While the majority of Oscar-nominated feature The Secret of Kells was traditionally animated, there were a number of Flash-animated sequences in the film, as we reported here back in 2009. If you watched last weekend’s Oscar telecast, you may have spotted the segment featuring animated characters from all of the nominated productions, and I just discovered that the :18 second clip of Aisling, the woodland fairy from The Secret of Kells, was animated in Flash, frame-by-frame with the brush tool. Alessandra Sorrentino and Alfredo Cassano, two talented freelance crew members at Cartoon Saloon (who are also a couple), brought it to life. Huge congrats to the whole team at Cartoon Saloon!
Using the supplied audio clip from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Chris O’Hara crafted this submission for the January 11 Second Club competition. We’ll know the results soon, but the February competition is already under way – this time using a music clip.
The December competition over at the 11 Second Club is winding down here in a few hours, and I spotted a strong, Flash-animated submission from Chris O’Hara. He’s an animator at Dublin-based Boulder Media and he calls this piece God, the devil and an xbox.
Yesterday, over at lineboil.com we wrote about the upcoming The Secret of Kells screenings in NYC. The July 18th and 19th showings are part of the New York International Children’s Film Festival, and tickets are already available.
The film is primarily filled with traditional animation, but as we pointed out here in January, there are number of Flash-animated scenes in the film too. Here’s some Flash scenes that were animated by Alessandra Sorrentino.
