about THE NEWS & THE WEATHER

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Artwork from 'THE NEWS & THE WEATHER'

Think Robert Anton Wilson's 'Illuminatus' Trilogy crossed with breakfast television in the UK from the eighties...

#Animation #Illustration #Illuminati #TVAM

About Happy New Year!

Hello all! Hello 2011! My NFTS grad film is now well into pre-production, more information coming soon!

my latest animated film; 'Reunion'

Reunion from Alastair Mccoll on Vimeo.

This is my NFTS Directing Animation MA project 2 film 'Reunion'.

about NFTS project 3

Some shots from my last NFTS year 1 film 'Lulu and Tallulah'. Nearly done!

about NFTS project 3

I'm well into pre-production on NFTS animation project 3, where im creating an animated film to accompany a haunting soundtrack by Vicente Villaescusa. More to come soon...

about my NFTS Character of Place Workshop film

Going Out, my pixilation film for the NFTS Character of Place workshop!

Done in a week a few months back, was lots of fun!

Pixilation/ stop motion film
Starring Miranda Barrie
Stylist and Costume Leanne Broadway
Photography by Chloë Thomson
Gaffer Mattias Pilz
Production Design by Jaime Fernandez-Castaano
with Eleonore Cremonese

Directed by Alastair McColl

(c) National Film and Television School MMX

about the BBC, Mountains and open briefs...

Ooohh its been a while since i posted last, but thats ok, been very busy! I've just finished a short animated section for a forthcoming BBC documentary on volcanoes, with Prof. Brian Cox (!!!) as well as NFTS project two, both of which i'll try and get images of on here in the near future.
In the meantime here is a poster I submitted for Little White Lies creative brief #30, which asked for a poster for a film I would love to see made....

about stop-motion in space!

My NFTS Character of Place pixilation short 'Going Out' is close to finishing post-production. It was an incredibly fun project with the awesome Barry Purves. Photography by Chloë Tompson, Production Design by Jaime Fernandez Castaano assisted by Eleonore Cremonese, Gaffer Matthias Pilz. Costume by Leanne Broadway. Starring Miranda Barrie. Should be Vimeo-ing it very soon, in the meantime, here are some stills...

about ort-oard

A recent collaboration between Niki Chan and myself to direct some visuals to accompany Mira Calix's piece 'Ort-Oard', which was a commision by the London Sinfonietta for their 40th birthday celebration. Clickyviewy

about bits from my film