Cold Hard Flash: Flash Animation News, Videos and Links » Tyree http://coldhardflash.com Flash Animation Community - Featuing a Blog, Videos and Links Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Animated Obama Series Ready To Stimulate the Web http://coldhardflash.com/2011/01/animated-obama-series-ready-to-stimulate-the-web.html http://coldhardflash.com/2011/01/animated-obama-series-ready-to-stimulate-the-web.html#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:25:02 +0000 aaron http://coldhardflash.com/?p=5003 Wayne Stamps, who was a writer on The Proud Family, has created a new web series about a superhero who just happens to be the current POTUS…. aka the President of the United States. We follow the cigarette-jonesing Commander In Chief, who leads a double-life as the muscle-popping marauder known as B-Rock. The 1st episode has been delivered, and the team announced that 12 have been completed. Wayne Stamps, David Corbett and Tyree Dillihay are acting as series Executive Producers.



… and with this teaser you can see where the series is headed. It’s sure to get some attention with this type of frothy dialog:

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We’ll start with a sneaker-themed Valentine from Tyree Dillihay. It’s based on his new online comic titled Sn’eads, as in “sneaker heads.”

And here’s a Flash-animated love song from Dave Schlafman and Evan Sussman. It’s part of their PBS KIDS GO! project, Fizzy’s Lunch Lab. This is titled Give Your Heart a Valentine:

Lastly, here’s a College Humor Valentine from Mike Parker. It’s titled Cupid is Out of Work:

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Read a Book
Watch the Read a Book music video

As part of the ongoing CHF interview series for the In Rainbows Animated Music Video Contest, we bring you our first video interview. Tyree Dillihay, who directed the Flash-animated music video for Bomani “D’mite” Armah’s track Read a Book music video while working at Six Point Harness, details the production process, how the BET project landed in his lap, and the overwhelming reaction the video saw on the internet.

I personally think Tyree is being modest about the number of views Read a Book received so far. Of the clips currently still viewable on YouTube, there’s a good 3 million views, and previous clips accounted for millions more. I’d argue that Read a Book was one of the most viewed web clips of 2007.

I also want to direct your attention to Tyree’s Flash-animated short film Differences, which was also produced at Six Point Harness.

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Bomani “D’mite” Armah, who created the song, and Tyree Dillihay, the director of the video, joined Harris on the broadcast, which did as much to stoke the flames as the song itself.

Here’s the crux of the issue – we Americans see animation and immediately associate it with kids. The song does echo themes pushed by the children’s literacy organization Reading is Fundamental, but if you listen to the lyrics, they’re mainly aimed at adults. What episode of Electric Company urged kids to “buy some land?” So once you accept that this message is aimed at adults, allow yourself to focus on the real messages, which all races should find some value in.



Read a Book was animated by Six Point Harness Studios in Hollywood.

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Pool’s Primal Instinct Productions is currently preparing for episode 4, which will be the last episode on the first DVD, due out later this year. Hats off to the crew: Dave Johnson, Dustin Remmel, Milton Pool and Tyree Dillihay.

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The jiggling and wiggling of the various females got a bit tired by the end, and I wasn’t terribly thrilled with the lead actresses’ vocal performance, but the overall production values in this second installment (top-notch music and sound design) more than made up for any shortcomings.

Smithee is joined by Tyree Dillihay, David Johnson and Dustin Remmel who all elevated their games for this one. A beautiful and breathtaking production, fellas.

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