Landscape with Duck on Vimeo

LANDSCAPE WITH DUCK, a hand-drawn animated short by Patrick Neary/Kinografx, wrapped up its festival circuit February 23 at Portland International Film Festival. We were treated to a full house at Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium, beautiful projection, and some good laughs throughout the film.

This week, the film was posted on Vimeo and has reached over 12,000 views!!  It was posted on a few blogs like Kuriositas, Neatorama, and The Presurfer -- which helped it reach a wider online audience. What a trip to see the title in so many posts on Twitter today.  Thanks for all the positive feedback out there!

We'll be posting the film and more updates online soon at www.kinografx.com, as well as news about our new stop-motion animated film A MARTIAN PICNIC.

Meanwhile, get your ducky gear at our Mad Bird Design Store! New designs for A MARTIAN PICNIC are in the works.

Landscape With Duck merch from the Mad Bird Design Store

Website Design for Portland Author Jo Barney

Launch Day for a brand-new website is always exciting. I was very pleased for the opportunity to work with talented Portland author Jo Barney on her website, Jo Barney Writes. The website is designed to promote Jo's two new e-books, The Solarium and Graffiti Grandma - now available as e-books on Amazon, Lulu, iTunes/iBook and Nook.

Jo Barney Writes website at www.jobarneywrites.com

CLIENT FEEDBACK: SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

Jo was very happy with the results of her new website, and even sent a gorgeous bouquet of flowers on launch day! Her Facebook page notes: "I am excited, very excited, to announce that I will have a web page, finished and beautiful. Thanks to Michele Neary, Mad Bird Design, who listens so well and is so patient."





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In addition to website design, I also updated Jo's Writing Blog to match her new website design, provided personal instruction in how to navigate social networking on Facebook, and developed a logo for Jo's emerging brand.

Check out The Solarium and Graffiti Grandma - now available as e-books on Amazon, Lulu, iTunes/iBook and Nook.

Animation News: A MARTIAN PICNIC to premiere in Ashland

Exciting developments from Kinografx Animation — new film A MARTIAN PICNIC will premiere at the 11th annual ashland independent film festival!

Ashland Festival Dates: April 12-16, 2012

AIFF is one of the best things you can do in Oregon

- or anywhere - for your movie heart.” 
Shawn Levy, The Oregonian

Ashland hosts a fantastic festival, and we are thrilled AIFF has selected Patrick's new animated short film. This will be the premiere of A MARTIAN PICNIC, a stop-motion cartoon that follows the misadventures of a hapless Martian as he competes with a mysterious alien creature for the contents of his picnic. Creative collaborators include Jason Edwards (newkrackle audiblefx) and John Askew (Scenic Burrows), who are creating the film's soundtrack and original score.

The Oregonian's Shawn Levy said the AIFF "offers movie lovers that same sense of being in a magical place ... Southern Oregon doesn't have anything else like it — nor, in fact, do most places on Earth."
This will be our third year of participation in the festival, and we're looking forward to the whole package: Ashland's signature hospitality, outstanding programming, supportive community, and meeting other filmmakers. Read more: what filmmakers are saying about the ashland independent film festival.

Ashland Independent Film Festival history:

• Short film Otis v Monster: 2010 Official Selection (animation by Patrick Neary)
• Feature Calvin Marshall: 2010 Official Selection, finalist for Best Cinematography (cinematography by Patrick Neary)
• Short film Landscape with Duck: 2011 Official Selection (animation by Patrick Neary)
• Feature Light of Mine: 2011 Official Selection, finalist for Best Cinematography (cinematography by Patrick Neary and Mike Ferry)

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Wrapping up the 2011-12 festival run, LANDSCAPE WITH DUCK returns to Portland as part of the Portland International Film Festival's SHORT CUTS program.

When: 6:15 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2012
Where: Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Tickets & Info: http://festivals.nwfilm.org/piff35/schedule/shortcuts/

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Kinografx Animation Studio is the cartoon department of Mad Bird Design
website: www.kinografx.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/Otis.v.Monster

Video Production for SSR

Mad Bird Design just wrapped shooting three more videos for repeat client South Sound Radiology in Olympia, Washington. The videos communicate key points of radiology procedures to patients. While we were filming this week, radiologists and staff were talking about the popularity of our earlier series of videos — we are pleased that they are getting good feedback and becoming a useful online tool for learning more about radiology procedures.

Producer: Michele Neary
Director/Videographer: Patrick Neary

Mad Bird Design specializes in crafting film and video projects with a high-end look, using state-of-the-art digital production gear. Offering professional expertise in video production, we have collaborated on several award-winning marketing and public education campaigns. Services include

• film and video production, from concept through completion 
• motion graphics and animation design 
• DVD authoring and mastering 
• digital video post-production, including editing, color correction, titles, graphics and effects work 
• video compression for web presentation

Check out our website at www.madbirdesign.com for more information.

Portland Animation Now!

Patrick Neary's animated short film LANDSCAPE WITH DUCK is proud to part of Portland Animation Now! Showtimes this Friday & Saturday at 5th Avenue Cinema in downtown Portland.

DATES: Friday and Saturday, Jan 27 and 28 @ 7pm
RUNTIME: 90min
VENUE: 5th Avenue Cinema
ADDRESS: 510 SW Hall St, Portland, OR 97201
TICKETS: $8 general admission
BUY NOW: www.nwanimationfest.com



Kinografx Animation's LANDSCAPE WITH DUCK has been winging its way to film festivals in Durango, Ashland, Bodega Bay, Portland, England, Prescott and Anchorage. The 3-minute short tracks the adventures of a wayward duck who misses the migration south and struggles to catch up to his companions. Animator Patrick Neary uses a combination of traditional, hand-drawn animation with some digital compositing for the backgrounds.

Kinografx Animation | Facebook

February 1st: Portland Screening of LIGHT OF MINE

Feature film LIGHT OF MINE returns to Portland, Oregon for a screening at the historic Hollywood Theatre. The feature will be followed by a Q&A and includes a premiere of a documentary short film.

SCREENING DETAILS:
Hollywood Theatre: 4122 NE Sandy Blvd, 97212
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
6:45 pm - Doors open
7:30 pm - Film begins
Buy tickets online @ Hollywood Theatre

Director/Producer: Brett Eichenberger/Resonance Productions

Directors of Photography: Patrick Neary and Mike Ferry

Official AFI Film Festival selection, 2011

2011 Finalist for Best Cinematography/Gerald Hirschfeld ASC Award, Ashland Independent Film Festival

Audience Award, Feature, Local Sightings Film Festival, 2011

Watch the trailer

REVIEWS

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the stirringly photographed Light of Mine packs volumes into its unassuming 77-minute running time.”

The Hollywood Reporter Review

Pedal Powered Talk Show Goes Live

The first episode of Portland's Pedal Powered Talk Show launched today! Created by Boaz Frankel and Phillip Ross, PPTS combines the classic talk show format with a go-anywhere cargo bike. The first show and season kicks off with actor/director Daniel Baldwin. Upcoming interviews include musician Laura Veirs, tea connoisseur Steven Smith, Portland band Blitzen Trapper, and graphic novelist Craig Thompson.

www.pedaltalkshow.com

Cameraman Patrick Neary (left) shoots The Pedal Powered Talk Show
Seen here: interview with Daniel Baldwin, on the roof of Portland's Hotel Deluxe