dog fighting, from their point of view.
June 24th, 2008One of the best things about working in advertising are the amazing people I have the opportunity to work with, from fabulous designers to directors to photographers to writers. Now, I can add amazing animators to that list.
Michael Killen is the talented guy behind all the animation of our talking cow spots. He’s been doing the CA cows for the last 8 years, did the talking chihuahua in the “Yo quiero Taco Bell” commercials, and also did the animation on the Panda Bears in the recent Panda Express spot running right now.
When all the horrible news about dog fighting and Michael Vick hit the media, Michael felt compelled to do something, anything, to address this sad news. He says:
I was driving into work one morning listening to the story unfolding regarding Michael Vick’s involvement in dog fighting. The more they talked about what goes on, even beyond Michael Vick, I couldn’t believe it.It was hard to keep this kind of story away from my children, particularly my daughter Erin who is 9 and passionate about animals of all kinds. Seeing as my company is called Animal, what could I do?
Well, what he did was an amazing PSA that’s now beginning to make its rounds around the internet. Please feel free to post this, email this, and share this with every dog lover you know. And if you’d like some background information regarding the dogs in the spots, check out his website.
Thank you Michael, for giving dogs a voice! It’s such a pleasure working with you.
June 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
That is amazing! it had me in tears within seconds..
Thanks for sharing this Grace!
June 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
O M G!
June 24th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
OMG. Goosebumps. I will be passing this on. Hope you don’t mind if it’s on my blog too.
June 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
wow, it got me all teary-eyed…
June 25th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Will be sharing this around. Its very wonderfully done indeed.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:40 am
I’m stealing this for my blog. Thanks you for posting it.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Glad you all like the video! Don’t mind if you repost it at all!!
June 25th, 2008 at 6:15 am
[…] at Shine Pet Photos posted this on her blog yesterday and I saw it fitting to post it here as […]
June 25th, 2008 at 6:30 am
I’m reposting this on my blog too..thanks grace.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
WOW. That is AMAZING. I’m going to post it on my pet portrait blog now!! Thanks SO MUCH for sharing!!!!!
kathy
petportraitblog.com
June 26th, 2008 at 11:23 am
So heartbreaking and beautifully done. I will post on my blog too.
June 28th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Thank you so much for sharing this. It brings tears to my eyes every time I play it. I think I may post it on my blog as well.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
[…] spot was definitely one of my favorites to work on. Props to the animator Michael Killen for doing an amazing job on this. (Especially since the man can’t speak a lick of Korean!) […]