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I first discovered the work of director and artist Jesse Ewles last year when I stumbled across the video he created for Grizzly Bear track Central and Remote. He joins me this week to discuss some of his pieces along with his approach to building a sustainable, creative career based on mutually beneficial collaborations and [...]
Moros Eros: On My Side (2007)
An urban hunter works their way through the city’s back alleys pouching balloon versions of endangered species.
Artist and director Benjamin Ducroz has in the past associated his work with media bondage and saturation, he joins us this week to discuss his improvised approach to tactile stop frame animation along with the balance between passion projects and paying commissions.
8 Materials
Stills
Showlinks
ducroz.com
Videodrome
Via No Fat Clips
8 (2007)
The shape that moves in space, through time changes its form and returns to its original state and place.
The shape that represents measurement statistics and swiss cheese.
Nothing practical, nothing didactical, just another formal experiment.
No political, environmental, commercial or social motive, just another pointless animation by Benjamin Ducroz.
Along with the great selection of films you’d expect to see, the Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, presented Power to the Pixel - The Digital Distribution Forum for Independents. Festival Director Sandra Hebron, introduced lead advocates and practitioners of digital distribution, along with filmmakers currently making digital distribution work for them. Perhaps the [...]
If you’re of the view that after just over 100 years of existence the form of film is a locked down certainty, my guest Andrew Filippone Jr’s piece Happy Monday, a documentary film object, suggests otherwise in its depiction of the death of the short film Happy Monday Mr. Krebs whose motionless 16mm reels form [...]
Today I’m joined by animator and director Katy Davis to discuss her graduation short Gobblynne. Katy takes a mixed media approach to her work, combining live action, hand drawn animation and photography to create distinct shorts and music videos for bands such as Second Person.
Gobblynne Materials
Stills & Process Materials
Script
Showlinks
Gobblynne.com
Gobblynne Animation MySpace
Fine Film Society
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Gobblyne (2005)
2D mixed media animated music video about a small girl who wants a more colourful life than routine and work.
Our director interview today is with Robin Van Rijn whose work was first introduced to me through the stunning visuals he created for Bride of the Atom’s live gigs. His mixed media motion graphics piece, Cities of the World was inspired by a quote from the recently deceased French cultural theorist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard [...]
This quarter of a century numbered interview focusses on an inspiring, experimental, fairy-tale animation called Sweet Salt from director Katerina Athanasopoulou, which was commissioned by animate! for their annual Channel Four slot.
Sweet Salt Materials
Stills
Treatment
Showlinks
Kineticat
Royal College of Art
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
animate!
Becalelis Brodskis
Repairman
Adobe After Effects
BBC Film Network
Red Stick International Animation Festival
stray cinema