Chadam
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Chadam is an animated web series by artist Alex Pardee
based on characters he created for a number of The Used
's album artwork and distributed by The WB and Eye Suck Ink
. Chadam is produced by Jace Hall
of HDFILMS Inc. The short series premiered June 15th on TheWB.com. The WB and it's children's network, Kids WB! is closed, but the website is still open. Chadam appeared on the cover of Lies for the Liars
. The episodes are nearly 4 to 5 minutes long. iTunes
has the episodes in a collection called "Chadam, the Complete Series". iTunes
episodes are nearly the 13 minute mark because two short episodes are built into one, for example, "Cut from Cardboard" and "Ripley, Believe It or Not" are put together as "The Awakening".
Hall pushed the boundaries of traditional filmmaking by using a computer game engine, Unreal Engine 3
, in order to meet the challenge of animating Pardee's surreal work.
Alex Pardee
Alex Pardee is a freelance artist, apparel designer, and a writer born in Antioch, California, USA who is best known for illustrating The Used's album artwork...
based on characters he created for a number of The Used
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
's album artwork and distributed by The WB and Eye Suck Ink
Alex Pardee
Alex Pardee is a freelance artist, apparel designer, and a writer born in Antioch, California, USA who is best known for illustrating The Used's album artwork...
. Chadam is produced by Jace Hall
Jace Hall
Jason "Jace" Hall is an American film, television and video game producer, best known for being founder and Chief Executive Officer of Monolith Productions Inc and President of...
of HDFILMS Inc. The short series premiered June 15th on TheWB.com. The WB and it's children's network, Kids WB! is closed, but the website is still open. Chadam appeared on the cover of Lies for the Liars
Lies for the Liars
Lies for the Liars is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band The Used. It was released on May 22, 2007. It, along with their newest studio album, Artwork, are their only studio albums to date that have not been certified gold....
. The episodes are nearly 4 to 5 minutes long. iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
has the episodes in a collection called "Chadam, the Complete Series". iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
episodes are nearly the 13 minute mark because two short episodes are built into one, for example, "Cut from Cardboard" and "Ripley, Believe It or Not" are put together as "The Awakening".
Hall pushed the boundaries of traditional filmmaking by using a computer game engine, Unreal Engine 3
Unreal Engine 3
Unreal Engine 3 is a computer game engine developed by Epic Games. It is the third generation of Unreal Engine, designed for DirectX 9/10/11 personal computers , the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Vita, the Wii U, Android and OpenGL-based operating systems such as iOS and Mac OS X...
, in order to meet the challenge of animating Pardee's surreal work.
List of episodes
- Cut from Cardboard
- Ripley, Believe It or Not
- Repressed Memories
- Under Pressure
- The Unsung and Undeveloped Hero
- Little Orphan Viceroy
- Sometimes The Strong Don't Survive
- The Grave Escape
- No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye
- Dying is a Part of Life