As promised, here’s the second batch of films from the F5 RE:PLAY Film Festival, featuring work from Shilo, Pistachios and Superfad. Our sincerest thanks to all of them for flexing their creative muscles and contributing to the festival.
Dvein has consistently blown my mind with their diverse and staggeringly awesome body of work. When they agreed to create the title sequence for F5, I actually felt bad for them. I thought, “This is too much pressure. The expectations are too high.”
But that didn’t deter them. Not one bit.
I recommend going full screen for the optimal experience. QuickTime version here.
Dvein were intent on creating a title sequence that reflected F5’s speakers, something that captured some hidden aspect of each person. They explain their approach:
When we were invited to make the F5 titles, we wanted them match the eclectic spirit of the conference. The idea was to get the soul of the speakers into the titles in some way.
We asked each speaker to name five objects that inspire them or has something to do with their work. We received all kinds of answers—really interesting objects that gave us a great starting point: wind turbines, microscopes, lights, smoke, lamb rib cage, French bulldog…
The speakers didn’t know what their answers would be used for, but they were the seed for our story. In this way, all the speakers added their bit. There is not a unique authorship but rather a multiple collaboration.
I know I sound like a broken record, but I have to send my deepest gratitude to the entire Dvein team for creating such a wonderful title sequence. Again, there was zero budget. They did this because they love challenging themselves, and they believed in the vision of F5.
Antfood deserves big props for providing the music and sound design. Like the visuals, the soundtrack is a brilliant blend of analog and digital.
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I’m very pleased to get the first batch of F5 RE:PLAY films online. We debated about how best to share these films. While sharing them all in one go would be fun, it’d be too easy to miss some tasty action. Sharing them one at time, on the other hand, would quickly become tedious.
So the compromise: Three films at a time, roughly one batch each week.
This inaugural batch includes films from Buck, Crush and Holbrooks. I’ll let the work do the talking. But before I do, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the participants of the RE:PLAY Film Festival. Working on zero budget, each team created unique and inspiring nuggets of creative expression. That is a rare and wonderful treat.
Enjoy!
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It’s been a week since F5, and our heads are still spinning. By all accounts, it was a smashing success. It’s hard for us to see it from the outside, but I can tell you that we were deeply moved by the entire experience.
From 10am on Thursday, when the line outside Roseland Ballroom wrapped around the block, to the final screening of the titles from Dvein, we were blown away by the positive energy and inspiring enthusiasm from the attendees.
It was infectious. Everywhere we turned, people were smiling and laughing, connecting with old friends, making new friends, listening to speakers, taking notes, cheering, jeering, debating, thinking, rethinking, dreaming.
It was, in short, everything we wanted it to be. And we owe that to you.
From the entire F5 team, thank you all very much to those of who you made it to the event. You traveled from every corner of the globe to be there, and we want you to know how deeply we appreciate your involvement.
While we may have created F5, you made it. Thank you.
Stay tuned for the F5 RE:PLAY films, as well as video coverage of the talks.
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For the F5 RE:PLAY Film Festival, we invited some of our favorite studios and directors to create original works around the themes of rebirth, rejuvenation and regrowth. No client demands, no logos—and no money. Just creativity for creativity’s sake. Pure and simple.
The result is a slate of quirky, innovative, funny, moving and diverse films that will debut during F5 on April 16th and 17th. Check out the trailer above and then join us at Roseland Ballroom as we raise our drinks to the RE:PLAY directors:
Special thanks to David Kamp for supplying music in the RE:PLAY trailer. And big ups to Connor Swegle for producing the RE:PLAY film festival with us.
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Everybody’s favorite AENY guest, Andrew Kramer, is going to be presenting this Thursday at 6:45pm. I missed Andrew’s last standing room only presentation, so I’m definitely going to be at this one.
Andrew is the guy behind the wildly popular mograph tutorials at Video Copilot. He’s also created scores of stock assets, worked on loads of commercial projects and built a thriving community of learners. When he sneezes, valuable tips and tricks scatter everywhere. It’s nuts.
We’ll also give away two passes to F5—not to mention the landslide of other great prizes that AENY regularly delivers. Full details on the AENY site.
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The schedule of speakers for F5 is now online!
A brief run-down: Things get started both days around 11am and run until the early evening, with lunch and afternoon breaks for you to grab a drink from the bar and mingle a bit.
By the way, our remaining tickets are moving along at a pretty good clip. I see a sell out on the horizon…
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We’ve firmed up our plans for the F5 VIP pre-party on the evening of April 15th, and it’s going to be hot. I don’t want to ruin the surprise, but I can tell you it will involve alcohol, rock stars and bikinis.
We really wish we could include everyone in the festivities, but we can’t. Here’s what we’ll do instead:
If you’re registered for F5 before Friday, March 13th, we’ll include you in a random selection for 10 VIP (+1) passes. Those who win will get to rub shoulders with F5’s speakers, sponsors and a clutch of honored guests at the pre-party.
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I’ve been saying all along that F5 will be full of creative collisions—moments of lasting insight and inspiration that occur when you venture outside your comfort zone and smash into something unexpected.
That’s exactly why I’m so excited to announce the final two speakers in F5’s already eclectic lineup: Rachel Maddow and Charlie White.
If you’re at all politically inclined, you’ve at least heard of Rachel Maddow. You probably know that The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC has been a stellar success, dethroning Larry King at the same time slot and sending a much-needed thrill through the world of cable news.
But I think the best introduction to Rachel comes from her official site:
Rachel has a doctorate in political science (she was a Rhodes Scholar) and a background in HIV/AIDS activism and prison reform. She shakes a mean cocktail, drives a bright red pickup, hates Coldplay, loves arguing with conservatives, spends a lot of money on AMTRAK tickets, and dresses like a first-grader.
Rachel is a maverick of the highest caliber. And that makes her a friend of F5.
And now for something completely different. Over the last decade Charlie White has created some of the most arresting and trenchant images in contemporary photography.
Through an extensive process that entails casting actors, creating characters, and building sets to construct scenes both disturbing and familiar, Charlie dissects the violence, desires, and social anxieties that trouble the American collective unconscious.
In 2008 White exhibited Girl Studies, a series comprised of a 35mm short film titled American Minor, an experimental animation titled OMG BFF LOL, and a series of new photographs that move away from the use of the tableau and the fictional narrative.
Girl Studies is the culmination of three years of research and production that expands far beyond the works exhibited. The series marks the broadest range in White’s practice to date and further evolves his specifically American cultural critique.
Check out the full lineup of F5’s speakers on the Speakers page.
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Quick note: Barcelona studio DVEIN (a Motionographer favorite) will create the opening titles for F5. They will present the titles at a special session, during which they will share their process and creative vision for the project.
DVEIN’s intense passion for visual culture is evident in everything they do, and I am thrilled for them to participate in this way.
Read about DVEIN and all the other speakers on the F5 Speakers page.
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