Joel Trussell's Video for Jason Forrest's "War
Photographer" scores Best
Music Video on resalert.
Here's what they had to say: "In 2004, Jason Forrest dropped a video by an unknown director named Jon Watts, who has since become one of the top new directors plying the waters of music video. For his latest record, Forrest teamed up with southern gentleman animator Joel Trussell to create another truly bizarre yet reassuringly medieval music video. This time it's animated, and instead of Tolkien, it's Vikings. The song is a double-barrelled mash-up of '70s rock riffs, so the horned helmets make sense at least! Trussell had previously hit the RES radar with his video for Kid 606's "The Illness," and his trademark characters and comedic detail are on full display here. This time, the video focuses on a band of Vikings sailing their dragon ship peacefully across the sea. Chaos quickly ensues when a rival ship, piloted by another ill-humored posse, sets upon them for combat. The magic happens when they fight; instead of catapulting boiling oil, the Vikings turn into roadies and set up for a massive arena rock show on the deck of their vessel; their enemies do likewise and the characters shoot musical waves at each other from guitars, wreaking havoc on crew and ship alike. The climactic battle sees both ships transform into giant robot rockers. Beautifully timed, hilarious to watch and a great step up for Trussell."
Pitchfork Media has this to say about Joel Trussell's new video: Jason Forrest: War Photographer - Directed by Joel Trussell: Animated Vikings of noize plug in, tune up, and shred gratuitously in this epic seafaring battle. Trussell births chain-smoking, helmeted roadies along with rainbow-spewing marching band boys, and a tongue-lashing Gene Simmons ancestor while elevating the song from just another (albeit raucous) Forrest-y pop collage into a ridiculously vibrant history of rock parable. [watch quicktime]
Joel Trussell's new animated video for Jason Forrest's 'War Photographer' is selected to be a part of Channel Frederator's latest cartoon podcast.
Joel Trussell animates and directs a new video for Jason Forrest's "War Photographer".
View the new commercial for Cable Spots directed and animated by Joel Trussell.
Hypefest 2005 announces award winners: The Style Council Award, which recognizes a project for its unique style and visual panache, was given to “Float (My Electric Stargirl),” The Atomic Swindlers music video directed by Joel Trussell. View PDF
Joel Trussell completes a couple more illustrations for NY Press. View Gallery or View PDF
IGN Streams Atomic Swindlers, "Float" directed by Joel Trussell
2005 PROMAX North American Awards Joel Trussell receives a Gold for Jewelry Televisions, “Gemstones on the Loose” animated promotion in the category of “Consumer Promotion Campaign”.
“Float (My Electric Stargirl)” has been accepted for screening at HypeFest 2005. That makes Number five for film festivals for the Atomic Swindler's Animated Music Video, "Float" (My Electric Stargirl) directed by Joel Trussell.
Joel Trussell, Director and Animator of "Gemstones on Loose", is a finalist in the 2005 Promax awards. "Gemstones on the Loose" is competing in the category for "Consumer Promotion".
Other finalists in this categroy are "Comedy Central Reno Telephony" - MTV Networks, "Lucky Lunchbox Sweepstakes" - Food Networks, "Hallmark Back to School" - Beehive, "Family Lab Contest" - Astral Media Networks, and "Monster HD Cards" - Rainbow Media.
View the "Gemstones on the Loose" spot here
Joel Trussell's latest cover illustration for the Charleston City Paper
Animator and Director Joel Trussell will be a featured guest on New York University radio's arts talk show hosted by Darren Levy. Joel Trussell will discuss directing the music videos for The Atomic Swindlers and KID606, among other things. The show airs May 10, 2005 at 7:30 PM. Citywide is WNYU's arts talk show featuring interviews with some of today's most innovative artists. Past guests on Citywide include members of the popular Blue Man Group, the President of Metropolitan Museum of Art Emily Rafferty, Jim Rose from the infamous Jim Rose Circus, and Brendon Small who co-created Home Movies currently showing on Cartoon Network.
Tune in to 89.1 FM NY or you can stream it live at www.wnyu.org.
For more information about the show visit Citywide website.
ACN's Jewelry Television commercials, "Gemstones on the Loose Contest" won the Knoxville Advertising Federation’s Silver Addy Award for Outstanding Art Direction, as well as a Bronze Addy Award for Outstanding Regional/National spot at the February 19th ceremony. Joel Trussell was Animator and Director on this spot.
JOEL's kid606 "The Illness" VIDEO WINS ANIMATION AWARD AT
HYPEFEST July 2004
Director Joel Trussell's kid606 "The Illness" music video
won the Stash Magazine Animation Award Honorable Mention at this year's HypeFest
film and video festival. HypeFest is a venue where a selection of creative
talent in film, commercials and music videos are given an opportunity for exposure
in the extremely competitive commercial community. HypeFest 2004 was held in
Hollywood and showcased over 70 short-subject works from filmmakers all over
the world.
Watch the Kid606 Video
for more about HypeFest, visit the official site: www.hypefest.com
Float (my electric stargirl) Music Video to Play at ImageOut Film
Festival
Joel’s music video for the Atomic Swindlers’ Float (my electric
stargirl) will be screened at noon on October 16th, during Rochester, NY’s
prestigious ImageOut Film Festival. ImageOut is in it’s 12th year, and
had a record 7,000 attendees in 2003. The Atomic Swindlers will be headlining
the Festival’s Opening Night Gala on October 8th.
kid606 “The Illness” Music Video Selected as One of Sixteen
Finalists for Toronto’s NEXT Festival
Joel’s film festival success continues, as he is selected as one of 16
finalists, out of 120 submissions, to be selected for Toronto’s International
Music Video Festival. The NEXT Festival is an annual event that showcases and
celebrates the art and evolution of making music videos. The judge’s
selections were touted as the “most innovative, eye-catchy and forward
thinking.” NEXT Festival was held on August 11th, 2004.
Joel Helps HGTV Marketing Grab Silver CTAM/Multichannel News Mark
Award July, 2004
HGTV Marketing received a Silver Mark Award for their 2003 Holiday
Press Kit. The Awards, announced at the Cable & Telecommunications Association
for Marketing (CTAM) Summit in Boston, MA are organized to honor “the
stunning, jaw-dropping best marketing in cable,” and to foster “consumer
marketing excellence in cable television, new media and telecommunications
services.” Other finalists included cable industry top performers like
HBO, MTV, and ESPN.
Joel Trussell was the illustrator on this project, under the Art Direction of Dan Frye and working with Barry Bostedor as the Print Production Manager.