Broadcast Series

portlandia ‘dolphin’ by bent image

2013-07-22

 Nothing better than poking fun at the sacrosanct—whether it be heart felt environmental politics or your favorite childhood tv show. Prolific Bent Image Lab’s Director Rob Shaw once again crafts an in-your-face eco-humor piece for the Portlandia series. He draws from the lo-fi innocence of late seventies and early eighties children’s shows to contrast with the cutting-edge urbane and abrasive wit of Portlandia. There is a great Sid and Marty Krofft’s ‘Sigmund and the Sea Monsters‘ feel in the sets and castle, and retro use of hazy narrow depth of field and grainy saturated colors. We eagerly look forward to more tantalizing dolphin shorts from the team.

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wallace and gromit by aardman

2013-05-17

 Humour, warmth and charm abound in the ever brilliant and well beloved character animation of Aardman‘s Wallace and Gromit. Here the the affable pair are promoting domestic vacation travel in Britain with “Wallace and Gromit’s Great UK Adventure.” The ongoing campaign is sponsored both privately and nationally.

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portlandia by bent image

2012-03-24

 ‘Zero Rats,’ a campy and well crafted segment by Bent Image Lab for the equally side-splitting new television comedy series ‘Portlandia‘, brings the food to the masses (and rats). Great highlight to a live action series with nice character articulation of the improvisational line delivery of the actors. Click below to see the daring making of video with more on how they achieved such great rat hairstyling.

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