Kwanimation Productions

Throwback Alcazaren Bros. Animation. Found the original boards for a spot we did for RAMCAR Philippines in 1991. Agency was PAC (then all-Filipino -owned). ECD was the legendary Romy Sinson. The concept was simple: to show the car battery powering all the electrical components of a car. We used a combination of replacement animation and good ol' stop-motion for the transformation scenes. This was analog "morphing" (a technique popularized by claymation guru Will Vinton of California Raisins fame)All materials were made of clay. The clay battery was 30-40% larger than the actual size so it would be easier to animate and fit in the replacement models plus, we could get more detail. The lightning effect in the end was cel animation by Philippine animation pioneer Fred Kasilag. Pre-digital days, compositing was done via optical printer, where the cel animation sequence was printed back-to-back with the main claymation sequence.
The original shooting boards were drawn by Marita de Leon. Analog days, we presented the physical storyboards. Wala pang PPT at laptops! And there were no YouTube video pegs haha. We were lucky that claymation was big in the U.S. so many agencies knew what our company specialized in. Today, many clients don't understand what it is and wonder why the movements are "jerky" and texture not so smooth so they end up asking for a CG option (which actually has almost the same production time and costs). Hwell...
Filmex was the production house and Jeric Mariano, the producer. The jingle here is still a favorite although people always go, "Ah yung commercial ng Motolite!" Paktay.
Heres the link to the commercial! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLgQDHRSHv0

Kwanimator Minnie's contrIbution to Hakbang Leni 2.0
Stop motion of a 3D printed Lego version of Leni representing barbers.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4778287232284835&id=100003108178115

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Kwanimation Productions!

Animation rendered in an Etch-a-Sketch toy by Minnie Pangilinan

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