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Archive for April, 2009

David Wilson – Moray McLaren ‘We Got Time’

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All of the animations seen in David Wilson’s music video for Moray McLaren’s ‘We Got Time‘ were created in camera. Repeat: in camera. No CG, no compositing animation loops onto footage – just taking advantage of the way film and persistence of vision works.

I’m a sucker for pre-cinema optical toys – kinetoscopes, zoetropes, magic lanterns, and the praxinoscopes featured in ‘We Got Time.’ Wilson doesn’t just rely on the charm of the medium though. Using the mechanism of rotation and looping as a starting point, he’s able to create a journey using simple but hypnotic animations that tie into the idea of life/death cycles. That may sound crazy, but just watch – things start to get really trippy around 2:30.

Also- check out the fantastic making-of video that gets deep into rpm and fps nerdiness, and the illustrated discs created by David Wilson.

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | 12 Comments »

beeple: subprime

beeple (Mike Winkelman) created “subprime” as a visual response to Americans’ tendency towards over-consumption, but instead of making his argument with charts and graphs, he simply shows the fictional progression of upgrades at a single homeowner’s site.

It’s obviously not to be taken too seriously—just a light jab at the housing crisis—and that’s another reason I like it. The rotating visuals and bouncy electronic soundtrack (music by Nobot) create a hypnotic effect that underscores the film’s ironic message to build more, think less.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to finish off the west wing of Motionographer Manor. It’s going to be faaaabulous…

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Sony’s Cold Heart

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Johnny Hardstaff and RSA team up with special effect wizards Artem to deliver Sony’s Mechanical Heart. Via Fallon London.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Check out Josh Childers new reel and updated works.

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Check out Josh Childers new reel along with some updated works.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Impactist: Parallelostory

For most people, the concept of an infinite number of parallel universes that encompass every possible outcome for any given situation brings to mind notions of impossibly long mathematical equations that describe our reality in the soulless terms of math and science.

For Portland-based Impactist, it brings to mind love.

“Parallelostory” uses charmingly simple illustrations to weave an inter-dimensional tale of attraction. As always, Impactist (a.k.a. Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing) created everything in this short, including the music. It perfectly sums up their hand-made aesthetic and delightful sensitivity to color and form.

QuickTime version available on the Impactist site.

Thanks to two if by see for the nudge.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Image Forum Festival Tokyo presents “Germany dreaming”

[Tokyo] Image Forum Festival Tokyo presents “Germany dreaming,” curated by Robert Seidel and Max Hattler, April 19th and May 4th

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | Comments Off