Archive for August, 2010
Scott Benson
Freelance animator and illustrator Scott Benson has been somewhat prolific over the last year (you might have seen his short music video Please my Favourite don’t be Sad on Directors Notes recently), uploading numerous animations to Vimeo, all with his trademark style and eccentric imagination. I’m always jealous of illustrators and designers that create such [...]
Wowie – Craig Webster & Florina Titz
Wowie (2010) Wowie, a delusional postman, spies on his love interest, Carina, while she does an aerobics routine. Later at a party he delivers an awkward performance involving spandex and hip-thrusts to impress her.
Richard Mosse
Richard Mosse’s background in photography shines through in his moving image work, composed like stills, his video pieces are often deliberately slow, frequently challenging and always thought-provoking.
Words & Moments
Despite being a Brit, the power of podcasting has turned me into a hardened Public Radio addict. Each week I find myself jonesing for a fix of This American Life, a shot of Wiretap or a full on auditory inhale of Radiolab, and even I have to admit, with stories this rich I never miss [...]
Beautiful Kate
Just over 12 months ago, if you had asked me to list my favourite Australian films, it probably would’ve included Mad Max, BMX Bandits, Crocodile Dundee, Chopper and The Proposition (I’m not counting Walkabout as I count it as a British film made in Australia). Not exactly a glittering list of celebrated films and I [...]
Fickmaschinen (Fuck Machines)
As the translated title suggests this isn’t one for the office. NSFW. via No Fat Clips!!! Fickmaschinen (Fuck Machines) from Matt Lambert on Vimeo.
Gregor
Gregor thinks a lot. Maybe even too much…Beautiful hand-drawn animation from Petra Zlonoga Gregor from petra zlonoga on Vimeo.
Your Lucky Day
What would you do for $156m? This is the conundrum set by Dan Brown’s (not of The Da Vinci Code fame) 15min short, as 6 strangers find their lives hanging from a thread, all because of one tiny sheet of paper. Having to watch a lot of films (it’s a hard life I know), I [...]
DN177: ASCENSION – Chris Lavelle
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Using particle animation and lighting effects Chris Lavelle has created a living, organic piece of 3D art in his experimental short ASCENSION. Chris joins us to discuss the evolution of the piece. I don’t believe in copying, I don’t believe in plagiarism, but what I do believe in [...]
Life in a Day
One World. 24 Hours. 6 Billion perspectives. Life in a Day is a historic global experiment to create user-generated feature film, shot in a single day, by you. On July 24 2010, people all around the world had 24 hours to capture a glimpse of their life on camera. The most compelling and distinctive footage will be [...]
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