Nathan Gilliss Demo Reel 2013

This video highlights some samples of work I've recently completed including commercial, film, and independent projects.

Knot In My Heart

               

A music video which I helped make. Performed by The Zolas and Directed by Sean Arden.
The video was debuted by the National Public Radio's All Songs Considered website.
Date Released: November 15, 2012
Role:  Animator, Post-produciton
Collaborated with: Sean Arden
                            The Zolas
                            Oliver Millar
                            Anami Vakil
Press: NPR's All Songs Considered 

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Trailer for Peach Juice

The trailer for the 8-mintue stop animated short film, Peach Juice, created my myself, Brian Lye, and Callum Paterson.


Date Released: February, 2012
Role: Co-creator, animator, effects
Press: Georgia Straight
          Vancouver Sun
        Big Cartoon Forum
Awards: Best Animation. New Hampshire Film Fest 2012
             Honorable Mention: Vancouver Intl' Film Festival 2012 Music: original score by Benny Schuetze
Screenings: Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2012
                  Montreal World Film Festival, 2012
                  Sao Paulo short film festival, 2012
                  Vancouver International Film Festival, 2012
                  Sydney Underground Film Festival, 2012
                  Vancouver Short Film Festival, 2012
                  Edmonton International Film Festival, 2012
                  New Hampshire International Film Festival, 2012
                  Oaxaca Film Festival, 2012
                  Ottawa International Animation Festival, Salon De Refusés, 2012
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The making of Peach Juice

I filmed this short video during the production of a recent short film I made with Callum Paterson and Brian Lye. The entire film was made by hand, and this is meant to show just a glimpse of the craft involved. 

Date Released: February, 2012
Role: Videographer, Editor

Music: "I saw the bright shinies" by the Octopus Project
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Poor Vitruvius

Produced for fun, I animated this short intro title sequence for a fictitious Television show on a rainy afternoon.

Date Released: January 29, 2012
Role: animator, videographer


Music: Dave Petch


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Live Summer: Vancouver turns 125!

Produced for the City of Vancouver in conjunction with Cause + Affect Design, Public Ritual animated this short promo for a concert / day-in-the-park. Jennifer Griffiths designed the poster on which the animation was based.


Date Released: June 9, 2011

Client: City of Vancouver

Role: animator

Collaborated With: Cause + Affect Design

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A Living City is a Social City

Date Released: April 29, 2011

Collaborated With: Stantec, Emily Carr University

Public Ritual Demo Reel 2011

Reel

Since Public Ritual's inception, we've been busy with a variety of jobs. We've worked with artists, architects, advertisers, activists, filmmakers, and occasionally played with fire. Here is a short glimpse at some of what we've been up to.

Date Released: April 14, 2011

Collaborated With: Callum Paterson
Music: "I love a computer" by YACHT

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The Man and The Mammoth

Short Film

This highly experimental short was commissioned for Salomon's media wing, salomonfreeski.

Date Released: March 22, 2011

Client: salomonfreeski

Role: animator, compositor, handicraft

Collaborated With: The Sherpas, Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party
Awards: Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival 3P0 Challenge presented by The Pique 
   Best in Show   
   People's Choice Award (voted in at 88%!)
Press: Wssf.com, Transworld Snowboarding
   

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Micro-loans.

Web Advertisement

Public Ritual was hired by Noise Digital to animate this video for the Credit Unions of BC for the micro-loan portion of their Be Remarkable campaign.

Date Released: Mar 18, 2011

Client: Credit Unions of BC

Role: animator, compositor

Collaborated With: Noise Digital

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What is a Credit Union?

Web Advertisement

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Public Ritual was hired by Noise Digital to make four short videos for the Credit Unions of BC. for their Be Remarkable campaign. Three of the videos were meant to explain the nature of credit unions, and one was a making of video.

Date Released: Sep 01, 2011

Client: Credit Unions of BC

Role: animator, set designer, compositor

Collaborated With: Noise Digital

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The Main Event

Contest Entry

Hoping to rake in a large cash prize, Callum and I animated this mock ad. We didn't win.

Date Released: March 24, 2010

Client: Big Rock Brewery, on spec.

Role: animator, costume designer

Collaborated With: Callum Paterson

Awards: nada

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Cause An Effect.

Web Campaign

My second project with The David Suzuki Foundation, this video is part of a campaign to inform people that even small actions can have large positive effects.

Date Released: May 05, 2010

Client: The David Suzuki Foundation

Role: Animator, Illustrator

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I Am Fish.

Web Campaign

I made this short video for The David Suzuki Foundation, as part of their campaign for coastal water protection.

Date Released: October 29, 2009

Client: The David Suzuki Foundation

Role: Animator, Illustrator

Collaborated With: Jeff Werner

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Tic Attack!

Web Advertisement 

This video was part of a campaign by Noise Digital for TicTac. Callum Paterson and I (as Public Ritual) were hired to make a stop-motion piece to inspire other people to make their own artworks involving the candy for a prize.

Date Released: May 5, 2010

Client: Noise Digital, TicTac

Role: Co-animator, co-director, compositor

Collaborated With: Noise Digital 

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Public Ritual Demo Reel 2009

Reel

The start of a fledgling partnership, Public Ritual, between Ashleigh Vallaincourt, Callum Paterson, and myself began with this reel comprised mostly of student work. The song was composed for us by Dave Petch.

Date Released: June 17, 2009

Client: Public Ritual

Role: co-animator, editor

Collaborated With: Ashleigh Vallaincourt, Callum Paterson

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Bonefeather

Student Film

My grad-project film at Emily Carr University, created with Callum Paterson.

Date Released: May 7th, 2009

Role: co-animator, co-director, co-producor

Collaborated With: Callum Paterson

Distributed By: Future Shorts

Awards: Best Animated Production, Montreal International Film Festival Student Category

             Best Student Animation,  Beloit International Film Festival

             Honorable Mention, River's Edge International Film Festival

             Silver Prize, Emily Carr University External Grad Show
Press: Emily Carr Website
               Canadian Animation Resources Website


Exhibition: AceArt, July 2nd – August 18, 2010

               

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nicefit logo

Student Work

I  animated the logo of a grad-project entitled "nicefit" by colleagues Jeff Werner and Tobias Ottahal.

Date Released: May 7th, 2009

Client: Jeff Werner, Tobias Ottahal.

Role: animator

Collaborated With: Jeff Werner, Tobias Ottahal

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What Happened to Our Food?

Student Work

The outcome of collaborative project working with a group of artists and designers from Emily Carr University for Herb Barbolet.

Date Released: April 27, 2009

Client: Herb Barbolet 
Role: Animator, co-illustrator

Collaborated With: Michelle Fu, Jonathan Igharas, Emily Lin, Brian McBay

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Sea Surface

Student Work

This was an assignment for a class at Emily Carr University.
Date Released: April 14, 2009

Role: animator, motion-graphics, student

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