Sehsucht: Misereor
Mate Steinforth and Sehsucht create this woodcut-inspired spot for Misereor.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 | Comments Off
Archive for August, 2011
Terry Gilliam’s cutout animation tutorial
A blast from the past! The youthful Terry Gilliam explaining the methods behind his cutout animations.This has been circulating the interwebs for a bit, and we thought we’d share it with you all. Should be a treat for all you Monty Python fans out there.
Monday, August 15th, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Ori Toor: Panda Bear — “Alsatian Darn” (unofficial)
Ori Toor continues to explore psychedelic, fluid animation in this unofficial music video for Panda Bear’s Alsatian Darn. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out his video for Animal Collective’s Lion in a Coma.
Sunday, August 14th, 2011 | Comments Off
Gareth O’Brien relaunches
Gareth O’Brien relaunches his web presence with a grip of colorful work.
Saturday, August 13th, 2011 | 4 Comments »
[Call for Entries] Hackney Film Festival
[Call for Entries] The deadline for Hackney Film Festival submissions is August 19th. Hurry up!
Saturday, August 13th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Black Swan meets Sesame Street
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, from Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling (with the London-based This Is It Collective) was a Quickie that caught my attention recently. To explain why, I’m going to just talk about what you’re thinking as you watch.
So the video begins, and you’re wondering what’s going on. You’re panning over a few scenes in a kitchen, except the kitchen is made of felt. And then, suddenly, a notepad is singing and you’re in a children’s video.
Something’s bothering you, though. This is kind of lame for a children’s video. It’s telling kids how to do what they do really naturally anyway, use their imaginations. (Typical pedagogic reasoning: Tell people to do slightly more of what they’re already doing, thus making the instructor seem useful.) Its examples of “creativity” are barely above the threshold of wonder — looking at a cloud, the puppet children see a ladder leaning on a log. Isn’t that … fun?
The plot thickens and an interview with the directors …
Friday, August 12th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
8BITS
Some more visual honey in the form of an animated short from the clever students at Supinfocom!
Friday, August 12th, 2011 | Comments Off
