BRITDOC 08 Open for Submissions

BRITDOC, one of our favourite film festivals will be kicking off its third year on the 23rd - 25th July at Keble College, Oxford and are now on the hunt for films to screen in their British Feature Documentaries and FourDocs Short Film competitions. In their own words: “We’re looking for films that [...]

DN EP 081: My Paper Mind - Javan Ivey

It’s not often a director gets to come up with his own type of animation, but after experimenting with the Strata-cut method Javan Ivey combined his love of working with paper and developed a technique dubbed as Stratastencil on his experimental piece My Paper Mind.
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Javan Ivey
Indie Mogul interview
Pratt Institute
X-Acto
Strata-cut animation
Tunnel Kids
Replacement Animation
The Principles of Animation
Adobe [...]

My Paper Mind - Javan Ivey

My Paper Mind (2007)
An experimental animation exploring the “Stratastencil” technique devised by director Javan Ivey. Inspired by the Stratacut technique, Stratastencil is an additive process. Stratacut removes material to reveal another layer, while this technique adds another layer while still showing the layer before it.

The Autobiography of Tom Stern, Chapter Six: The New Science

I got to flex my writing muscles again over at Short of the Week for Tom Stern’s experimental The Autobiography of Tom Stern, Chapter Six: The New Science. Go read and watch.

“Charlie Rose” by Samuel Beckett via Andrew Filippone Jr.

Remember Happy Monday, Andrew Filippone Jr.’s documentary film object (DN066)? Well Andrew’s applied his skills to distort the world of Charlie Rose in a new experimental piece. I could mangle together my own description of the piece and probably still be way off the mark so instead read Andrew’s description, watch the film and let [...]

DN EP 080: Gardens By the Bay - Squint/Opera

Squint/Opera are well known for their work operating in the space between the film industry and architectural practice, realising commissions as hybrid visualisation/motion graphics pieces for their clients. Co-founder Jules Cocke joins us to discuss the company’s award winning piece for the 2006 Gardens by the Bay Master Plan Design Competition in Singapore.
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Squint/Opera
Gardens By [...]

Gardens by the Bay - Squint/Opera

Gardens by the Bay (2006)
A film showing the development of the design ideas behind the winning entry to the landscape architecture competition in Singapore.

Nine Inch Nails’ Festival of Ghosts

Far from content to wreak havoc solely on the music industry, Nine Inch Nails have announced the expansion of the Ghosts project with the launch of a YouTube based virtual film festival comprising entrants’ inspirations to tracks from the album.
“This isn’t a contest and you don’t win elaborate prizes - it’s meant to be an [...]

Jack Palms Sunday

Long term listeners will know that we’re big fans of our buddy Seth Hardwood’s Jack Palms crime mystery podcast series. Well Jack Palms Sunday has finally rolled round and our chance to help Seth shake down the Amazon charts by buying a copy of Jack Wakes Up.
Check out the Jack Palms promo:

and you can [...]

DN EP 079: Menomena: Evil Bee - Stefan Nadelman

Stefan Nadelman made a splash back in 2002 with his stills animated documentary Terminal Bar. Since then he’s gone on to create a host of personal, collaborative, and commercial work, and joins us to discuss his first outing into music videos with Menomena’s Evil Bee promo.
Menomena: Evil Bee Materials
Animatic
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Tourist Pictures
Sundance Film Festival
Terminal Bar
Adobe Flash
Latin Alive
Resfest
VH1
Curious [...]