Thursday, April 27, 2017

Smelly Socks 3.1 is, unrotunately, the one and only Smelly Socks webisode this year. Simply for two reasons: We have zero budget for this and Daniel hurt his knee. But this doesen´t mean Smelly Socks are done! We tried hard and made at least one this year. And we will try even harder to bring you more Smelly Socks edits in upcoming season, so don´t be sad and stay tunned! This particular time for 3.1, we visited Absolut park Flachauwinkl in Austria. Daniel, Antti and Martin drove with Dan´s sketchy 1998 VW Golf literally overloaded with all kinds of classic shit like bags, skis, filming equipment…But also pretty gross shit, like a mixture of candies and leftover snacks on the floor, which at some point, mixed with melted snow, became some sort of nasty „candysauce“ as we called it, while Martin was constantly complaining about Daniel driving too fast and too furious. We drove about 6 hours from Czech Republic to Flachau where we all stayed at Matthias Krallinger´s amazing house in the middle of the mountain – he even has his own miniramp in a basement, where we had nice afternoon sessions after skiing with beers and a good music. Overally we had 4 days to film the edit. But as it usually is the weather didn´t really cooperate, so we had 1 day off and stayed home. That left us 3 days to work with. Unlike the bummer day at home, those other days luckily worked out perfectly for us! We had 2 days of sun that we used in a park and even one deep powder day! Where Daniel and Antti tried to be like The Big Picture guys and hit cliffs and stuff on their centermounted park skis, doin countless tomahawks, calling it the best day at work ever pretty much after each hit. At this point we were also joined by everyones favourite Zuzička Stromkova, and she was sending the cliffs with dem boyz like there´s no tomorrow leaving Daniel and Antti speechless! Daniel dropped his first cliff ever in his life and Antti was killing it as usually on his 1.0s - for example his massive nosebudda dub 10 out off totally fucking nowhere speaks for itself. The rest of it you´ll see in the webisode. So sit comfy, blast your volume and enjoy the rock´n´roll! We would like to thank: You as an audience – without you, we wouldn´t be able to make these. Matthias Krallinger and his family for letting the smelly crew stay at his place. Berndt Egger – Absolut Park manager Martin Bernard for doin this because of his passion. The crew for amazing experience and everyone else we´ve met and skied with! Cover photo: Erik Tomasak Music: Thee Oh Sees - Contraption-Soul Desert Filming and editing: http://bit.ly/2oBisEp


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I was introduced to Jordan, the effervescent subject of this Op-Doc, by a mutual friend; we met for lunch at his favorite deli in Los Angeles, where we live. That day, we waded through a getting-to-know-you conversation that somehow felt both more awkward and less awkward than most of its kind. Jordan has Asperger’s syndrome, and so he often gets pulled into his own world, one that can seem chaotic and isolated from ours. But he has learned to make deliberate choices to stay present in reality. I found myself pleasantly surprised by the quick-witted middle-aged man having lunch across from me. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of music and movies, and a strikingly clever sense of humor. So I was intrigued. The lunch became the first of many meetings we shared over the course of many months, before we started filming this Op-Doc more than a year later. Autism and Asperger’s syndrome, which is often considered a high-functioning form of autism, can manifest through a wide spectrum of symptoms; the severity and range of consequences vary depending on the individual. Sometimes these symptoms are barely noticeable, but on the other hand, around 40 percent of autistic children do not speak. (Symptoms often lessen by adulthood.) In Jordan’s case, he lives independently, holds a job, and manages his own personal finances. He has a relationship with a woman named Toni who has multiple disabilities herself. But more importantly, he is self-aware, self-accepting, caring, with a strong ability to analyze and speak about his condition with others. He understands how he is different, and he has created a coping mechanism for himself that enables him to function in society and pursue his interests in the arts as an escape when it all becomes too much for him. It is these qualities that I wanted to emphasize in this film. I wanted Jordan himself to tell us his story instead of it being formulated out of impressions from the perspective of an outsider. A strong self-advocate, Jordan argues that he is not a disabled person, but merely a person with a disability. Someone from whom those he calls “normal people” could learn. Besides, he will argue, “everybody is not completely normal” anyway. So much more research and support is needed to enable people with autism. There are no limits to what beautiful minds like Jordan’s can help us make of this world. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2017. Official Selection Camerimage Film Festival 2016. Official Selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017. Official Selection Cinequest International Film & VR Festival 2017. (Winner Best Short Documentary) Official Selection Oxford International Film Festival 2017. Official Selection Raw Film Festival 2017. Official Selection Athens Film + Video Festival 2017. Official Selection Newport Beach Film Festival 2017.


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About the Work From the lights of skyscrapers and homes, to the neon street lights and headlamps of cars and trains in motion… fragments of the city float like stardust out of the darkness against the curtain of the night sky. This new vision of Tokyo is explored with omnidirectional motion graphics. This work was born from ‘Beyond Motion Graphics’ ( http://bit.ly/2paba7q ) an internal company project at WOW aimed at exploring new possibilities for motion graphics. In using VR technology, consideration was given as to what kind of images to showcase and express as pieces of art. 作品について 夜のとばりに包まれた高層ビルの光、街頭のネオン、電車や道行く車のヘッドライトから家々が湛える暮らしの灯りまで、暗闇から現れる星屑のような街の断片を浮遊しながら、東京という都市の新たなビジョンへと至る、全天球型のモーショングラフィックス。 本作は、モーショングラフィックスの新たな可能性を問うWOWの社内プロジェクト「Beyond Motion Graphics」( http://bit.ly/2paba7q )から誕生。VRの技術的側面に加え、それによって切り拓かれるべき映像=アートとしての表現性に注目した。 Staff Art Director / Designer:Nakazi Takuma, Moriwaki Daisuke, Kudo Kaoru Designer:Miyajima Tsutomu, Kojima Kazunori, Makino Shigeru, Sasaki Takuma, Kitabatake Ryo, Takagishi Hiroshi, Tanaka Kenji, Horai Misaki


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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Months of craft, ideas and styling have gone into our latest self-initiated project, developed and hand made at Trizz, the creative animation studio out of Barcelona known for its artful directing, design and animation on commercials. “Save Me” is a new music video that touches the soul and essence of a young boys inner creative battles and is scored with heart felt music (soon to be independently released out of Portland). The boy protagonist, Rafa, lives in the world of a sensitive, young country kid who is overloaded with imagination and confronted with the possibilities of self-expression and technology. Intentionally the core story is shaped with a naïve simplicity and hints at the places where inspiration evolves. “Save Me” started off as a 5 seconds test project. Trizz director and co-founder Oriol Puig was drawn to the musician’s song, called him up for a chat which ended up triggering a 4 minute original film to the music. The design concept of mixed media, with an emphasis on photo realistic rendering, was integral to deepening the story mood. Starting with the boy character Rafa, who was modelled and animated in 3d to look like an older technique of hand made claymation, our team then built the miniature house out of wood and mini tiles and lots of glue and nestled it all within a real forest - little plants from the local garden centre that provided the set for capturing real filmed backgrounds. With the 3d animation completed, our illustrator then drew and animated the 2d “interactive sky” effects and finally everything was rendered together and composed into the master film. Visually and musically, this story speaks of the creative process in all of us - and shows that sometimes during the discovery for implementing an idea, that there are waves of inspiration, frustration, anger and surprise. In the end there is a very positive outcome, scaling a personal edge we also learn something new about ourselves. CREDITS Music by: Fernando Viciconte Track: Save Me Original Idea / Script: Trizz Director: Oriol Puig and the Trizz team Executive Producer: Chris Vulpi 3D Supervisor: Oriol Mayolas Animation Director: Hugo García 2D design and animation: Javier Vaquero Art Direction: Oriol Puig / Oriol Mayolas Set Design: Albert García Vila Set Construction: Albert García Vila / Laura Ibañez Animators: Hugo García / David Llopis Modeling: Oriol Mayolas Modeling ( hair ): Kepa Casado Additional Modeling: Ariadna Ollé / Luis Guzmán Compositing: Oriol Puig Rigging: Joan Buhigas Cloth Animation: Joan Buhigas / Ariadna Ollé Additional 2D animation: Bojan Pantelic 3D scanning: Oriol Mayolas / Ariadna Ollé Editing: Oriol Puig / Oriol Vives Making Of: Ariadna Ollé


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“Full disclosure: after watching it three times, I’d go so far as to call it a short film masterpiece […] Stop is a quiet tour-de-force, a pent up cry for humanity and fairness in a system that feeds off its own worst instincts.” -Mike Tully, Hammer to Nail (http://bit.ly/1x8dBmV) “Reinaldo Marcus Green’s gripping nine-minute drama, shot in two nights on location in Red Hook, Brooklyn, centers around a student athlete who is stopped by the police for no other reason than the color of his skin. Displaying real filmmaking finesse, ‘Stop’ is a timely tale well told.” –Kim Adelman, indieWIRE (http://bit.ly/1sV4M3x) “A riveting, tension-filled short that studies the uncomfortable details apparent in racial profiling.” –Erik Luers, indieWIRE (http://bit.ly/1wpwwZg) “Probably one of the most important and timely shorts for America this year. Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film addresses the upsetting aspects of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policies with sensitivity and insight.” -Jeff Bowers, VICE (bit.ly/1mU7HHQ) “The film packs a lot in nine minutes with its timely topic and subtle hand.” –Maddy Kadish, Independent (http://bit.ly/1w5EdKr) “References to slain teen Trayvon Martin and the recent racially charged events of Ferguson and New York City surfaced in direct and subtle ways throughout the festival, but the most powerful was NYU student Reinaldo Marcus Green’s nine-minute short Stop” –Julie Bramowitz, VOGUE (http://bit.ly/2oZQRvo) “Reinaldo Marcus Green On Going From Working At Chuck E. Cheese To Playing His Film At Tribeca” –Mary Angelica Molina, REMEZCLA (http://bit.ly/1HwNqOX) “Gripping Take on the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy. It’s also an Adweek Watch Awards winner.” –Michael Bürgi, Adweek STOP OFFICIAL SELECTIONS / AWARDS 2015 Sundance Film Festival (World Premiere), Hammer to Nail (Runner Up) Omaha Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Annapolis Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Chicago Critics Film Festival, Twister Alley Film Festival, Berkshire International Film Festival, Rooftop Films, Milwaukee Film Festival, Monadnock Film Festival, West Chester Film Festival, Longstory Shorts Film Festival, First Run Film Festival, Rainier Independent Film Festival,Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, St. Cloud Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize), Los Angeles Film Festival, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Cayman Islands Film Festival, Indy Film Fest, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festiva (25 New Faces)l, BFI London Film Festival,Bend Film Festival, Nitehawk Film Festival, Wandering Reel Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival (Finland), *National Board of Review (Student Grant Winner) *Adweek Watch Awards (Winner Best Drama Video) *Rooftop Films Special Screening, The Frame *Short of the Week *VICE Best Online Shorts 2015 Contact: info@greenbrosfilms.com | http://bit.ly/2pHtpkN | twitter: @greenbrosfilms


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John Carpenter’s cult classic THEY LIVE (1988) was certainly a movie for its moment. It’s also quite resonant today…and probably will be for the foreseeable future. — CREDITS Materials: - THEY LIVE (1988) by John Carpenter - THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY (2012) by Sophie Fiennes - “The Making of THEY LIVE” (1988) by Larry Sulkis - “Alamo Drafthouse - THEY LIVE w/ John Carpenter” (June 7, 2011) by Alamo Drafthouse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAOyt37Mi5I) - “Morning in America” (1984) by Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Reelection Campaign - CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (2009) by Michael Moore - “Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Announcement” (June 16, 2015) by C-SPAN - “Trump/They Live” T-Shirt Design (“Make America Great Again”) by Mitch O'Connell (http://bit.ly/2pKh9ix) - “Trump Pledges to Renew American Dream” (November 9, 2016) by Reuters - Coverage of Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan’s Campaign Stop in Danville, VA (September 19, 2012) by CNN - “Wealth Gap” (July 13, 2014) by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgSEwjAeno) - “Inequality for All: Robert Reich Warns Record Income Gap Is Undermining Our Democracy” (September 13, 2013) by Democracy Now! (http://bit.ly/2pryr7E) - “Jobs, But No Homes: Meet the Working Homeless” (March 24th, 2014) by TODAY (http://on.today.com/2pJWQ4A) - “Keith David on Being Homeless in THEY LIVE” by Shout! Factory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-SsuO0Vzs) - The July 19, 2012, episode of Piers Morgan Live by CNN - “Noam Chomsky: ‘Spending Money is Not Speech’” (March 26, 2014) by Abel Collins (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9uD4bkx-JM) - “43 Million Americans Live in Poverty, Worry About Future” (February 3, 2017) by VOA News (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrvfA5BT63o) - “Lawrence Lessig Talks About the Corrupting Influence of Money on Politics” (March 1, 2011) by KUT Austin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4GOx4Y3ouM) - “Bill Moyers Essay: The United States of Inequality” (April 11, 2013) by Moyers & Company (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5An1Ek8RVIc) - “Baltimore: ‘This is What Poverty in the US Looks Like’” (March 1, 2017) by BBC News (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qytbhMlXltI) Music: - “Wake Up” by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth from the soundtrack of THEY LIVE — DISCLAIMER: This video essay contains copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This material is being used in an effort to advance understanding about the art and craft of filmmaking. I believe this constitutes a “fair use” of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this video essay is distributed without profit for educational use only. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this video essay for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use,” you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.


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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Directed by Josep Prat Sorolla Produced by O Executive producers Rafa Montilla & Emilia Fort Producer Fiona Vidal-Quadras Director of Photography Elias M. Félix Production Designer Alexandra Jordana Costume Designer Cris Quer Choreographer Tuixen Benet Make-up Artist Alba Pesa Grade Marc Morató at Metropolitana Postproduction Coordinator Yukio Montilla Dancers Julia Hernández Elena Serrano Lucía Revert Sheila Jordà Production Manager Marta Vega First Assistant Director Silvia Martínez First Production Assistant Eva Rubio Production Assistant Mónica Colomer Production Assistant David Ceballos Production Assistant Edu Giménez Production Assistant Oriol Rovira Production Assistant Valerie Steenhaut Stylist Assistant Alba Aixut 2nd Unit Camera Operator Carlos Rigo Focus Puller Ana Ferron Camera Assistant Frankie A.Ronda 2nd Unit Focus Puller Marta Mulas 2nd Unit AC Marina Cerdà Gaffer Carles Roman Sparks Enric Miranda, Genis Serra, Jose Cachon, Joan Planella and María González Key Grip Alex Moregó Grip Adri Arguelles Art Director Sara Oliva Art Assistant Núria Cunill Props Buyer Vicki Viñas & Júlia Prats Props Advance Anna Cornudella, Laia Alabart & Glendis Props on set Cristian Diamante Construction Guille Fernández & James Grimes Suppliers: Movie Men, Another Light, Cinevent, Cocolate, Espai Erre, Metric, Cine Support, Meridiana Rent, Parc Audiovisual Terrassa, Catering Pa·rill, WRS Walkies & Wifivox Special Thanks to All Cast and Crew, Amor y Lujo, Xevi Fernandez, Juan Carlos Pajares, Maria Barghouti, Hector Ruiz, Álvaro Peñalta, David Fernández, Berta Oliveres, Jordi Santos, Affaire, MINIM Merçè Colomer. http://olovesyou.com http://bit.ly/2pDn4Wn


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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Lil Dicky Pillow Talking Music Video Created by Giant Propeller - http://bit.ly/2nG7lJX Written and Performed by Lil Dicky/Dave Burd “Pillow Talking” produced by Charlie Handsome and the Digital Rick Flair aka Digi Directed by Tony Yacenda http://bit.ly/2o7BRru Starring Dave Burd, Taylor Misiak and Brain Director of Photography - Alan Gwizdowski Edited by Brian Vannucci Production Design - Cody Fusina Production and Visual Effects by Giant Propeller http://bit.ly/2nG3cpm Executive Produced by Jordan Freda and Mike Bodkin Produced by Tom Quinn VFX and Post Producer - Oscar Velasquez VFX Supervisor - Marek Jezo First AD - Lyon Reese Script Supervisor - Sara Geralds Cast Lil Dicky - Dave Burd Girl - Taylor Misiak Brain - Brain God - John C Reilly Soldiers - Owen Rousu, Derek Pratt, Carlos Lopez, Isaac Lopez, Kiyano La'vin, Nick Coolidge, Sean Carrigan, PJ McCabe Crew Camera First Assistant - Erin Douglass Camera Second Assistant - Sarah Grenwald MOCO - Simon Wakely MOCO Assistant - Chris Toth DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) - Daniel Woiwode DIT Assistant - Alessia Assissi Art Director - Taylor Frost Set Dresser - Tao Grasham Property Master - Taylor Wolf Gaffer - David Cronin Key Grip - Kevin Keirstead Best Boy Grip - Vassily Grip PA - Jason Kierstead Wardrobe Stylist - Kassey Rich Hair and Make Up Artist - Liza Lash BTS Photographer - Yulia Shcherbinina Office Production Assistant - Eric Cepeda Set Production Assistants - Lars Slind, Alexxa Slind, Vickram Bhoyrul Board Operator - Phil Gailer Playback - Bob Tiwana Choreographer - Ian Eastwood https://www.youtube.com/user/DJIcon Casting by Kerry Baker Catering by Diane Timmons Animal Trainers - Barbara Edrington, Chris Edrington, Heather Long Second Unit First Assistant Director - Boma Pennebaker Second Assistant Director - Colin Weinburg Director of Photography - Steeven Petitteville Camera First Assistant - Melissa Spom DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) - Joe Hedge Art Director - Joel Sappington Gaffer - Ace Underhill Key Grip - David Nunez Best Boy Electric - Ian Crawley Dolly Grip - Mikey Gilmore Armorer - Logan Freda Wardrobe Stylist - Heather Flores Hair and Make Up Artist - Kseniya Durst Still Photographer - Morgan Schmidt VFX Supervisor - Marek Jezo Production Coordinator - Rachael Campbell CG Lead - Lubomir Timko Lead Compositor - Adam Dusa Compositor - Oliver Popellar Matchmove and Roto Artist - Lhbomir Jezo 2D Artist - Rober Hruska 3D Artist - Raphaela Klein Concept Artist - Byzwa Dher FX Artist - Ondrej Polacek, Mikas Saduskas 3D Artist - Rober Spicuk, Tomas Krizan, Dominik Liscak, Oliver Otruba, Martin Kaperak, Lukas Jankovcin, Rudo Herstek, Erik Mascak Animator - Tomas Danay, Andrea Jacevicova, Adam Sadion, Vladimir Krajniak, Lukas Figel, Marian Villaris, Standa Sekela Animation - Samuel Puchovsky, Martin Durmik Storyboard Artists - Mishi McCaig, David Green Pre-Vis Artists - Vlad Streitsov, Omrah Menkes Post Production Company - Giant Propellor Colorist - Sebastian Perez-Burchard Post Producer - Oscar Valezquez Audio Post Services - Voodoo Highway Sound Designer - Davis Brian Kelly Re-Recording Mixer - Richard Segal Thank you to MeUndies http://bit.ly/2o7J4HO


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CASSINI’S GRAND FINALE is a short film I had the great honor to produce for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) about the spectacular ending of the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. It is meant as an inspirational and informative piece about what happens in the last months of the mission, and as a celebration of all that this historic spacecraft has achieved. Here is an article from JPL on the production of the film: https://go.nasa.gov/2punNJw For the official JPL release of the film, please turn here: https://go.nasa.gov/2oYy0BN or go directly to the official JPL YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/xrGAQCq9BMU For the official NASA release, please turn here: https://go.nasa.gov/2puuBah NASA’s Cassini spacecraft (launched in 1997) has been in orbit around Saturn since 2004 exploring the giant planet, its spectacular system of rings and moons. Cassini was also carrying with it the European Huygens Probe which was dispatched after arrival and successfully landed on the moon Titan, becoming the first human made craft to land on a surface in the outer solar system. In 2017 - after more than a decade of bringing home remarkably successful scientific achievements, discoveries and a treasury of gorgeous photos – the spacecraft is running out of fuel to maneuver. In order to protect the moons Enceladus and Titan, and their potentially life-bearing sub surface oceans, from possible contamination in the unlikely event of a future collision, it has been decided to take Cassini permanently out of service. This is done by crashing the spacecraft into the atmosphere of Saturn - but not without doing some amazing science on the way. 22 times, Cassini dives through previously unexplored gap between Saturn and its rings, collecting new data on the mass of the rings (used to help determine their age), measurements of Saturn’s gravity and magnetic fields (used to help understanding its internal structure) and sending home stunning views of Saturn’s clouds and the rings – seen from a closer range than ever before. Even up until the very end, Cassini will bring home data, as it tastes the atmosphere of Saturn, just minutes before burning up and becoming part of the planet itself. It has been an unprecedented honor for me to get to do this film. Being a passionate enthusiast of planetary science, Cassini is the one mission - more than any other – to define my interest in the field, as I’ve had the pleasure to follow its success, from start to end, for a major part of my adult life. For more information about the Cassini mission and its Grand Finale, please turn here: https://go.nasa.gov/2oYzQ5U CREDITS: DIRECTOR – Erik Wernquist PRODUCERS – Preston Dyches (JPL), Stephen Epstein (JPL) MUSIC – Cristian Sandquist WRITER – Preston Dyches (JPL) NARRATOR – Stephanie Czajkowski COLORIST – Caj Müller EDITOR – Micke Lindgren VISUALS COMPOSITING & PRODUCTION – Erik Wernquist CASSINI MODELING – Svante Segelson CASSINI SHADING, TEXTURES & DYNAMICS – Per Jonsson SATURN BACKGROUND PAINTINGS – Greg Martin TITLES – Mikael Hall ADDITIONAL TEXTURES & BACKGROUNS – Svante Segelson ADDITIONAL COMPOSITING & PARTICLES – Mikael Hall Thank you NASA, JPL, ESA and the entire Cassini/Huygens team for making such a wonderful, successful and inspiring mission. And especially; thank you Cassini, and farewell. The solar system will feel empty without you.


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Official videoclip for the track Howler Monkey by Meier & Erdmann Released on the Moniker Eggplant Label (http://bit.ly/2op0t25). Video created by Victor Doval (http://bit.ly/2o0ANW0). The video shows a landscape created synchronously with the music. The generation of the visuals is based on the sound spectrum. The diverse frequency bands have been used to algorithmically define the visual parameters such as geometries, materials and lightings. Through this sonic analysis and spectral decomposition each element and texture of the track has been visually processed. The whole sequence has been created in a procedural way where the definition of every part has been based on mathematical integrations. To manage all this data flow I worked with Processing and Blender. The Blender add-on Sverchok has been the cornerstone in the creation and transformation of the geometry. The initial idea came from the understanding of music as a temporal journey, a changing landscape that is perceived via the ears. The track Howler Monkey written and performed by Meier & Erdmann invites the listener to travel through the subjective/individual and the abstract. The harmonic evolution of the track is associated with a 24 hour time lapse experienced in 290 seconds. From sunrise to sunrise the video offers a dreamy trip that opens doors for contemplation and to emotions the track might evoke. Check Meier & Erdmann’s album – The ‘Howler Monkey’ LP: http://bit.ly/2ooBj3Q Check my other procedural works and gif experiments: http://bit.ly/2o0CeUJ Check Meier & Erdmann on soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2ooLIMX


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Screenings: 2016 Hot Docs Film Festival premiere 2016 Rooftop Films 2016 Vassar Filmfest 2016 Iron Mule Film Festival 2017 Sarasota Film Festival Synopsis: When I was leaving for college, my aunt Dana told me I had a cousin I’d never met who was matriculating in the same year as me. We shared classes and had friends in common but for some strange reason I never introduced myself. All during college, and then into the real world, through a decade of overlapping connections, we never met. This film is an examination of that hesitation and an attempt to understand why I never made the easiest connection in the world… until it was too late. Through archival footage and re-enactment of the era in question, IDAC is ultimately a documentary about what was happening on an unconscious level and how distant a relative can be even when they’re right in front of your face. Written/Directed/Edited by Casimir Nozkowski Music by Alexander Strung Sound Mix by Tod Chapman Color Grading by Phil Choe @ Nice Shoes Featuring Hannah Bos, Amanda Duarte, Erin Edmison, Josh Henderson-Cox, Greg Glassman, Thomas Nozkowski, Joyce Robins Thank you Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Production Notes: I’ve made over 100 short films, many of which examine issues of family, the blurry line between fiction and non-fiction and the sometimes disturbing, sometimes hilarious ways our memories fail us. IDAC is an autobiographical documentary which is a genre my movies (or at least parts of them) often fall into. The key with autobiography in my opinion is to avoid being sentimental at all costs. This does not mean you can’t be funny or can’t be authentic and personal – it’s just that it being your story does not automatically make it interesting. On top of that, IDAC also considers the way we dream and the way dreams can invade our everyday life – which is another subject matter that can easily steer a film awry. So making IDAC was exciting because once mindful of all these pitfalls, there was an enormous feeling of restraint that coursed through the documentary’s production. My hope is that people who see my film IDAC recognize familiar moments and feelings from their own lives: memories they can’t quite explain, people they think they know and dramatic, life-defining events that upon further scrutiny don’t exactly add up as neatly as they once thought. See more of my films at vimeo and at casimirnozkowski.com


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From the new album ‘Emergence’ out now: http://bit.ly/2hreEOn Discover more about Emergence: http://bit.ly/2mklx6T Max Cooper “This chapter comes towards the end of the Emergence story, after all of the physical world around us has been established by following through the action of the simple building blocks of nature. I wanted to finish the LP with the progression left open-ended, the laws of nature being unbounded and any particular consequences impermanent and ever changing. The best way to present this seemed to be with an infinite fractal zoom, where we experience delving into a system that seems to have no end. But the problem was that I really don’t like most fractal zoom videos, as it’s a technique that has been much overused, and often relies on the same methods of synthesis which have a particular recognisable aesthetic. Luckily for me someone got in touch to suggest Morgan Beringer’s work to me, which I loved, so we started chatting about video ideas, and it seemed that Morgan might be able to pull off a new way of the presenting the unbounded zoom! Safely to say, he did an amazing job with this, with his warping saturating abstraction and hints of traditional fractals.” Morgan Beringer “The main structure of the video 'revolves’ around an infinite spiral/zoom effect that is realized using an animated form of the Droste effect, combined with my trademark style of abstract visuals that continuously move in somewhat unpredictable manners. It is the first time I have combined both and a lot of experimenting and trial and error was employed before I found a combination that worked best. When combined, the overall theme of an unbounded form was expressed via both the chaotic structure of the form and the infinite motion of the spiral. I found this also reflects the contradictions that quickly appear when considering absolutes, infinities, and any such theoretical extremities that are not empirically experienced. The contradiction being that we must always 'assume’ that unbounded structures are indeed unbounded, and while we might explore short journeys down these roads, the end of the spiral is never reached and the moving forms never solidify. The fact that the form of the spiral remains constant during the video (though the angles change and the colors change, etc.) helps to reflect that we rely upon bounded structures to represent unbounded structures. Beyond that overall theme I also added further details to echo these ideas, such as the grid appearing at various times to remind us that despite the appearance of an infinite/chaotic motion there is in fact a very defined structure that we get small glimpses of every now and then. The addition of several lighting effects also nods back to the main concept in that they try to remind the viewer that this is a flat video. Just light on a surface, synthetic light even, despite it’s attempt to convey an unbounded infinite. So the final result hopefully giving us little glimpses of what an infinite or unbounded concept/structure might entail, flights of thought or fantasies almost, but also reminding us that these concepts are never fully understandable or attainable in physical reality beyond these short moments. My favorite moment within the song is when, for a few short moments, the rhythm extends beyond its established structure and we are left 'floating’ somewhat before it comes back to ground us. Again, demonstrating that we need the established structure before we can break it, and that even when it is broken or expanded upon, we only get a few brief moments before adapting to the change/new structure.” Follow Max Cooper http://bit.ly/2hrhymm http://bit.ly/2mkhE1W https://twitter.com/maxcoopermax http://bit.ly/2kU9hNs Follow Morgan Beringer http://bit.ly/2oeMnk2 http://bit.ly/2phj3qG


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Friday, April 7, 2017

You’ve probably heard the statistic that nearly half of all films produced before 1950 are entirely lost, and that’s only one of the many reasons that proper restoration and preservation is so important. Let’s dive in and take a look at three different films all in different stages of the restoration process, plus take a look at how film restoration as a whole has evolved and continues to evolve in an increasingly digital world. For educational purposes only. Sources- Arri- Archive Technologies (2013) - http://bit.ly/2mTYlvA David Lean: A Tickling of Talents (1989) - http://bit.ly/2m3D9pB Harmy’s Star Wars- Despecialized Edition (2013) - http://bit.ly/2mAKYnZ The Red Shoes- Restoration Demo (2012) - http://bit.ly/2m3jFkP The Restoration of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (2009) - http://bit.ly/2m3o1aa Special thanks to Paul Vanezis for the use of Restoring 'Doctor Who’ (2014) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMgNCwYcXw Further Reading- For more information on The Film Foundation, please visit- http://bit.ly/2o6UBJ4 A.V. Club interview with Robert A. Harris- http://bit.ly/2m3rHKJ On the restoration of The Red Shoes- http://bit.ly/2mTXpYc The Race to Save the Films We Love by Manohla Dargis- http://nyti.ms/2m3kzOf You can follow me through: Twitter- http://twitter.com/andymsaladino YouTube- http://youtube.com/c/theroyaloceanfilmsociety Official Website- theroyaloceanfilmsociety.com/ Music by Chillhop: http://youtube.com/chillhopdotcom The Deli- Breeze: http://bit.ly/2oNAhPP emune- fallback: http://bit.ly/2o6FJe0 Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/ChillhopSpotify Late Nights by LOWERCASE n http://bit.ly/2oNEQth Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://bit.ly/2o73Glf…


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