Archive for September, 2010
Prostitutes of God
Never ones to shy away from challenging subject matter, Sarah Harris’ documentary Prostitutes of God will hit VBS on Monday. Harris traveled deep into the villages and cities of Southern India, where she discovered the still practiced tradition of families selling their daughters into sex slavery as Devadasi or ‘Servant’s of God’, an ancient local [...]
Umbra
With the endless possibilities of animation, it’s sometimes excruciating to feel like you’re watching something that’s been done a thousand times before. I know there are only so many truly original ideas in the world and we all need to find inspiration from somewhere, but with a medium where anything is possible, I always have [...]
DN182: 15 Before the 3rd – Jamie Winterstern
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Two characters, in conflict, in a room is a tried and true formula of low budget filmmaking but in his short 15 Before the 3rd, Jamie Winterstern subverts that standard to raise the steaks and give us something all the more tense than the norm. Jamie joins us [...]
15 Before the 3rd – Jamie Winterstern
15 Before the 3rd (2007) 15 minutes before the 3rd period – a coach calls upon his rookie.
Stasis
At 24 minutes long and featuring the acting prowess of science fiction stalwarts Beau Bridges and Ernie Hudson, Stasis by Christian Swegal is an absolute monster of a Sci-fi short. In terms of production, with its snow-drenched sets, underwater shoots and lavish cinematography you wont see many better in the short film circuit.
Making Future Magic: iPad Light Painting
If proof were ever needed about the potential of the intersection of technology and art, Dentsu London in their collaboration with BERG have just provided proof positive: We use photographic and animation techniques that were developed to draw moving 3-dimensional typography and objects with an iPad. In dark environments, we play movies on the surface [...]
Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe
Saman Keshavarz seems to be hot property at the moment, his Freeze Tag commercial for Canon won him all kinds of plaudits, whilst his multipart video for Russ Chimes seems to be gaining him a lot of attention online at the moment. However, for me its his SXSW 2010 winning video for Cinnamon Chasers that showcases [...]
VBS Meets Jack Bond
Although often overlooked in his native UK, radical producer and director Jack Bond has had a career that has spanned five decades and seen him work with artists such as Salvador Dalí – Bond’s 1965 documentary is the only film created with Dalí’s full collaboration – and his long term creative partner Jane Arden. VBS.TV [...]
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