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Dusty Studio is animation design and production house specializing in a pastel on slate technique, also called chalkboard animation. In-house projects include the "Animation Hotline" which is an ongoing series of micro-animations based on crowd-sourced voicemail messages.
I thought today would be a great day to remind everyone that life is a beautiful gift and to not get too caught up in the melee. 🙂
I thought today would be a great day to remind everyone that life is a beautiful gift and to not get too caught up in the melee. :)
A late night/early morning caller explains their floral-gory dream, helping us to create the B-Rated horror film we always wanted to. We're busy keeping our…
Tonight at Anthology Film Archive “Prayers for Peace” 7:30!!!
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Another hotline from our archive that seemed just as relevant now as it was then (2 years ago) Here's the summary from 2 years ago...
"This summer I was in Germany and Switzerland and it seemed like most of the conversations that I was having at some point shifted topic to the situation with the Syrian refugees. It seemed at the very least to be on the back burner of most people's minds. But then I got home, New York, and although there was a little nonsensical talk about building a wall, not a lot of people even knew what was happening. I don't really feel like there is a lot I can do about the refugee crisis, most of my time is spent trying to survive or climb or achieve, much like the narrator. However, sometimes we can get shown the light in the strangest of places if we look at it right."
Director: Dustin Grella
Thank you to the The Goddard School
for giving us some great kid monologues to animate! It was so much fun hearing their minds explore and be creative, which is what we did with this animation. Kids are the bestest! Keep calling, even if you're an adult. (212) 683-2490!!!
Director: Dustin Grella
Animator: Zach Scholl
Illustration: Jennifer Klockner
Motion Graphics: Baining Ku
A woman shares one of her secrets at our new phonebooth in the fabulous SPACES in Cleveland, Ohio. This one was a quick straight ahead, stream of consciousness under the camera. Please enjoy, like and share, and keep calling, (212) 683-2490! We'll be working hard to crank out more animations. Thank you to Spaces for letting us send the phonebooth and giving us plenty of material to work with (:
Director: Dustin Grella
Animator: Jennifer Klockner
If you are watching today's premier of LORE make sure to look out for some of the animation by Dusty Studio!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPnuT2TLvLQ
Based on real people and events, the podcast phenomenon comes to life with 6 terrifying stories from the Executive Producer of The Walking Dead and the Execu...
Whoa! Haven't made one of these in a really long time. Maybe since last summer?! But here it is. There are three new interns this summer and we will be cranking these things out for the next month or so (maybe longer if we get a bunch of really great calls- hint-hint). So, what we are trying to say is call, call and then call again so that we can choose from a whole bunch of stories, summer stories, poems, nightmares, reality checks, drunkalogues, breakups, engagements, childs new to the world, all that stuff. All that good life stuff. Call! Call 212-683-2490. This particular animation is about a phonebooth, sort of, not really. We also made a life sized phonebooth that people can go inside and leave messages, so if you want to host the phonebooth at your location contact us. It's pretty heavy. Maybe 500 pounds. But one of the interns are really strong so it shouldn't be a problem. Have a great summer! Enjoy!
FYI- German public television is in German.
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Ein-Kurzfilm-zum-Anfassen,hamj48394.html
Dustin Grella produziert seit fünf Jahren Filme. Statt in seinem Studio in New York, ist Grella zurzeit in Ottensen. Auf dem Gelände des Kurzfilmfestivals arbeitet er auch mit Schülern.
Animation Hotline
Hey everybody! It's summer time again and we have a little extra time and energy to start making new Animation Hotline videos. My brother Drew, Drew Grella, came out and stayed with me for a month, he's an illustrator so he drew most of this one. I think I know who left this message also (Brenda), I think I can recognize her voice, but maybe I'll let her chime in and let me know if it's her.
Because we are starting new animations we will also need new voicemail messages. So please call in and leave a little story, a poem, thought, memory, or any kind of message that is shorter than a minute and we will choose one a day to try to animate. Thanks for participating! :)
US +1 212-683-2490
Germany +49 40 7976 9147
Director: Dustin Grella
Animator: Drew Grella
Day's Edge Productions
Have you ever heard of the planet Vulcan? There’s a good chance you haven’t, because it doesn’t exist. In our latest episode of Think Like A Scientist, we dig into the amazing history of planet Vulcan to reveal how the power of an idea can shape the currents of thought, and sometimes, lead researchers down the wrong path, but in the end, science manages to get things right. Filmed in production with Howard Hughes Medical Institute for Nautilus Magazine.
http://m.nautil.us/issue/37/currents/the-lessons-of-a-ghost-planet
Animation Hotline will be at ANNY's upcoming animation screenings! Check us out on March 9th and April 13th, 8pm, at the South Steet Seaport!
ANNY: Animation Nights New York is thrilled to announce that Dusty Studio will be installing Animation Hotline at the March 9 and April 13 events! Come on Out To See at the South Street Seaport!
The animator Frederick Tremblay from Montreal puts the tough questions to his five year old nephew.
OMG! I wasn't aware that someone could be both a zombie and a vampire at the same time, but now I know.
If you have a story leave it on my answering machine and I'll try to animate it/
US +1 212-683-2490
Australia 1800-636-642
This is my friend Lotte. She left a few messages, I think most of them were from Skype because they were horribly garbled, but this one came out clear. She just moved to SF, and seems to be excited about the possibilities.
Leave me a message at +1 212-683-2490
Micro animation of Robert Pope's thoughts on humor. He was one of my favorite professors. The class that he taught was Creative Writing, but more importantly he taught how to love life.
This was one of the first messages I got, and I was so excited about it that I tried to do it first, but after working on it for a few hours I had to set it aside and work on something else. I just wasn't able to animate it. For whatever reason, today I felt like I was going to be able to do it, so I picked it back up and drew it.
Animation Hotline is a series of daily animations where I use messages left on my voicemail for content. when you get a chance please leave me a message, and honestly it’s best if you leave more than one because sometimes what you think is the perfect message might simply be impossible for me to animate in one day. I post a new animation and a more detailed description of each, here on my blog every day at 11:11am. To watch entire archive of Animation Hotline animations go to my website.
To leave a message call…
inside US: +1 212-683-2490
international (skype): animationhotline
New Animation Hotline for a November Monday about a man and his cheeseburger, and of course his lamp post...
https://vimeo.com/146676633
We are currently accepting answering machine submissions. We use crowd-sourced voicemail messages as content for micro-animations. Leave a 10-60 second message on…
Unlike most other types of cells, which are programmed to die after a certain number of divisions, stem cells are immortal because they can multiply infinitely. Unfortunately, so can cancer cells.
If you leave a message about gratitude we will animate it and in effect you will live on in the memory that is the internet, forever. +1 212-683-2490
https://vimeo.com/146450210
“The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.” ― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
Memories and dreams and the images they conjure.
https://vimeo.com/20942925
Laura Bidwell left this on the machine when I first started the project. It was a really difficult message to visualize because there was so much motion. I decided…
We actually finished this one on Thursday but didn't have a chance to post it yet.
https://vimeo.com/145892347
This is "Animation Hotline: Heart" by Dusty Studio on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
When I was a kid the Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh rivalry was contentious. But then Pittsburgh won a bunch of Superbowl rings and it's really difficult to argue with that.
Stories of Thanksgiving. I want them. 212-683-2490.
https://vimeo.com/145680484
I don't watch football as often these days, but I'll be watching the game this weekend at Gary and Serena's. If you have a message about something…
Animation Hotline about a someone who is tired of comfortable being alone.
https://vimeo.com/23098425
Whoa! Finally the fingers are dirty again. It took so much energy to get started doing one of these. I was working that freelance job, then I went to the Petaluma…
It is oftentimes difficult to comprehend that humans have figured out how to fly in the air like birds, although it is not difficult to comprehend that we have figured out how to complain about it.
Animation Hotline is a series of micro-animations that use crowd-sourced voicemail messages for content. Right now we are looking for stories about gratitude. If you have a story, give us a call at 212-683-2490.
https://vimeo.com/145409817
Animation Hotline is a series of micro-animations that use crowd-sourced voicemail messages for content. Right now we are looking for stories about gratitude. …
Never trust and artist with clean hands...
https://vimeo.com/20655237
I asked Thatcher who said "Never trust an artist with clean hands" because my hands are always really really dirty and of course he knew who said it. …
Thanks for the messages so far. We are currently looking for message about food or Thanksgiving, or a story about something you are grateful for. Call 212-683-2490.
https://vimeo.com/145194864
Thanks for the messages so far. We are currently looking for message about food or Thanksgiving, or a story about something you are grateful for. Call 212-683-2490.
This is "Aniimation Hotline: Pablo" by Dusty Studio on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Working on animations about food lately. Please leave messages about gratitude at 212-683-2490!
https://vimeo.com/20316364
I think this one is super funny because my parents are the same way. I think seniordome sort of sneaks up on you and one day your sitting there with a half price…
New Animation Hotline for a new millennium. Leave your story about GRATITUDE at 212-683-2490.
https://vimeo.com/144648432
The gap between myself and twenty is getting wider every day. In fact, I'm now closer to 65 than I am to 20. Please tell me a story so I can animate it. 212-683-2490
Thanksgiving is on the way so maybe it is time to start thinking about eating birds. Leave a thanksgiving message on the Animation Hotline and we will try to animate it.
212-683-2490
https://vimeo.com/20351136
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Found this oldie but a goodie in the archive, and felt the need to share! I love twist endings, that get ya right in the heart strings. Call and leave us a message about a good person in your life, who’s moral value impacts you! (212) 683-2490 Director: Dustin Grella
Another hotline from our archive that seemed just as relevant now as it was then (2 years ago) Here's the summary from 2 years ago... "This summer I was in Germany and Switzerland and it seemed like most of the conversations that I was having at some point shifted topic to the situation with the Syrian refugees. It seemed at the very least to be on the back burner of most people's minds. But then I got home, New York, and although there was a little nonsensical talk about building a wall, not a lot of people even knew what was happening. I don't really feel like there is a lot I can do about the refugee crisis, most of my time is spent trying to survive or climb or achieve, much like the narrator. However, sometimes we can get shown the light in the strangest of places if we look at it right." Director: Dustin Grella
Thank you to the The Goddard School for giving us some great kid monologues to animate! It was so much fun hearing their minds explore and be creative, which is what we did with this animation. Kids are the bestest! Keep calling, even if you're an adult. (212) 683-2490!!! Director: Dustin Grella Animator: Zach Scholl Illustration: Jennifer Klockner Motion Graphics: Baining Ku
A woman shares one of her secrets at our new phonebooth in the fabulous SPACES in Cleveland, Ohio. This one was a quick straight ahead, stream of consciousness under the camera. Please enjoy, like and share, and keep calling, (212) 683-2490! We'll be working hard to crank out more animations. Thank you to Spaces for letting us send the phonebooth and giving us plenty of material to work with (: Director: Dustin Grella Animator: Jennifer Klockner
Whoa! Haven't made one of these in a really long time. Maybe since last summer?! But here it is. There are three new interns this summer and we will be cranking these things out for the next month or so (maybe longer if we get a bunch of really great calls- hint-hint). So, what we are trying to say is call, call and then call again so that we can choose from a whole bunch of stories, summer stories, poems, nightmares, reality checks, drunkalogues, breakups, engagements, childs new to the world, all that stuff. All that good life stuff. Call! Call 212-683-2490. This particular animation is about a phonebooth, sort of, not really. We also made a life sized phonebooth that people can go inside and leave messages, so if you want to host the phonebooth at your location contact us. It's pretty heavy. Maybe 500 pounds. But one of the interns are really strong so it shouldn't be a problem. Have a great summer! Enjoy!
The animator Frederick Tremblay from Montreal puts the tough questions to his five year old nephew.
OMG! I wasn't aware that someone could be both a zombie and a vampire at the same time, but now I know. If you have a story leave it on my answering machine and I'll try to animate it/ US +1 212-683-2490 Australia 1800-636-642
This is my friend Lotte. She left a few messages, I think most of them were from Skype because they were horribly garbled, but this one came out clear. She just moved to SF, and seems to be excited about the possibilities. Leave me a message at +1 212-683-2490
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Micro animation of Robert Pope's thoughts on humor. He was one of my favorite professors. The class that he taught was Creative Writing, but more importantly he taught how to love life.
This was one of the first messages I got, and I was so excited about it that I tried to do it first, but after working on it for a few hours I had to set it aside and work on something else. I just wasn't able to animate it. For whatever reason, today I felt like I was going to be able to do it, so I picked it back up and drew it. Animation Hotline is a series of daily animations where I use messages left on my voicemail for content. when you get a chance please leave me a message, and honestly it’s best if you leave more than one because sometimes what you think is the perfect message might simply be impossible for me to animate in one day. I post a new animation and a more detailed description of each, here on my blog every day at 11:11am. To watch entire archive of Animation Hotline animations go to my website. To leave a message call… inside US: +1 212-683-2490 international (skype): animationhotline
Animation Hotline is a series of micro-animations that use crowd-sourced voicemail messages. Leave a message at 212-683-2490!
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