Comments on: Robert Hodgin/Flight404

By: rg

rg — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:04:39 +0000

anyone here using this? i’m wondering what the leap from motion graphics to this stuff is like. i’ve been mucking about with particles lately and the abiltity to manipulate them via a camera or music is far more interesting than typing in numbers and rendering. as far as i can see this is the future, tv/film is a ‘dumb’ medium, the screen needs to be interactive and fun.

By: katie

katie — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:03:15 +0000

I’d like to see this in IMAX

By: Babe

Babe — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:29:00 +0000

Very impressive.

By: markokon

markokon — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:56:06 +0000

Now that was something special. Thanks for share :)

By: tosh

tosh — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:51:57 +0000

god DAMN IT!!! i cant belive someone used that trentmoller track before me!!! i HATE it when that happens.

nice stuff though….. even though i must hunt you down and smite you from this world.

By: KMFIX

KMFIX — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:51:00 +0000

Those would make awesome cat toys…

I think they’re cool…just gotta do something with them…

By: BoCa

BoCa — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:59:15 +0000

I partially agree with the first couple of comments above, I think it’s a beautiful project but like Simon said, it was really interesting for the first minute and then became repetitive. I don’t think that makes the piece less interesting though, since it is a experimental project and it’s exploring Processing. Like Andreas posted, Motion Theory used it for their Nike spot, showing that it can be used not only for creating beautiful imagery (that could be even printed, since it’s all vector right?) like flight404, as well as commercial use, like the Nike spot.
In my opinion overall it’s a great piece, good concept, aesthetically pleasing and it goes very well with the song.
Cheers

By: Adam B

Adam B — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:29:57 +0000

ehhh…. very blah

By: Yussef

Yussef — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:05:33 +0000

I agree. Bring on the narrative aspects of processing. It’s long overdue!

By: Simon Robson

Simon Robson — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:01:57 +0000

mmm, I’m really not sure about this type of motion graphics work. I think it’s the process which is interesting as opposed to the result. On a purely aesthetic level, ignoring the intellectual interest in the process, i would say the pieces engage for the first 30 secs or so, but then become too repetitive to hold my attention. At the moment, i fail to see the human hand behind the code.

I think this type of work is much better when used in an interactive context. In the early 2000s many wonderful interactive experiments in Shockwave and Flash were created by Noodlebox, Praystation, Deconcept and many others. There was a huge explosion in radical interface design, based on experimental code generated graphics. This movement seemed to stall with the bursting of the dotcom bubble. Mores the pity.

Without doubt there is huge potential in creating linear animation from code. But we need themes expressed and stories told if this artform is to evolve beyond the ambient graphics shown here.