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Feb
16
2010

Birdo Helps Coffee Bean Tech Evolve

posted by aaron, 7.19 AM

Drawing from Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s pioneering work on the concept of evolution, the Brazilian studio Birdo crafted this animated business parable. It’s titled Evolve, a spot for the Californian company Coffee Bean Technology, and it was designed and directed by Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet. Muppet had help on the animation front from Pedro Eboli, Antonio Linhares, William Iamazi Ferro and Rafael Gallardo.

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Jan
21
2010

Rio’s Copa Studio Boards the Tromba Trem

posted by aaron, 8.30 AM

The crew at Rio-based Copa Studio recently produced this new series for AnimaTV, the Brazilian network. Tromba Trem (Trunk Railway) is a co-production with TV Brasil and TV Cutura, and it follows an elephant who has lost his memory and his pals who ride on a steam train. What you see below was written and directed by Zé Brandão.

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Jan
5
2010

Birdo Deposits Banco Mercedes-Benz Spot

posted by aaron, 9.18 AM

Here’s a new spot from the Brazilian studio Birdo. It’s for Bank Mercedes-Benz (who knew there was such a thing?), and the agency Salem. It’s simply titled Truck, and it was directed by Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet. The two had help on the animation from Rafael Gallardo, Pedro Eboli and William Iamazi Ferro.

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Oct
28
2009

Birdo Kicks Off São Paulo Film Festival

posted by aaron, 8.00 AM

The talented team at Brazil-based Birdo Studio produced the opening film from this year’s São Paulo International Film Festival, which is underway and continues until November 5th. The Flash-animated sequence was directed by Amir Admoni and character design by Os Gemeos. Animation direction was handled by Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet, while animators Pedro Eboli, William Iamazi Ferro and Rafael Gallardo took the Flash animation reigns.

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Oct
15
2009

Birdo Team Frees Teenage Girl

posted by aaron, 7.00 AM

Check out this new spot for Sempre Livre Teen, a sanitary napkin product by Johnson & Johnson, Brasil. This 2D ad, which looks and moves beautifully, was animated enitirely in Flash and was directed by Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet at Birdo Studio. I spotted this on the blog of an animator on the project, Pedro Eboli, who was joined by animators William Iamazi Ferro and Bruno Hamzagic. The agency overseeing the spot, titled My Life as a Teenage Girl, was Samurai.

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