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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]

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🎥 Director & Designer for Aardman💥 Passion project indulger 📣 Keynote Speaker 📖 Author of ‘Do Fly’🥁 Noise maker under the alias of Project Toy

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · Nov 29

I am SO proud & honoured to say that I’ve been the Director of Wallace & Gromit - Shot on iPhone. A festive stop frame animation for Apple, shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro Max’s, projected 101 metres tall onto the iconic Battersea Power Station! Projecting every night in December from 5-10pm!

Wallace & Gromit, projected 101 metres tall onto London’s Battersea Power Station. This is a still from the festive stop frame animation we created at Aardman, for Apple, shot entirely on the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max.

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 1h

That's wild, i love it!

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 5h

"The result is the best movie of his career."

What a sentence!! Congratulations! 🙌

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 5h

I'm a bit swamped recently, so I haven't had time to write a new blog, but why not head over there and have a read through my mega-big-blog all about how I designed and played the title sequence for my friends at Beyond Tellerrand conference earlier this year: blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-s...

Behind the scenes: Beyond Tellerrand 2025 Title sequence

How I made and 'played' the title sequence for the creative festival 'Beyond Tellerrand' in Düsseldorf

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 20h

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham; written by Mark Burton boxd.it/z14C

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengefu...

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 5h

Man these are so so good!

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 12d

Remade Final Fantasy 7 Midgar Shops

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 5h

NICE!!

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 6h

Oh hells yes

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck yeah indeed!!! 👏👏👏👏

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 22h

If you want a primer / good place to start, this video is a great intro: youtu.be/JxilHoceiNo?...

How to make a custom virtual pinball cabinet - Project Introduction #1

YouTube video by Way of the Wrench

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 22h

From here: vpuniverse.com/files/file/2... but you have to be running VPX software to play it: github.com/vpinball/vpi...

MF DOOM (GOILL773 2024)

"Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name!" This incredible tribute to the legendary MF DOOM was originally created by GoIll773. When he brought it into VPW back in 2021 for some support we ...

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 22h

It’s so sick!!

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 1d

That's the biggest compliment to me, thanks babs!! :)

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so good!!

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 1d

Oh boy, the 2000’s have come flooding back to me after installing the MF DOOM virtual pinball table! So good! #ALLCAPS

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 2d

The Winchester looks such good fun!! I love the pepper’s ghost and the light-up apron - super cool!

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 4d

That's so sick! Mine's a bit like that - big chunky tyres like a tank - but that thing looks amazing! Not easy getting that beast on a train though!

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 4d

Is a jpeg ok?

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 7d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 5d

Fix it in post.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 7d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.