PIXEL FARM

The upcoming Motionpoems event at the Open Book featuring Pixel Farm artists Tom Jacobsen, Ken Chastain and Jesse Marks was featured on Minnesota Public Radio:

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Pixel Farm is proud to be a part of the Open Book Literary Arts Center’s upcoming Motionpoems Event. Pixel Farm artists Tom Jacobsen, Ken Chastain and Jesse Marks helped accomplished poet, Todd Boss create the Motionpoem, “The God Of Our Farm Had Blades.” The world premiere of this animated short takes place in the Open Book’s Target Performance Hall at 7:00 p.m. on October 20, 2009. Admission is free. Please visit the Open Book for more information.

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Pixel Farm is proud to have been a part of a recent spot produced by Peter Mullin for Best Buy and Chickenfoot, a powerhouse rock band comprised of one time Deep Purple guitarist Joe Satriani, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith and Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar from Van Halen.

Creative editor, Doug Griess farmed clips from live recordings of numerous songs and behind the scenes studio recording footage to create an action packed performance of the band’s hit song, “Oh Ya.” Inferno artist Tom Jacobsen, assisted by Chad Retrum, envisioned a high contrast black and white look, adding in multiple images composited with 3D lighting and visual effects. Ken Chastain and Jesse Marks collaborated on building a 30 second track from the full-length song and added in movie trailer-like sound effects and crowd noises.

The commercial premiered during the debut week of The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien and will air again nationally in the fall. Chickenfoot’s self-titled debut peaked at #4 on the Billboard charts and has already sold over one million copies.

“Chickenfoot” — Best Buy from Pixel Farm on Vimeo.

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Thanks to everyone who attended Ad Fed’s event at Pixel Farm last Thursday. Senior visual effects artist, Tom Jacobsen showcased his work on H & R Block’s recent “Cyclops” spot. People couldn’t take their eye off of him. Sorry, had to be there.

Waiting for Sven Sundgaard...again.

Pixel Farm's multi-talented Jesse Marks

Deal!

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