Hopkins & Delaney LLP

Hopkins & Delaney LLP by Sean Buckelew, at the California Institute of Arts.

Who?

Written, Directed & Animated by Sean Buckelew
Voices by Ethan Clarke, Chris Sullivan, Bruce Buckelew, Clara Kim & Lauren Morrison
Sound by Sean Buckelew and Nacho Cano
Re-Recording Mix by Raffaello Mazza, Ashish Dha & Ben Huff
Titles by Jeanette Bonds
Special thanks to Emery Martin

What?

An important client visits the law offices of Hopkins & Delaney LLP to discuss his copyright infringement suit.

This short animation explores the day to day goings on of a fictional law office handling a copyright infringement case, from inane chatter to texting on the toilet. It attempts to take an objective look at the ubiquity of technology in modern life, and its impact on social culture.

How?

Flash/After Effects/Watercolor on paper for the backgrounds. I actually made a little making of that describes the technique in detail (and includes one of the .FLAs for people who are seriously curious). See the making of by clicking here…

Next Project?

I’m working on a trilogy of films about the Internet. The main one is the middle one and it’s called Datastreams and it’s set in 2006 at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, CA. It’s based on a fictional cast of influential people in the technology world shaping the future (now present) of the web. It’s really long, I’m trying to get grants to finish it.

Which film do you wish you could have made?

Consuming Spirits by Chris Sullivan, an incredible feature. There’s never been anything like it made and everyone should see it!