Take a few minutes out to be sucked in by Director Alan Poon‘s music video for “In Our Talons” by the Bowerbirds. This beautiful track is complemented by a series of simply crafted and engaging stop-motion vignettes. They each follow the destruction of the lives of animals as man does so to their habitat. If you’re unfamiliar with Alan’s work, take a few minutes to check out some of his films. Many of them posses a similar charm in their simplicity.
I'm delighted that Old Fangs, which has been making the rounds on the film festival circuit, is available in its entirety online. The character designs and matte paintings are gorgeous, but what drew me to this film was that it made me nostalgic for watching short films in a theater…
Alan Poon and Adam Makarenko directed this recent, stop-motion music video for Zues, "Marching Through Your Head". For Alan, this is an appropriate follow-up to his last naturalistic stop-motion video “In Our Talons” for the Bowerbirds. Much like his past work, Alan creates whimsy through simplicity. The consuming undercurrent that…