Stay in My Memory (2008) An animated music promo pop up adventure for Bim’s Stay in My Memory. Watch the full animation at: www.gobblynne.com or www.youtube.com/GobblynneAnimation
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] We’ve featured several animations here on Directors Notes in past two years, but Mark Simon Hewis’ The Life Size Zoetrope stands out for its shear ambition. Turning a carnival ride into the zoetrope of the title, complete with people turning the pages of flip books to create the [...]
The Life Size Zoetrope (2007) The Life Size Zoetrope is the celebratory life story of one man, told via a one-take live action shot of a human zoetrope containing the film.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
Moros Eros: On My Side (2007) An urban hunter works their way through the city’s back alleys pouching balloon versions of endangered species.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
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.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]