Apr
18
Apr
18
Noah Harris: Google Chrome “Speedbots”
Posted in: General
Whimsical whizzing bots directed by Noah Harris and BBH London/Blinkink/Glassworks.
Credits
Agency: BBH
Client: Google
Director: Noah Harris
Production Company: Blinkink
Producer: James Stevenson Bretton
Director of Photgraphy: Toby Howell
Animators: Andy Biddle, Timon Dowdeswell, Tim Collins, Martin Rhys Davies, Martin Pullen
Editor: Sam Sneade
Post Production: Glassworks
Glassworks Team
Flame Lead: Duncan Malcolm
Flame: Iain Murray
Producer: Misha Stanford-Harris
Colourist: Ben Rogers
3d previs: Jon Park
Apr
18
Peter Lowey: Gotye “Save Me”
Posted in: General, music video
Melbourne-based Peter Lowey takes me back to the classic Liquid Television days in his music video for Gotye’s Save Me.
Credits
Directed and Animated by Peter Lowey
3D modeling and inbetweening by Andrew Bowler
Compositing by Glenn Hatton
Apr
17
Looking Sideways: New Site, Show and Video
Posted in: art, directing
New site for Looking Sideways: ‘we build things, we break things, we paint our equipment, we make films, we play music, we screenprint our clothes and we fill our world with objects that look good. “Looking Sideways is all about bridging the gap between boardsports and art, and we reckon our new show and site are going to enable us to do that in the slickest possible way, and give people the chance to own some amazing art“ says Looking Sideway’s director Chris Moran.
I especially like the x ENDEAVOR x VANS collaboartion with artist Owen Tozer. Have a look at the full list of Looking Sideways artists.
Apr
16
Pause Perth will be joining the City Of Perth in celebrating Innovation Month at Northbridge Piazza…with Pausestage featuring Plenty, CypherAudio, Pozible, Squint Opera, Sixty40, TKM9, Shock Records, Thinque, Ethno Tekh, Illuminart + Pausescreen + Pauseplayground.
Apr
16
Editor’s Note:
Scott’s video has been taken off of Vimeo/YouTube due to legal crossfire between a record label and the artist. As soon as it is back online we will re-embed it.
We last featured Pittsburgh-based Scott Benson when he released his cosmic music video for The Murf’s Rendezvous. His new music video for Toh Kay‘s With Any Sort Of Certainty is a story about not being ok, and trying to be.
I’m loving how Scott’s style is developing. Check out the sequence starting at 2:05 as the photographer leaves his office to see a brilliant combination of his angular, flat character designs combining with lush lighting and dimensional cues. At 3:11, as the protagonist’s world starts to break apart, the pixels tear away as well.
I highly recommending heading over to Scott’s blog to read more about the music video’s genesis. Here’s an excerpt:
I normally write big long statements about pieces like this, about what I was trying to say and whatnot. But this time I’m not. I’m interested in what, if anything, people take from it. I will say it’s a story about not being ok, and trying to be. Some of this vid is about ideas I think about a lot, and some of it is more directly about my own life. I guess everything anyone makes is like that.
And Tomas’ great song really pushed it in the direction in ended up going. We were apparently mind-melded at some point last fall when all of this was coming together, as I think the vid and the song comment on each other nicely. I think. But I don’t know. That’s your call. Either way, I am grateful to Tomas for trusting me with an open brief, and allowing me to go nuts with the story and direction.
Apr
15
Moniker: Do Not Touch
Posted in: General
Amsterdam-based Moniker (Roel Wouters, Luna Maurer, Jonathan Puckey) have created a Do Not Touch – a crowd-sourced music video for Light Light’s Kilo. “After 50 years of pointing and clicking, we are celebrating the nearing end of the computer cursor with a music video where all our cursors can be seen together for one last time.”
As you watch the video, your cursor data is recorded and then composited into the music video on the hour. There’s something magical about the buzzing flurry of cursors, imagining people all over the world going through the same three minute experience you’re participating in at this very moment. If you look closely you will see four different types of cursors: Mac, Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu/Linux.
Warning: This music may or may not by NSFW… depending on how many cursors have been recorded and where they ended up. At the time of posting it was almost SFW… 😉
Hat tip to the awesome Creative Applications.
Credits
Cast
Björn Ottenheim
Daan Schinkel
Alexandra Duvekot
Thijs Havens
Roberta Petzoldt
(& 38446 of your Pointers at time of posting)
Director
Moniker
Line Producer
Vargo Bawits,
Flickering Wall
DOP
Sal Kronenberg
Focus Puller
Marinka Schippers
Styling
Ogenda ter Haar
Make Up
Paulien Hartman
Still Photography
Adina Renner
Editing
Moniker
Grading
Sal Kroonenberg
& Moniker
Technology
Do Not Touch was developed in-house by Moniker
Funding
Funded by TAXfonds
Typeface
Lutz Headline
by Cornel Windlin
Apr
15
Arte France and OFFF, International Festival of design and post-digital culture launched an international competition for innovative experiences that explores the physical, social and spiritual tensions in our world. Human emotions and processes into digital e-motion paintings.
From April until May 25 submission are open for those interested who want to present their experimental and emotional projects creating new and unconventional ways to tell stories, using digital tools with knowledge of the physical realities. A balance between the virtual and analog world.
The winner will sign a € 5.000 contract with Arte France for the production of the project and its exploitation on Internet.
Winner and logline of the project will be announced in OFFF Barcelona 2013 Festival at 20:25 June 8th just before Brosmind talk at main stage
Check competition basis at www.offfartegrant.com
Apr
15
Hayley Morris creates a beautiful watercolor and stop-motion world for Iron & Wine’s Joy. The stunning music video was created over the course of two months in her Brookyln studio. Hayley was kind enough to share some of her creative process with us.
When brainstorming ideas for possible narratives and visual interpretations of the song I was drawn to a particular lyric. “Deep inside the heart of this crazy mess I’m only calm when I get lost within your wilderness.” This is what sparked my idea.
Joy is a song about love and taking a moment to realize how someone can vastly change how you perceive yourself and the world around you. My goal for this video was to make the viewer feel this sense of joy, discovery and appreciation by following the organic flow of the song as the landscape changes through bursts of color, growth and transformation. Through his eyes we see how the woman Sam sings about changes his world by catching glimpses of her within the different plants, rocks, trees and objects that occupy the scenery/himself. In the end we see that he is full of color and vibrancy.
The video is a mixed-media piece. It’s composed of a blend of rotoscope watercolor animations and stop-motion. I hand made every piece in the landscape from found objects, paper, clay and various materials, and then projected her image into the set pieces. Each scene was shot frame by frame with Dragon in my studio space in my apartment. It was nice rolling out of bed and ready for work!
Credits
Artist: Iron and Wine
Director/Animator: Hayley Morris
Fabricators: Hayley Morris, Denise Hauser and Randy Bretzin
Color Correction: Evan Kultangwatana
Model for watercolor animation: Louise Sheldon
Record Label: Nonesuch Records
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