About “A Kiss from Tokyo” in the words of Stephane Coedel (co-director/animator)

“A Kiss From Tokyo”, Theatrical Trailer (1964) – Yuki 7 dashes around the world in hot pursuit of the tantalizingly tricky Diamond Eye, who is stealing parts and plans and leaving behind a path of murdered scientists in her quest to build a missile inside her volcanic lair.

I co-directed it with and for Kevin Dart.
This animation is a part of a promotional event about the release of Kevin’s new book, “Seductive Espionage, the world of Yuki 7″ which will happen this summer.
Kevin produced the graphics and I gave them life in After Effects.

I tried to catch what was typical about the vintage look of the movies from this period. Lighting, grain, old school Special Effects (car chase in a studio with background projected film, miniature sets), editing, old fashion transitions, Music, etc…
Cyrille Marchesseau created a great piece of music inspired by Laurie Johnson (The Avengers) and John Barry (James bond).

Order the book, “Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7″ from fleetstreetscandal.com

Become a fan of Yuki 7 at facebook.com/pages/Yuki-7/89892777520

From the press release:

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSEE

The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, Inc. to produce and distribute Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO® Architecture Building Sets

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The LEGO Group is now the exclusive licensed manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO Architecture sets.

The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures, Inc. officially introduced the LEGO Architecture line in 2008. The line currently consists of six buildings – now including two of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous and recognizable buildings, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and “Fallingwater.”

With models developed in collaboration with architects, LEGO Architecture works to inspire future architects, engineers and designers as well as architecture fans around the world with the LEGO brick as a medium. Builders of all ages can now collect and construct their favorite worldwide architectural sites through these artistic replicas.

Both exclusive Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Architecture sets contain booklets that feature traditional building instructions along with exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each iconic building.

The LEGO Group will release the first of the LEGO Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® sets at the opening of the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit: From Within Outward at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on May 15, 2009.

Links:

• Lego
• Brickstructures Inc.

I recently returned from my annual Coachella trip. This year we had 8 people and a nice big house. Here’s a list of the bands we watched:

• Los Campesinos
• The Ting Tings
• Franz Ferdinand
• N.A.S.A.
• Leonard Cohen (partial set from the food area)
• Ghostland Observatory
• Girl Talk
• Paul McCartney
• Superchunk (partial)
• Amanda Palmer (partial)
• The Bloody Beetroots
• TV On The Radio
• TRV$DJ-AM
• Band of Horses (partial)
• M.I.A.
• The Chemical Brothers (DJ set – partial)
• The Killers

Check out some photos of the trip

The Family

Joshua Tree - Hidden Valley

Light Writing

Sidewinder Rattlesnake vs. toad

Lady Bug

Kauffmann House - Palm Springs

They’ve been out for a while… That said, if you don’t know already, you should:

http://www.dailymotion.com/videox6192b

Including music from Arcade Fire – nice.