The Thinklab

Showreel Visual FX

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:04 +0000

With over 10 years of animation and VFX background between the USA and Spain, The Thinklab’s creative team’s credits span across all media forms: from films, commercials, TV series and music videos. We are currently pre-producing our first 3D animated feature film and just about to release “Fluffs!”, a 3D animated series created for the Disney Channel.

Demo Reel 2011

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:48:46 +0000

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:05:53 +0000

Fluffs! is the first animated series conceived and created by The Thinklab for the Disney Channel. Here, we show you a teaser for each character.

"IX"
IX, the leader, is all "brains". But because his gray matter is always exposed, he suffers from nervous attacks and emotional instability.

"GLUB"
His only obsession is to gulp down everything, edible or not, including his own friends. He can change size at will.

"XO"
XO is the dumbest of all Fluffs… He is usually the victim of all sorts of accidents and the source of most trouble.

"FLUFFS!"
A teaser of the whole Fluff! family.

"JOJO & GLOO"
The inseparable friends, GLOO is filled with a highly volatile gas that prompts it to jet to the stratosphere more often than not. JOJO, his friend, is always trying to avoid it.

Director
Julio Soto
Concept
José Tatay, Julio Soto
Script
José Tatay, Alfonso de la Puente
Character Design
Rocío López
Prodution
Adriana Malfatti
Animation
The Thinklab
Music
Rafael Arnau
Agency
The Thinklab
Collaborating Agencies
Nohvfx, Jinglebox
Client
Disney Channel

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:20:45 +0000

Fluffs! is the first animated series conceived and created by The Thinklab for the Disney Channel. In the following clips, you can see the first six episodes:

1. "Ice Everest"
A pile of ice and a spill of water from a glass, make for the most exciting ice-adventure for our microscopic friends, the Fluffs.

2. "Wizard of Fluff"
Fluffs! have decided to film the famous hurricane scene of "Wizzard of Oz". Glub is in charge of the hurricane. And that is just the beginning of their trouble…

3. "Superwarf"
A cookie box and few cutouts make the perfect scenario for a superhero rescue mission. Warf will play the superhero, saving poor Xo from Glub’s evil hands.

4. "The Remote"
In this episode, the Fluffs will embark on a mission to switch the TV back on. Will they manage?

5. "Fl.u.f.o"
The finding of a button-badge triggers IX’s imagination to new levels. Let’s make a "Space Invasion" scene! Glud will play the evil alien.

6. "High Fluff Musical"
It’s time for the High Fluff Musical! It will definitely make a good scene in IX’s reel. Except his friends are not that happy for being dressed with those ridiculous pom-pons and forced to make those impossible poses! IX has definitely gone too far this time…

DESCRIPTION:
Fluffs! is a TV series about a group of microscopic monsters that live under a family’s couch. They are so small that are almost impossible to detect. Their only reference from the outside world are the films they watch on the family’s TV and the small objects that fall under the couch. They spend their time trying to mimic what they see on TV on their real life.

Director
Julio Soto
Concept
José Tatay, Julio Soto
Script
Alfonso de la Puente, José Tatay
Character Design
Rocío López
Prodution
Adriana Malfatti
Animation
The Thinklab
Music
Rafael Arnau
Agency
The Thinklab
Collaborating Agencies
Nohvfx, Jinglebox
Client
Disney Channel

DISNEY’S “LA GIRA” – Opening Titles & Graphics

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:39:36 +0000

Client:

Disney Channel trusted us to conceive, create, produce and post-produce the opening titles and complete graphic package for their new series The Tour (La Gira). La Gira is Disney’s Spain first produced tv series.

Pop4U, a young music band start off on a international tour in their motor-home. Little they know that they will have to share their space with their accompanying heavy metal band, older and nastier… ”Los Cuervos”. Music, rivalries, adventures and a long and fun journey will wait ahead of them.

Director
Julio Soto
Prodution
Adriana Malfatti
Art Direction & Post-production
The Thinklab
Music
Disney Channel
Creativity
The Thinklab
Client
Disney Channel

DISSECTION OF A STORM – Short film – 18 min -2011

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:12:35 +0000

Thanks:

Based on the novel “Dissection of a Storm” by Menchu Gutiérrez, published by Siruela.

A woman called D, seeks shelter from a tormenting past in a sanatorium in the middle of the mountains. The obsession she runs away from is death. But death has taken for her an unusual shape: her own hair.
In the sanatorium she will get to know the Director and the other patients who all share the same obsession for hair. The arrival of a powerful storm will begin to surface the fear of past memories and the inmates prepare for the storm’s final assault.
Will this storm be the cure that everyone is seeking or will it, on the other hand, bring the destruction that D anticipated?

Awards:
Best Film. In The Palace Intl. FF, Bulgaria
Best Photography, Zaragoza Intl. FF

Official Selection:
San Francisco Shorts Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood
In The Palace Intl.Short FF, Bulgaria
Festival Internacional de Zaragoza
Newport Beach Film Festival, California
Riverside Intl. Film Festival, California
Cortocircuito Intl. FF

Director
Julio Soto
Production
Adriana Malfatti
Post-production
The Thinklab
Supported by:
Ministerio de Cultura ICAA, Spain

DISNEY’S XD – Channel Branding

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:34:49 +0000


Client:	Disney Channel trusted us to create, produce and post-produce a new set of graphical elements for the XD Channel.	Director Julio Soto Art Direction & Post-production The Thinklab Music Disney Channel Creativity The Thinklab Client Disney Channel

MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA – Documentary Feature – 2010

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:20:26 +0000

Broadcasters:

My Beautiful Dacia My Beautiful Dacia is a humorous essay on the Romania’s odyssey from communism to capitalism, told through the fortunes of the country’s iconic Dacia, a simple and discreet automobile, but also a mirror of Romanian society. The film follows several Romanians whose lives are interconnected by this humble car, thus showing the present transformation of Romanian society from past to present.

“My Beautiful Dacia” was made possible with the kind support of the Media Program, the Romanian Film Board CNC, Channel 4 UK, YLE (Finland), MDR Germany, SVT Sweden and TVR Romania.

Awards:
Jury’s Second Prize, Documenta Madrid
Best International Film, DOCSDF Mexico

Official Selection:
Montreal Film Festival
Trieste Int. FF
Jihlava International FF
San Francisco Documentary FF
Margaret Mead FF New York
Docs DF Mexico
TIFF Transylvania Intl. FF
Documenta Madrid 2010
ZagrebDOX
IDFA 2009 Amsterdam

Director
Julio Soto & Stefan Constantinescu
Production
Adriana Malfatti & Alecu Solomon (Hi Films Romania)
Post-production
The Thinklab
Broadcasters:
Channel 4 (UK)
SVT (Sweden)
MDR-ARTE (Germany)
TVR (Romania)
YLE (Finland)
TV3 Catalunya
TVS (Slovenia)
RSI (Swizterland)
Planéte (Poland)

SEÑOR X – Short Film – 12 Min. – 2009

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:04:00 +0000

Client:

Mr and Mrs. X have two kids, a dog and a wonderful house in the suburbs. They seem like the perfect couple. But there is a missing piece in this idyllic world: she doesn’t feel like doing it anymore. One day she gives in to his insistence, she promises that tomorrow night will be very special. And she is right, tomorrow night will be a very special night.

Official Selection:
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Florida. USA
FlickerFest Film Festival. Australia
Semana del Cortometraje, Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid, España.

Director
Julio Soto
Production
Adriana Malfatti
Post-production
The Thinklab
Produced thanks to:
Ministerio de Cultura ICAA, Spain
Comunidad de Madrid
Broadcasters:
Tele5 (Italia) – Mediaset (Italia), SBS (Australia), Eurochannel (USA)

JETIX HUB – Total Branding

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:59:43 +0000


Client:	Total Branding for JETIX HUB, a new space for Jetix Channel promoting games, activities, competitions and information about the Jetix community. The channel trusted us to create, produce and post-produce the new image for their Jetix Hub series. In this clip only the opening titles are shown, featuring a Spanish skateboarding champion.	Director Julio Soto Production Adriana Malfatti Art Direction & Post-production The Thinklab Music Jetix Creativity The Thinklab Client Jetix Channel