Ollie Wants It All For Christmas

Fluffy Friends has gone animated in their newest series Fluffy Friends Toons! The premiere kicked off with Ollie singing an original Christmas song in a hilariously colorful music video. “It’s been simmering for a while now, I really wanted to do little animated shorts with my characters, something different from the actual puppets.” The creator Sikora said. 

The singing and dancing is just the beginning as more episodes are planned to drop! “I am really excited to make shorts with all the characters and show them off in new ways. I wanted to give them a unique and fun art style, something that could connect to kids and adults.” Sikora continued.

The Christmas song was also written by Sikora himself. It all comes together in a vivid production of sight and sound. “My main inspiration was from Disney’s Aladdin when the Genie performs his first song “Friend Like Me” while keeping it simple at the same time.”

Watch the video here.

A Night Out With JOKER

The box office smash hit JOKER has shocked audiences around the world with it’s dark and twisted origin story of Arthur Fleck. Now, Sikora Entertainment wanted to have some fun and make a fan film for Halloween starring William Sikora himself as the infamous villain. A Night Out is a short look inside the mind of the Joker as he battles his inner demons. “I really wanted to make something epic for Halloween this year and utilize the city around me.” Sikora said. 

Filmed in just three hours and edited in five, it was a mighty feat to tackle in time for Halloween but they did it. A Night Out was captured with three different cameras, BlackMagic Pocket Cinema 4K, Panasonic GH5 and iPhone 11 Pro. “Paying tribute to Joaquin Phoenix and even Heath Ledger was important to me because these actors put so much of their soul into this character. It was a little uncomfortable at how comfortable it felt to play Joker.” Sikora ended.

Watch the short film HERE.

Check out behind the scenes photos:

Brandy Finds Freedom

After 6 years, Brandy returns with new music that breaks out from the norm. It’s been a journey for the Grammy winning artist and she finally feels freedom in her life. “Working with Brandy again has been a dream come true. Her artistry and vision is unmatched.” William Sikora said. The two worked together in 2017 for the fashion/music visual Elemental.

25 years after the release of Brandy’s first album, “Freedom Rings” celebrates the amazing career that Brandy has had and still has. Creating the behind the scenes content was an enlightening and unforgettable experience into the mind of the incredibly talented Brandy Norwood. Watch the promo videos below.

“Freedom Rings” is now available on all music platforms.

Fluffy Friends Is “Us”

After the global box office hit horror Us hit theaters, director William Sikora III wanted to tackle the film for his latest Fluffy Friends parody.

LaTonka and Ollie star in the 10 minute film that captures the tense moments with a twist of laughter added in. The Us parody is just the latest from Fluffy Friends who last released a parody featuring the internet legend Momo. The entire project was filmed on green screens and puts audiences right back into the movie featuring incredibly creepy doppelganger characters named Lala and Oilie.

You can watch the hilarious parody HERE.

 

Bring On The RAIN

During a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sikora set out to capture the beautiful country in a completely different way; in a rain storm. “I really was excited when it rained the last night we were there and it rained hard, for the entire night.”

Sikora captured the entire film with his iPhone XS Max, the latest smartphone from Apple. “Testing out the low light, colors, noise and all were important and the iPhone just worked. Being waterproof, I didn’t have to worry about getting soaked. It was definitely one of those moments where you lived in the moment and just enjoyed the rain. It was roughly 4 AM and the streets of the village were pretty much deserted.” Sikora said.

The goal for the film was to capture the beauty in Mexico with the little things that people may just walk by. “For me, it was seeing reflections in the puddles, rain being lit up from street lamps, it was really warm out so I was out there for maybe 45 minutes filming everything and I am really happy how it came out.” Sikora concluded.

Watch RAIN now here.

Fluffy Friends Take Over Christmas

Tis the season for laughs with A Fluffy Friends Christmas starring Ollie and LaTonka. After a freak accident, Santa can’t deliver gifts so LaTonka tries to save Christmas by taking Santa’s place. Of course in typical Fluffy Friends fashion, nothing goes as planned and it becomes the craziest holiday movie ever.

“I really wanted to have fun with these two characters and give them a different role, what better than the role of Santa?” William Sikora, the director said.

Fluffy Friends has been making parodies and short films for quite some time now but this is the first big Christmas special they have made. “It was shot entirely on green screen and pieced together. After I was pretty much done, I got the great idea of ‘why not add more?’ and so the entire beginning story was made. It originally started with LaTonka in the chimney; I needed to flesh out the story more and give it more substance, so I slept on it, literally. I lost sleep that night but I woke up the next day with the idea of LaTonka messing up Santa’s plans and then trying to save Christmas, it just made so much more sense. The hard part was that this was less than 2 days before release so I had to act fast and figure it out.” The director laughed.

“A Fluffy Friends Christmas is just the beginning of what’s in store for fans (aka Fluffies) out there and I can’t wait to share more!” Sikora said.

You can watch the Christmas movie right HERE.

Spring Into The Season With Nature Short ‘Revival’

William Sikora III premiered his latest nature film Revival today, which celebrates the rebirth of Spring. The short was filmed with Panasonic cameras and captured life returning to the forests and lakes surrounding South Jersey and in the small town of Hammonton where Sikora grew up.

“Nature is my heart and soul, growing up on a farm, it’s been a part of me since day one. When I go back home, it’s a revival of energy for me from this exhausting LA life, so the name of the film has a couple different meanings to it, it’s not just a revival of the Spring season.” Sikora said.

You can watch Revival below:

‘The Woods’ Makes You Question Reality

The latest film from director William Sikora III takes audiences into the mind of a young boy who steps into the woods.

“I set out to bring a short story about a boy’s imagination and how fear can be so controlling that it stops you in your tracks, but at the same time I want audiences to question what is real and what is not.” Sikora said.

The film stars Sikora’s nephew and niece and it was filmed during Christmas vacation on the only snow day.

“Many of the days during my trip home to New Jersey were very cold and windy but the day we filmed was also the only day it snowed and it was not too cold. We were outside for a couple of hours and were finished just as the camera battery died.”

The Woods is inspired from Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things as well as Hitchcocks’s The Birds.

Watch it HERE

Celeb Hair Stylist Enlists Sikora To Show Off His Wild Form

Celebrity hairstylist César DeLeön Ramirêz who styles Demi Lovato, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Hudson, Ciara, Beyonce and many more, is expanding his craft with a new hair line that is going to change the beauty world. Wildform is coming this Spring and with the first promo push, things are definitely looking wild!

“Working with Cesar to bring this video to life was a creative challenge I took on head first!” Sikora said.

The original shoot was time-lapsed photos of melting heads with wigs, which was then set to be put in reverse showing the heads form to the fully styled looks. The shoot was produced by Vito Fun and then it went into post production where Sikora worked his magic.

“It was a lot of work, I basically had thousands of pictures of wigs and heads melting and I had to animate them and bring them to life, add overlays, visuals and crazy effects. It was a long process but I wanted to make sure everyone was happy with it in the end.” Sikora said.

Wildform will begin it’s presale orders very soon and it will include video tutorials on many looks you can create with the hair. For more work from César DeLeön Ramirêz click here.