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- Apr 28, 12Having doodled around with the phone characters for some time I found a narrative home for them in a story about one of my favourite subjects, obsolescence.
For those new to the term, Wikipedia says "Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service or practice is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order."
Got it? Good.
So of course, the next step was to invent a love story between the phone characters and a disembodied hand.... obviously.
We all love our technology, but more than that we love to desire the next evolution in that technology; and there is no technology that currently embodies this more than the mobile phone industry.
Our lead character Smiley Face falls in love with Hand and a whirlwind romance ensues. This comes to an abrupt end as the hand goes running off with a new model (obsolescence, get it?! Geez, do I have to explain everything?). Smiley Face watches from the sidelines as the hand goes through a plethora of boyfriends like the whore she is (the hand represents mankind in general, so don't go calling me no sexist !). That is until Hand comes right up to date with the smart-phones of today, with their crap battery life and temperamental behaviour, she realises she should be with solid reliable guy, but will Smiley Face take her back? Watch the finished film to find out.
This narrative all has to fit into a self imposed 90 second time frame...sung to music by Smiley Face himself. Music and lyrics coming right up. - Apr 27, 12
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- Aint it Cool
Crash Bang Wallow is featured on Aint it Cool’s
You can find a link here with a nice little write up of our efforts on our little baby of a film.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53862
“Hell yeah, this is one absolutely screamed out at me the first time I got to see it. Seriously, Dunleavy and Singer were able to make me nostolgic for early 90’s action flicks all with a rhyming voiceover as the guy is trying to commit suicide. Damn good short.”
Aintitcool.com
- The Last Werewolf
I worked with Director Dan Greaves on this short to promote the release of novel The Last Werewolf. Dan has come up with one of the most original werewolf transformations imagined.
Here’s my failed E4 stings entry. I’m not bitter though, it’s just a complete coincidence that I have made a vow to never again watch poorly made British reality shows and by the numbers American sit-coms.
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- Talking in the third personHis series of star studied short animated films have won a bunch awards including a British Animation Award for his debut film The Technical Hitch, a Cannes Short Film Corner award for Crash Bang Wallow and a Babelgum Online Award for Shadows & Dust.
Jon is represented for commercials by Tandem Films.To contact Jon email jon@jondunleavy.com or call +44 (0)7916282149
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