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December 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
heavy duty. M.A.R.K.13 produces hundreds of minutes of 3D-Animation for fitness-center chain McFit.
in the buzz. M.A.R.K.13 featured director Aliaksei Tserakhau aka Cosmosfilm was invited to New York by our friends of BBDO to talk about his art.
Click here to watch the interview and check him out in our directors section.
November 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
sexiness is for everyone...or not? M.A.R.K.13 produces sexy spot for luxury lingerie online shop Liaison Dangereuse. Click here to watch it
... and to see some of the controversy it sparked click here
October 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
welcome to the dark side: we proudly present the latest member of the M.A.R.K.13 family: illustrator, concept artist and art director Ars Atra - Helge C. Balzar.
Not an illustrator from hell, but hellishly good at anything that's dark, scary and out-of-this-world. Check out his work here
September 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
creativity - we have it: M.A.R.K.13 ranked as one of the 10 most creative german commercial's film production companies.
To see the ranking click here:
keep trucking: M.A.R.K.13 wins silver at this year's Otto Car Award for 'Being First', produced for Daimler Trucks.
'being first' also won a Mobius Award.
to view the film click here: http://www.mark13.com/stuttgart/projects/Daimler%20AG/72
August 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
now online: Check out M.A.R.K.13 's making-of vfx for tv drama 'Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen' here
July 31 2009 BREAKING BIRTHDAY NEWS
today M.A.R.K.13 is a registered trademark since 10 YEARS. thanks to all friends, family and clients that always supported us since then.
July 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
M.A.R.K.13 takes off.
on wednesday 29th of july at 20.15 the eventmovie "Flug in die Nacht- Das Unglück von Überlingen" will be aired for the first time on the ARD.
director Till Endemann, who is an oldtime filmacademy pal of the M.A.R.K.13 ensemble, picked us to do over 180 VFX-shots in 2 months for his movie.
M.A.R.K.13 is proud of being chosen by C-Films to do the job and recomments it for viewing:
http://programm.daserste.de/pages/programm/detail.aspx?id=tq4km0H8GBl5gBkImuuH%2fA%3d%3d
please check back again soon, to see some making-off scenes.
and the winner is...Björn Richie Lob's film 'Keep Surfing' for which M.A.R.K.13 created titles and graphics won the audience award at this year's Munich filmfest.
touch the sky: M.A.R.K.13 commissioned by Ardeo Eventdesign created mood visualisations for 20 projectors and more than 200 meters of seamless projection for Sky television’s launch event held on July 3rd. the glamorous iin Munich’s Schrannenhalle was attended by guests like Samuel L. Jackson, Katie Perry and sports legends Vitali Klitschko and Franz Beckenbauer.
June 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
keep surfing: M.A.R.K.13 created the titels and graphics for our friend Björn Richie Lob's film 'Keep Surfing', which is currently showing at the Munich Film Festival
http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/dc/ffm_en/filmabc/detail.asp?FilmID=3687
May 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
check out the winning film of the 48h 3D jam:
http://www.mark13.com/stuttgart/playground/Dixie%20Trixie/79
get animated: for the third time M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart organizes the 48h 3D Jam at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, together with Film-und Medienfestival GmbH, Stuttgart and Why Not Animation, Annecy.
www.itfs.de/en/programme/rahmenprogramm/48h-3d-jam.html
March 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
work in progress: currently we are working on special effects for the tv drama 'das Unglück von Überlingen' for C-Films. watch this space for excerpts from the film
Maybach event documentation 2009: our photo team got back from Maybach's PoL at the 25th Cartier Polo Cup on Snow and is now getting ready to go to the exclusive Dubai golf cup
Febuary 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
gold is the new black: at this year's New York Festivals M.A.R.K.13 won 3 gold medals. the fully cg- animated tradeshow film 'Being First', produced for Daimler Trucks, was awarded gold in the craft categories animation, special effects/cgi and graphics as well as winning a bronze medal in the pr category.
Click on this link for the official listing of winners
www.newyorkfestivals.com/res/pdf/2009WinnersBookletFVofficial.pdf
... and to watch the film follow this link
say 'hola' to our newest M.A.R.K.13 family member: Majorca-based illustator, character designer and storyboard artist Nicolas Wambolt joins the crew, olé!
To see his work visit our illustrators site
January 2009 PRODUCTION NEWS
M.A.R.K.13 is back and wishes everyone a happy new year! As a belated xmas present we proudly present our Maybach annual film. please click on the link below and go to Maybach Movies
or to see the full-length version of the Maybach annual film visit the projects section of our website
www.mark13.com/stuttgart/projects/Maybach/
check out our newest addition to our neat selection of directors: Oliver Hardt is a corporate films director with a difference. click on the link below to find out why
http://www.mark13.com/stuttgart/directors/Oliver Hardt
December 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
for all of you who weren't there or those who want to relive the memories: click on the link below to see pics of the M.A.R.K.13 Berlin opening party and the infamous M.A.R.K.13 XMAS party
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97937323@N00/collections/72157610894776795/
October 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
M.A.R.K.13 needs you! vote for our contributions to Animacam online animation festival:
Darwin-Losers:
http://www.animacam.tv/contenido.php?id=2&idCat=5#
Schüler helfen Leben:
www.animacam.tv/contenido.php?id=2&idCat=1&pag=6
go for gold: at this year's Golden Drum awards, BBDO Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz '2-Way Radio campaign' and 'Taxi Test Drive', both realised by M.A.R.K.13 won gold in the media campaigns category
www.goldendrum.com/en/competition/winners_2008/
welcome the latest member of the M.A.R.K.13 gang: our new 2d artist Judith Plassnig
September 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
we love trucks: M.A.R.K.13 produced this year's Daimler Trucks corporate film for the IAA. check it out in 'projects'
http://www.mark13.com/projects//72
Piazza San Marco, Rialto and gondolas - M.A.R.K.13-Berlin produced trailers for the Allianz Biennale in Venice
August 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
M.A.R.K. 13 does dolce vita: our cameracrew is down with the rich and famous in beautiful Sardegna to film Maybach's exclusive presence on location at the Costa Smeralda
viva Darwin-Losers: M.A.R.K. 13's animated mini series is selected for the international television programmes competition at this year's Animadrid festival
June 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
always there for a good cause...M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart completes social spot for Schüler helfen Leben e.V. watch the entire spot under 'projects'
http://www.schueler-helfen-leben.de/newsite/sozialer-tag/
a bug's life (or death in this case): check out M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart's latest fun project: Darwin-Losers is an animated mockumentary about silly mating behaviours. check it out in 'playground'
M.A.R.K. 13 says FINALE!!!!!!
M.A.R.K.13 goes bronze...twice: at this year's Cannes Lions BBDO won a bronze media lion for 'Mercedes-Benz 2-Way-Radio Campaign' (advertising agency: BBDO Stuttgart, production: M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart)
http://www.canneslions.com/winners/media/win_4_3_01517.htm
and a bronze promo lion for 'Mercedes-Benz On a Mountain Top' (advertising agency: BBDO Stuttgart, post-production: M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart)
http://www.canneslions.com/winners/promo/win_4_1_00693.htm
our welcome party in berlin was a big sucess. thank you all for coming. our special thanks go to our caterer Die Wurstfontäne who created the very tasty and already infamous M.A.R.K.13 sausage especially for our gig. www.wurst-fontaene.de
May 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart on the red carpet: our cameracrew just got back from Cannes Filmfestival filming for Maybach 's presence on location where they got down with Busta Rhymes and Dennis Hopper.
oldies but goldies: M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart filmed and photographed this year's Maybach Mercedes-Benz Classic Ralley all around lake constance.
Lazaros Tsallos joins the ranks of our illustrators. see 'illustrators' for examples
hot new talent in town: illustrator Moritz Stetter joins the crew. check out his work under 'illustrators'
April 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
48 hours is all it takes...For the second time M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart organizes the 48h 3D Jam at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, together with Why not Animation and Film-und Medienfestival GmbH.
5 international student teams will create short animated films with a given character in only 2 days.
the M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart family is getting bigger: illustrator and storyboard artist Pia Auteried joins the crew. check out our fresh new talent in 'illustrators'
February 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
2 down, many more to go! we completed the first two films of a series of sophisticated Maybach event documentaries
M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart produces 'birds' tv commercial for Mercedes-Benz Trucks International. Check it out in 'projects'
January 2008 PRODUCTION NEWS
'Darwin-Losers' is a winner! M.A.R.K.13 's animated mini-series 'Darwin-Losers' was selected for the series competition at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
M.A.R.K.13-Stuttgart produces worldwide edition of BOSS instore dvds
Packaging, design and authoring for latest Adidas United dvd completed
M.A.R.K.13 does Maybach!
2008 will see us jetting around the globe to film and photograph this year's Maybach events and producing all Maybach event films and dvds
M.A.R.K.13 website is back!
and we love it
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M.A.R.K.13 loves Wurst!
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