Visually Stunning Animated Short Film - DARK NOIR

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We have an incredibly impressive animated short film for you to check out today called Dark Noir. The short combines 2D and 3D animation and the visuals are stunning. I absolutely love the world created in this. In it, ideas exist as monsters that can be stolen from their owners. The story follows a detective hired by an old man whose ideas were stolen by a past love. In the process of searching for the man's ideas the main character learns something about his own past.

The film was written and directed by comic book creator Rafael Grampá, and it was animated by Red Knuckles animation studio. I love the concept of this story, and I think it's awesome enough to be adapted into a feature film. Thanks to io9 for the heads up!

Dark Noir, a co-created animated short film by Rafael Grampá, Absolut and Facebook fans worldwide. The ambitious challenge invited people around the world to unleash their imaginations and transform their ideas into an animated film. During a live interactive three-week period, on Facebook/Absolut, Grampá encouraged consumers to take part and influence the action and storyline as he wrote it. To help him transform his 2D characters and script into 3D, Grampá teamed up with Red Knuckles animation studio. Grampá, Rick Thiele and Mario Ucci and their team of animators then transformed the crowd-sourced suggestions into an animated short film which premiered at MADE Berlin on Friday March 15th 2014. Watch the inspiration and creation of Dark Noir www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Bp-2To1uA Full Credits: Written and Directed by Rafael Grampá Animation Studio: Red Knuckles Director of Photography: Red Knuckles Red Knuckles Creative Directors: Mario Ucci and Rick Thiele Producer: Monica Domanska Original story and characters created and designed by Rafael Grampá Lead Animator: Lucas Vigroux 3D Animators: Giovanni Braggio, Scott Beharrell Bono, Chris Whyte, Magali Barbe, Florian Mounié and Martyn Smith 2D Animators: Adrien Gromelle, Stephen Vuillemin, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Alice Bissonnet, Duncan Gist and Giovanni Braggio Technical Director: Maïckel Pasta Lighting TD: Patrick Krafft Environment Modelling: Florent Rousseau Mattepaintings: Manuel Dischinger, Ian McQue, One Pixel Brush Global Facebook Fans: Scene 1: Adriano Antonini Scene 2: David Jesus Vignolli Scene 3: Greg Fenwick Scene 4: Nina Robra Scene 5: Anton Kovalenko & Adri Ceesari Scene 6: Maria Vlad Creative Agency: Sid Lee Amsterdam Associate Creative Director: Gill Glendinning & Roger Leebody Account Manager: Jonah Dolan Production Company: Jimmy Lee Amsterdam Producer: Justin Townsend & Ezra Xenos Voice of Vincent Black: Doug Cockle Voice of Madaleana Proud: Ajit Sandhu recorded @Stainless Sound Music Company: Croacia Music Composer: Marcio Chavemarin Music Company: Wake the Town Sound Engineer & Music Composer: Paul Schumpter Music Producer: John Connon ‘Paper Bones’: Written and performed by Mike Ghost