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BBC launches location-based mobile events mash-up

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:39:16 GMT

New mobile site blends Breathing Places with BBC Weather data. The BBC's Learning Innovations department has unveiled a new mobile internet site called Open Air. It identifies a user's location, then serves up a blend of event listings from its Breathing Places site, and local weather data from BBC Weather.

more..

PhoneGap - lets develop for iphone

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:46:37 GMT

Found this neat little development last week that's growing by the day.. Apple seem to be green lighting more and more apps developed using this framework!

Android, Blackberry and iPhone are supported. So if you're into apps and know how to use html, css and javascript... get yourself over to phonegap.com and download the sdk for whatever platform you want to develop and start playing with Eclipse (A netbeans based IDE) for java EE and jave ME etc.. sounds confusing eh.. time to do you research and dig into the world of mobile.

Nosferatu in 3D

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:06:46 GMT

Creative Cow how an article running on how Chris Heuer helped to re-imagine Nosferatu into 3D.. Get your 3D glasses out and enjoy a few clips of creative masking!
Orlok the Vampire in 3D

Online video Conversion

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:41:11 GMT

If you need a video converted quickly, this is a good place to start!
Conversion on the fly from local or online videos to common formats is a pretty good little tool.

greenfield mobile work short-listed for the GC awards 2009

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:16:06 GMT

The animated capers of Robby Bluetooth- a cartoon character created and distributed by greenfield mobile on behalf of South Wales Police- has been short-listed for the national Guardian GC awards.

Now in its 13th year, the GC Awards reward excellence in the use of technology to raise awareness in the public services. They were established to highlight the excellent work done by public servants across the UK, and to disseminate the projects' contributions to best practice.

Andrew McCarthy from South Wales Police who with the help of greenfield media has spearheaded the use of mobile technology within the police force has been shortlisted for the prestigious Innovator Of The Year award.

"The reaction to Robby has been very positive with his ability to reach all levels of the community, deliver a message and form a talking point around the table to discuss some of the issues Robby does. I’ve seen Robby being delivered at events and watched closely as friends swap and watch the message over and over again. At our Christmas lights turn on 2008 we used Robby to deliver a burglary message and I was quite surprised when I had young people come and ask me what extra bits they could do to make sure that Robby stayed away from their homes and kept the Christmas presents safe under the tree." Andrew McCarthy.

Link to mobile work:greenfieldmedia mobile
Link to GC awards: Guardian Awards
Link to BBC: BBC News

Shhhhh

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:12:02 GMT

Shhhh, the moonoo blog is sleeping.
Hi all, moonoo have been flat out on stuff and things recently and have been delving into action script and flash video players. Javascript is also a biggie on the agenda, especially jquery functionality. jqueryfordesingers is a website that introduces javascript to the designer in us all. For those who find code daunting.. this is a good place to start!

Jungle Jail

Wed, 06 May 2009 20:30:30 GMT

This is very nice - comedy in jail is what you need. Dreary place and this is what happens

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

How cool is this

Wed, 06 May 2009 19:55:19 GMT

Whoever thought that a zoetrope could exist in the digital realm! Check out the link to try the illusion. Stripes

THE END

Wed, 06 May 2009 19:51:55 GMT

A dark piece of CG animation that was stumbled upon today! nice camera and layer work

THE END
Uploaded by Premium-films-Tv

Le Ballon

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:11:41 GMT

A nice animated short. Now we know where balloons go when they float away!

Le ballon
by ddbparis

Super Mario Flick book

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:35:01 GMT

Here's a bizarrre concept, taking computer game back to drawing board.

Popetown

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:35:25 GMT

This is something I stumbled upon this week. Joost sems to have a lot of content worth looking at. It is starting to be a viable IPTV platform. also Popetown looks quite funny.

South Wales Police and Robby going Strong

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:12:23 GMT

5 Videos completed for the South Wales Police - Robby Campaign. These are available to watch here Robby Videos. More to come from this campaign, stay tuned for more.

West End Comes alive with Amazing Puppet Horses

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:00:16 GMT

Just Saw this on the news and thought it was amazing. Puppetry truly does give you a different experience. Check out the clip for a spectale worth watching. Advanced ticket sales of 2 million pounds I think. ITN News Item on War Horse

Knitted Film shown at Animated Encounters Bristol

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:24:48 GMT

Here's a look at a Knitted Animation technique used to spread the word of world polution and it's effects on our planet. Knitted Animation

Watch Out! Robby's about - New animation for South Wales Police

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:48:16 GMT

Here's another one for the successful campaign we've been doing with South Wales Police. Robby is on the prowl and everyone needs to be vigilant to the opportunist thief. Watch Out - because Robby's about! Watch Out - Robby's about

manage and upload your videos with bitsontherun

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:09:37 GMT

Discovered a nice service via the flv player we use on video sites.. JW FLV Player Longtailvideo called bitsontherun. There is an API for php, ajax and others as wel as a simple html and flash uploader.

Check it out, trial the free account and upload some videos to see streaming vids that could then be posted to your site but served from the bitsontherun systems. Bitsontherun

Shrink O Matic - image resizer

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:28:29 GMT

Don't waste time opening Photoshop to batch resize images... Just use this little gem from the Adobe AIR marketplace.

Shrink O'Matic is an Adobe AIR application to easily (batch) resize (shrink) images. It handles JPGs, GIFs and PNGs.

Simply drag and drop images and they'll be resized as you wish! Options allow you to choose the output sizes, names and formats.

Get it it here... Shrink O Matic

BBC News report on South Wales Police Knife Crime Bluetooth Campaign

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:19:16 GMT

South Wales Police are out in force using the latest bluetooth enabled technology. The Knife Bin campaign has been reported on the BBC News website. moonoo created the series of short animation for the small screen and have helped setup the officers of the South Wales Police force with the ability to communicate to the youth of the area using a young persons most prized posession - their mobile phone.
see the link to read more... Bluetooth in the news

The flipbook - A brief history

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:08:20 GMT

For those who would be interested, this is a nice article about the origins of the basic flipbook.

Illustration work by David Lewis

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:13:48 GMT

Some nice Illustration work by a graduate of Glamorgan University/GCADT Animation Course. His graphic style takes influence from graffiti and comic books.
See Davids work David Lewis Moon

3D Flash website - this is really nice

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:41:37 GMT

What a really refreshing approach to a site. This 3D engine is very smooth.. Hours of fun.

OOOhh paper is cool

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:45:59 GMT

How cool is this!

Stop Motion in all it's glory with Selicks latest Outing Coraline

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:35:18 GMT

As a major fan of Henry Selick and Neil Gaimans work.. here is what I have been waiting for all year.. Since seeing WB's Corpse Bride and the style adopted to create such a film... Selik and Laika embark on an amazing looking film..

Dropbox - share files and folders accross pc mac and linux via the web

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:00:47 GMT

What a good way of sharing files and backing up data.. 2GB limit in a free account and you can have off site storage of work, photos, videos etc.. sweet.
You can even invite friends to share the same folders and work on the files remotely. What's also good it that the system keeps a backup of all files. Your work is archived for every instance of a change you make. So this means if a version of your file gets corrupted, you can just revert to an earlier verison.. check it out Dropbox

Baginski - fallen Art Animation

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:30:59 GMT

Nice Animation - quirky style and nice twist!

moonoo channel on youtube

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:26:44 GMT

moonoo have started a youtube group for people to share animation with each other.. A chance to reach out an get connected with the animation community. Join us, let us know who you are.. we might need you some day. visit moonoo on youtube

broadcastnow mentions moonoo

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:21:31 GMT

moonoo are mentioned in an article regarding the future of media production in wales. Joe Bump - a pet project of moonoo and greenfield media is being developed as a pre school series. Visit the site to see the introduction animation test

Andy Serkis does 2D Flash Animation

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:15:48 GMT

Andy Serkis has recorded a voice over for a charity in London called the Complete Works.. As a patron of the organisation Serkis has provided voices for a community project called Citizenship Troopers.. more details about the complete works
Take a look at the animation produced for the project.. The later half of the film involves live action integration from the kids during the workshops and is therefore missing in our sequence for security purposes Watch Citizenship Troopers

Tip for you web geeks

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:07:41 GMT

Stumbled accross this really nice tutorial.. we'll not so much a tutorial but a given if you have fireworks installed.
If you are catering for web browsers and come accross the png transparency issue with the wonderfull IE6 (yes it still exists, so we sort of have to cater for it.. sort of..) then the tribulations of using a .htc file hack for behaviour state of png image.. maybe this is a good place to start thinking again about what you really need. PNG8 can actually solve the need for hacks. Check out the link to see what I mean PNG8 solving transparency in IE6.
Cheers: Andy Moonoo

moonoo working with the police

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:34:49 GMT

moonoo have been very busy working with South Wales Police, sending out content via Bluetooth. The police have requested the assitance of moonoo and it's umbrella company greenfield media. South Wales Police are campaigning heavily to raise awareness of crime to a youth audience and what better way to do it than via their beloved mobile phones. moonoo have developed systems to broadcast messages to users phones using bluetooth wireless technology and have successfully managed campaigns for the National Eisteddfod, BBC and Media Wales during the Six Nations matches in the Millenium stadium. The South Wales Police project has a character attached to it to re-enforce the issues to the youth - Robby as he is called, is the catalist to all things bad. The youth will recognise the errors of Robby's ways through the video's and posters used in the campaign.. check out a sample of the adventures of Robby here.. watch latest campaign animatic

moonooblog goes live

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:07:02 GMT

This is the first post to the moonooblog and one in which I am very happy to report that we are still going and moving into the animation sector, slowly but surely. We have been involved in a pilot for a pre school series and are happy to say, all went well.
This blog is a chance to post news and thoughts on what we do, have done and are planning on doing in the future.. check out our showreel to catch a glimps of what we get up to at the studio, have fun.

php/asp.net recruit

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:06:28 GMT

moonoo are on the lookout for a programmer to carry out some php and possible asp.net tasks in the near future.. if anyone has php skills and is up to the task, please get in touch a.s.a.p for a chat/meeting of minds. email us info@moonoo.co.uk to get in touch.. or call if your very keen :)