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Small World Energy

On first look Niles Heckman’s self generated public service announcement film Small World Energy looks like a stunning piece of aerial tilt-shift photography, but what makes this even more impressive is the fact that:

The actual execution was not done using aerial cinematography but instead employs a combination of hand painting, photo collage, morphing, and texture projections along with the very old but extremely useful KEN BURNS EFFECT to essentially create as series of moving matte paintings.

Wow! No doubt Niles’ years of visual effects experience came in handy. If he can make a clean energy PSA film look this good I can’t wait to see what he cooks up in his forthcoming sci-fi short Aurora-Lab.

Small World Energy from Niles Heckman on Vimeo.

Author: MarBelle

MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the latest incarnation of this disorder and so much cheaper than film school. Twitter: @MarBelle

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3 comments for “Small World Energy”

  1. RT @WeAreDN: New on DN: Small World Energy http://bit.ly/hQerFN @jnheckman

    Posted by Niles Heckman | January 11, 2011, 11:29 pm
  2. Small World Energy http://bit.ly/gCj33i

    Posted by Film School by Phone | January 12, 2011, 6:17 am
  3. [...] from the environmental PSA Small World Energy, Niles Heckman’s new promo is a sublime piece of futurist filmmaking, set inside “a [...]

    Posted by The BS of D: Toughest Skin | Directors Notes | May 30, 2011, 11:43 pm

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