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		<title>Russian Internet Telecom  Giant MegaFon Extends the Speed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our very own Lara Croft leads you on, in a high-speed chase from the Dacha through the streets of Moscow, to escape - as only a fast gal can - into the wild galactic territories of outer space. Could she have made it without the aid of Russian Internet telecom giant MegaFon's fast and continuous speeds and all that it promises?

Live action lensed with the amazingly versatile Red camera with raw files imported on the fly directly into our CG pipeline. Definitely an indispensable tool for all your breakneck production deadlines.  Nostrovia!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=682</link>
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		<title>LFC creates snow, VFX + color grades spot for BSS+P Snow Cannon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BSS+P are known for infusing their ad campaigns with an irreverently sly comedic slant. In this series of spots for Columbia Sportswear they came up with the genius idea of stripping a bunch of actors down to their skinny, skin skivvies and in freezing snowy conditions have those poor principles explain to us the miracle of Omni-Heat and the little silver dots.

In this ad a guy is blasted with snow from a cannon and his friends (?) deliver a final blow that literally knocks him off his feet. ...  But what if there just isn’t enough snow?  BSS+P came to us to create that magic powder for the spot and for color grading the film. The fine performance speaks for itself.

In Korean with subtitles - just for fun.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=649</link>
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		<title>Unbranded for UTA wins a 2010 Silver Telly Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unbranded, already a multi-award winning spot for agency Lipman Hearne and the University of Texas at Arlington, has just won another gong. This time a Silver Telly Award in the "Non-Traditional" category.  While we're not too sure exactly what that category is, given the maverick quality of the spot and it's Unbranded attitude, we think that's very fitting.

So, it's all smiles here on the west coast at Little Fluffy Clouds and on the east coast, at Rhino FX, and down south at the University of Texas, Arlington. See this larger than life commercial play at the Dallas Cowboy's Stadium on the 17 story high Mitsubishi jumbotron - the largest TV screen in the world - and prepare to be WOWED by the accompanying stadium ribbons that wrap around the stadium while you watch your team play.

Unbranded and non-traditional - a winner in every sense of the word. Yes, Ma'am!

Made for Rhino FX, directed by Harry Dorrington with LFC's creative director, Jerry van de Beek, as designer, VFX supervisor, animation director and sole animator. Music on this version was scored by Jay Green at Big Science Music.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=644</link>
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		<title>SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival - Out of the thousands of animation and VFX entries, LFC's Mercedes SLR 300 spot, Out of this World, made the cut. And yes, we are sporting smiles as wide as that Nokia Theater screen on which we'll have the pleasure of seeing our work.

Celebrating its 37th year as the world's most innovative and stimulating showcase of computer-generated animation and visual effects. This five-day international event presents a wide spectrum of computer animation genres and styles ranging from narrative character animation to scientific visualization and from commercials for mainstream TV to digital effects for futuristic movies. If you are attending a single animation festival this year - SIGGRAPH 2010 is the one. See more info here: http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=539</link>
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		<title>UTA Unbranded &#8211; a giant spot for the Dallas Cowboys stadium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything in Texas is big. Some say there ain't nothing so big as the 17 story high giant Mitsubishi TV screen that dominates the field at the Dallas Cowboys stadium where this spot plays to thousands of spectators at every game. Unbranded, now an award winning spot for the University of Texas at Arlington, is fun, colorful and jam packed with all the best programs that UTA has to offer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=489</link>
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		<title>Ian Lumsden&#8217;s UK Animation Blog &#8211; The journey is everything.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best independent animation blogs on the internet today is Ian Lumsden's UK, http://www.animationblog.org/. Chock full of incredible animation and interesting observations, Ian Lumsden, who apart from facilitating this blog is not actually in the media or the animation biz.

Ian has a unique perspective on animation. Quite simply he profiles what he likes. Oblivious to the PR hype that so often surrounds a project and keeps a few chosen companies constantly in the public eye, Ian zeroes in on the way a piece makes you feel while barely mentioning the technique. I like that because that's the way a good animation should be - thrilling you with it's content yet so expertly made that the technique employed is almost invisible. I think life is all about the journey taken and that journey is filled with emotion not software.

I send him everything we do as much because I value his honest and constructive criticism as because I like to see LFC's work recognized by his blog. When Ian reviews your work it's a notice worth having. Here's what he had to say about our CALU spot, Journey.
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		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=468</link>
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		<title>Better late than never &#8211; The Car and The Road and Prix Ars Electronica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LFC Short, The Car and The Road. It's probably the first one ever for that short. Hey, not only that, but the file clearly states that TCATR made it into the prestigious Austrian animation festival, Prix Ars Electronica, in 2008. Prix Selection: Smart Worlds.  This charming work, directed by Jerry van de Beek and Betsy de Fries of Little Fluffy Clouds, was created for the Lexus Car Corporation. Described by the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) as, "A lovely animated fable..." The Car and The Road pay homage and takes its inspiration from Chuck Jones' Oscar winning film, The Dot and The Line. Original composition for the almost 4 minute film was scored by Trivers-Meyers Music LA whose arrangement fits hand in glove with the visuals. Commissioned by Los Angeles ad agency, Team One, The Car and The Road, is a colorful and imaginative feast for the eyes and fun to boot!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=462</link>
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		<title>Journey &#8211; a watercolor painting comes to life.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Journey, a 30-second HDTV commercial executed in an elegant painterly style combining both 2D and 3D animation to recreate the texture and layered look of a traditional watercolor painting.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=159</link>
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		<title>Conde Nast chooses LFC Friskies images for new design book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really good design books are hard to come by so Little Fluffy Clouds is more than pleased to be featured in one - which from the galleys to date - looks to be just that. Picture Perfect: Seeing and Understanding Color and Design, by Chris Dorosz and J.R. Watson, is an upcoming design publication by Fairchild Books, a division of Conde Nast Publications.
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		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=246</link>
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		<title>Radio Shack Santa GPS or what happens if he doesn&#8217;t have one&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A long  suffering Santa tries his best to deliver Christmas gifts to the world while Rudolph and the reindeer team go round and round in circles unable to find their way.

This darling little spot for Radio Shack has a crinkled paper, stop motion look and feel with a sweet Christmas musical score and some very funny copy - given a brilliant delivery.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.littlefluffyclouds.com/blog/?p=182</link>
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