy in development for Channel 4's "Three Minute Wonders" strand, tentative airdate in autumn. Featured on Screenplay's website.
Black Dog recently completed the Master Shortie music promo video 'ROPE CHAIN'. For more info about Shortie: HERE
old production stills:
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