The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

If you are in North California, check out this festival!


http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org



"Maybe" is playing this weekend!

If you haven't seen it yet, drop by for a viewing!

Schedule for maybe

Friday Evening
07:10 PM at the Nevada Theater (map)

Sunday Morning & Afternoon
09:42 AM at the Great Hall, Miners Foundry (map)

Sunday Morning & Afternoon
01:10 PM at the 227 Broad Street (map)

CICFF

Maybe is playing at the 25th annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival!

Join us Monday Oct 27th, at Facets Cinema for a collection of shorts is called "Meet me Halfway."

Title	Time	Venue	Ages
Meet Me Halfway	9:45 a.m.	Facets Cinema	8 to 10

"Maybe"

Maybe

Maybe is an animated short film by Sam Chou, co-produced by Style5 Animation and Chuck Gammage Animation.
The film is narrated by Makayla MacLeod.


In Maybe, a young perspective in a changing world asks the question: Why are we so scared? This 2-minute animated short follows the relationship between our decisions that we make everyday and the impact they have on our world. This piece was produced to show young people that their actions are important and that they shouldn't be afraid.

In the words of the writer-director, "all of our efforts accumulate to something in the end. Even though we may not see it, everything we do amounts to something and we are all connected." This film touches upon a familiar issue that has greatly become a common theme in our daily lives.


Festival Appearances and Recognition
2008

Sydney International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia

Anima Mundi Film Festival, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Animation Block Party, Brooklyn, NY

Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois

Hiroshima Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan

(UPDATE***More festivals added )

Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois

Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, California





Credits
Producer: Sam Chou, Style5 Animation, Chuck Gammage Animation
Writer and Director: Sam Chou
Music: "One Minute" The Album Leaf
Narrator: Makayla MacLeod
Art Direction/Design: Raymond Xu, Clive Powsley
Animation: Sam Chou, Chris Land, Seamus O'Keeffe, Perry Osuna, Tapan Gandhi
Production Support: Suzy Bradshaw
Special Thanks To: Mom and Dad, Jaime, Chuck Gammage, David Cowdery

Official site Here.

Some artwork for my entry for the Radiohead music video contest.
http://www.aniboom.com/Player.aspx?v=196141

Radiohead Music Vid

This is my entry for the Radiohead music video contest. PLEASE vote for me! (rate me)

http://www.aniboom.com/Player.aspx?v=196141
or
http://www.aniboom.com/search/Animations/charlie%20buys/1/0
(click on "Charlie buys a Book")

Unfortunately you have to register to vote.
**BUT FORTUNATELY** it's real quick and it will only take a minute

after you register, you can go back to the LINK and click the "bomby" things at the bottom of the video)

Hope I become a finalist.

sexy

Someone wanted a sexy girl concept for "Luxury Brand" drink campaign.

Vanilla Vote

I finally got a copy of two commercials I directed in the summer at Chucks. The concept that was pitched was "the Office" meets Snap! Crackle! and Pop!
I tried to capture the cutty feel of reality TV and it was real fun to work on.

Vanilla Conflict

Vanilla Resolve

Back from a HUGE hiatus.

Hey Guys,

I'm going to try to be more frequent with these posts, it's really been busy here.

Chuck and I have ventured into a new and direction and finally, we can show you everything. It's called Style5 Animation. We created Style5 so we can have a different outlet, one where we can explore different styles with different designers.

Check it out here!

http://www.style5.tv/

The Wrong Block- stills

Here are some stills of an animatic that I put together.

In this sequence- Max, our detective, is tracking down an old advesary.

Imagine his ...luck?

Hope to show you more soon!!!

Teaser poster

contemporary detective story...that I'm trying to make happen.

The Wrong Block

Here's a little something I'm developing. (more to come later)

Marketing'

Pink Panther - Owens Corning

Rice Krispies - Split Stix (Rare Japanese Version)

Here are two spots I directed this year at Chucks. They were alot of fun to work on. Though the schedules were tight, the process couldn't be smoother thanks to a great crew.

Animators: Shaun Chacko, Trevor Dean Freeman ,Charlie Bonafacio, Blair Kitchen, Chris Land, Justin Lee, and me.

(quicktime links above)

*Chinatown - animation

Finally! Here are few scenes from a short film I'm working on. (quicktime link)

*Caution-scenes contain violence.....animated violence-which is worse than REAL violence because, um...... aren't animated characters supposed to be cute and lovable?
Didn't you read the memo?

'boards!!

Yey.....I'm going to milk THIS forever and ever!

I'm glad it's getting some attention from a magazine that I read.

Dunk frames

Here are a few stolen frames of a sports piece I'm working on.

Spider and Fly

Yey! You can see a spot I recently did on Cartoon Brew.

Great Wall

Here are some b-ball images for a sports Promo I was working on.

I did Yao Ming.




Cuz he's Asian.

kobe

urban

Some conceptual stuff for a short film I'm working on.

turf war