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Given last week’s UK parliamentary vote for a 42 day detention period, I’m especially glad to have Marc Hawker of Dark Fibre Films join us this week to discuss the Amnesty commissioned ad spots Waiting for the Guards and The Stuff of Life, which are part of their Unsubscribe movement designed to united people concerned [...]
Waiting for the Guards (2008)
Waiting For The Guards is the first of 3 films commissioned by Amnesty to highlight the enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the “War on Terror”.
The Directors approached the making of the film in a way that has never been done before, choosing to show the reality of Stress [...]
Our guest director today Nicolas d’Haussy, is a master at keeping an eye on the minutia of a project, even when working with no budget and a volunteer crew as he did on the AIDs information ad spot, It’s Beautiful.
It’s Beautiful Materials
Stills
Showlinks
Nicolas’ Site
Frenchkiss
Manganelli
Shynola
Air - The Virgin Suicides
Carol Goode
Supinfocom
Josephine Baker
Escape Pod
Samantha Henderson
It’s Beatiful (2006)
Part of a 10 film series to educate and combat against the spread of AIDS.
Our interview this week is with director Marcelo Garcia, who’s work has seen him warmly accepted by his peers, being able to take his pick of working with companies such as Fabrica and Lobo, not to mention having his inventively experimental ad spot for the Virtuosi International Music Festival in Recife, Brazil, be lauded up [...]
Virtuosi (2006)
TV ad for the Virtuosi Music Festival (Recife, Brazil).
Phenomenal Xmas Irn Bru (2006)
A tongue in cheek hand drawn rendition of the journey of a Snowman and boy flying above Scottish landmarks while a minor disagreement brews!
A definite Christmas theme to the show today, my guest is animation director Robin Shaw. The chances are that if you’ve been online for more then about five minutes in the last week or so, you’d have either seen or read about his truly great homage to illustrator Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman in his spot [...]
KCRW - Inner Level (1999)
A woman’s search through an eclectic urban landscape in search of her utopia.A theatrical commercial for KCRW, ‘Inner Level’ follows a woman’s journey through the urban
landscape of Los Angeles. Wearing a multi-channeled headset, she is tuned into the many eclectic and diverse sounds of KCRW which guides her through the city [...]
Today we have the pleasure of talking to director David Vegezzi about his excellent KCRW spots - Inner Level & Full Circle, along with how his graphic design background influences and shapes his film work whilst using of the best tools for the job.
KCRW Inner Level & Full Circle Materials
Stills
Showlinks
David Vegezzi
CalArts
REDCAT
Sci-Arc
Adobe After Effects
KCRW
Panasonic DV200
Deborah [...]