The Wheels on the Bus, Kids Songs, Nursery Rhymes

HeidiSongs Letters and Sounds - Animated DVD

Similar to our "Colors and Shapes" DVD, these animated videos contain songs written to help children memorize the alphabet, letter sounds, letter formation and much more! There is a unique song for every letter of the alphabet and includes the sound of the letter, and a reference to what the letter looks like or how it is formed. With the letters written out onscreen and fun movements choreographed to help with memorization, these fun songs help children easily memorize both the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet as they begin reading.

Concepts Covered Are:

The A Song, The B Song, The C Song, The D Song, The E Song, The F Song, The G Song, The H Song, The I Song, The J Song, The K Song, The L Song, The M Song, The N Song, The O Song, The P Song, The Q Song, The R Song, The S Song, The T Song, The U Song, The V Song, The W Song, The X Song, The Y Song, The Z Song. There are also three other songs that practice all of the letters and their sounds, including Alphabet Action Song, Sounds to Letters Song and Heidi's ABC Song.

HeidiSongs Letters and Sounds - Animated DVD from Heidi Butkus on Vimeo.

Sing & Spell the Sight Words - Volume 1

This original set of songs were written specifically to help children memorize the spellings of the first 25 high frequency words presented in the Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Series. With the words written out onscreen and fun movements choreographed to help with memorization, these fun songs help children easily memorize the spellings as they are able to learn the alphabet song and begin writing. The final song on the CD is a song that reminds children to put a period at the end of each sentence. Download the printable song lyrics and movements for fun and active 

Sing & Spell the Sight Words - Volume 1 from Heidi Butkus on Vimeo.

BODY PARTS - “Your Unique Shape”

Every part of our bodies is given for a specific function: legs to walk, eyes to see, ears to hear and lungs to breathe. Just like the human body, each person has a God given role in the community of faith called the church. Over the next three weeks we are going to discover our unique gifts and talents - seeing how they are a crucial part of God’s plan for the world. In this discovery we will experience the joy and wonder of engaging them.”

BODY PARTS - “Your Unique Shape” from CrossWay Church on Vimeo.

BODY INVADERS PROMO - Discovery Channel HD

I did 3d and 2d animations for this Television series promo package, for the new television series "Body Invaders" on Discovery.

I used Cinema 4d, Zbrush and After Effects for the 3d body shots. The hard parts were getting the xray shader exactly right, posing the skeleton to match the human body mesh, and manually sculpting the 3d arteries in place around the bones using anatomical photo reference. This also uses the new After Effects CS6 Ray-Tracer for the 3d text, so that the titles are editable.

my body

Why is humanity ill at ease with real and un-commercialized sex and why are we so uncomfortable with our own anatomies?

My self portrait is about my body. It is an exploration of my physical being and what it does; how it bends, how it twists, how it moves. This exploration is non-sexual, yet the human body is innately erotic. In this film my body is seen, cut into fetishized parts- my feet, my shoulders, my hips. However, I do not aim to objectify myself. This cutting of my body does not align with traditional feminist film theory, but I contend to assert that as the filmmaker, and sole creator of the piece, having done this “cutting” myself takes on a new meaning; a sense of self-reflection, of self-love, of comfort. I filmed the video with a tripod in a room by myself- and I want viewers to think about what kind of meaning filming the self in an intimate setting and not a third person subject creates.

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The Body is a Big Place

The Body is a Big Place from The Body is a Big Place on Vimeo.

Parts of the Human Body

Parts of the Human Body from www.A4CWSN.com on Vimeo.

Pigeon Kids

A kid, living a nomad lifestyle, attempts to explain his feelings of homesickness and homelessness.
My Graduation film from Kingston University, studying for a BA in Illustration & Animation. 
Thanks to all my friends, family, tutors and classmates.

Pigeon Kids from Jez Pennington on Vimeo.

Plaisio School

Once again we were extremely happy to continue our fresh collaboration with PLAISIO DEPARTMENT STORES, this time for their school tv campaign.We spent some great time by bringing back our own childhood memories, messing with colours, pencils, pens etc in order to feel what could really excite and impress our little friends.After all school is not only about studying.

Enjoy and have fun!

Plaisio School from Tony Zagoraios on Vimeo.

the Student Loan Documentary

Default: the Student Loan Documentary chronicles the stories of borrowers from different backgrounds affected by the student lending industry and their struggles to change the system. No matter when their loans were taken, many borrowers find themselves in a paralyzing predicament of repaying two, three or multiple times the original amount borrowed, with no bankruptcy protection, no cap on fees and penalties and no recourse to the law. The consequences are dire, with stories of borrowers in financial and emotional ruin.

Default: the Student Loan Documentary from Krotala Films on Vimeo.