Tuesday, May 30, 2017

A 10-year-old boy sets off on a long-promised adventure with his father to discover Europe’s biggest dam. But as they progress, harbored feelings surface and their relationship is put to a test. The dam they eventually face is not the one initially dreamed of. A film by Samuel Grandchamp – *Winner Golden Leopard for Best Short Film at the 2015 Locarno International Film Festival* *Winner Best Screenplay at the 2016 First Run Festival* *Winner Best Film Swiss Made at Shnit International Short Film Festival* *Winner 3rd Place Luzern Prize at Upcoming Filmmakers* *Winner Best Directing at Upcoming Filmmakers* *Oscar-Qualified for Live Action Short Film 2016* Hong Kong International Film Festival, International Competition Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, International Competition Palm Springs ShortFest, Official Selection Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Children and Youth Competition Seattle International Film Festival, Official Selection Sarasota Film Festival, Official Selection Madrid International Film Festiva, International Competition Belo Horizonte Film Festival, Official Selection Leuven International Short Film Festival, European Competition Solothurn Film Festival, Upcoming Talents Competition Belgrade Film Festival, New Cinematic Voices Huesca International Film Festival, International Competition Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, International Competition Moscow “2morrow” International Film Festival, International Competition Film Festival della Lessinia, International Competition – With Alessio Balossi, Pascal Gravat and Natacha Koutchoumov Written and directed by Samuel Grandchamp Produced by Reinaldo Marcus Green Cinematography by Federico Cesca A ViceVersal Productions film With the participation of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) http://imdb.to/2sbPokP http://bit.ly/2rBVlKP http://bit.ly/2sbrxSv


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“Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls, and so on to viscosity.” - Meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson (“Weather Prediction by Numerical Process.” Cambrige University Press, 1922) This quote sums up perfectly what I’ve come to realize about weather and storms over the past 10 years of studying, forecasting and chasing them, and the part that I find most fascinating. On each scale level from synoptic-scale, which covers areas the size of multiple states, all the way down to micro-scale, which could be an area as small as your backyard, the fluid which we call air abides by the same universal physical laws of nature and thus acts in a very similar manner and patterns. A cold front, for example, is a phenomenon which is widely understood to mean a large scale line of advancing cold air, hundreds of miles long, along which supercell thunderstorms sometimes form. Within these smaller storm-scale environments, something called a rear-flank gust front forms on the southern end of the low pressure area of the mesocyclone, where the rain cooled air wraps around. This is effectively a storm’s cold front. The cool air is more dense than the warm air, and because of this, advances into the region of lower density, just like the larger cold front on which the storm formed. The stunning supercell storm structure we see is along these relatively small, storm-scale cold fronts. This is what forms the “hook” on radar. Here, just as with the larger scale weather systems, the wedge of denser cool air at the surface meets the warm, moist, buoyant air in front of a storm, forcing it aloft and through the cap where the potential energy is realized. Given the right conditions, this development can be explosive. The ingredient based explanation for supercells includes moisture, wind shear, instability and lift. I prefer to focus on the big picture. Supercell thunderstorms are a manifestation of nature’s attempt to correct an extreme imbalance. The ever ongoing effort to reach equilibrium, or viscosity, is what drives all of our weather. The force with which the atmosphere tries to correct this imbalance is proportional to the gradient. In other words, the more extreme the imbalance, the more extreme the storm. While Richardson’s quote is more regarding turbulence than thermodynamics, his theory from nearly 100 years ago that our atmosphere behaves as a fractal has turned out to be spot on. A “top down” transfer of energy and behavior occurs, resulting in a Russian nesting doll of smaller scale systems that bear a striking resemblance to the larger. I would like to offer a special thanks to my good friend Kevin X Barth who helped me edit this together, and found some semblance of a story arc in many disparate pieces. Kevin is an amazingly talented and creative artist in his own right, having won an Emmy as the editor of the ESPN 30 for 30 film WHEN THE GARDEN WAS EDEN. Check out his website if you’re looking for an excellent editor or director for your project: kevinxbarth.com A big thanks to Tom Lowe as well, without whom I would probably still be trying to figure out what an intervelometer is. Tom is the mastermind behind Timescapes, the revolutionary timelapse film from a few years ago. He was kind enough to share his wealth of knowledge​, as well as some camera gear.


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Une société d'humains se comportant comme des animaux se trouve bouleversée par l'arrivée d'un nouveau protagoniste. A society of humans acting like animals is upset by the arrival of a new member. MOPA 2015 Like us on Facebook –> http://bit.ly/2rjJj89 Learn more on our website –> http://bit.ly/2shTOpJ Réalisation : Julie Artigny Lisa Bouët Florent Bossoutrot Claire Courrier Camille Savary - Prix - Prix du Meilleur Film d’Animation du Festival International du film Fantastique d’Audincourt / Bloody Week-end - Sélections - Festival International du Court Métrage de Lille - Lille - Compétition officielle Panam Anim - Paris - Compétition officielle Melbourne International Animation Festival - Melbourne - Student Competition Leiden International Short Film Experience - Leiden - Official program Festival international d'art vidéo - Casablanca - Compétition officielle Festival international du cinéma et de l'éducation - Fès - Compétition officielle Golden kuker-Sofia / International Animation Film Festival - Sofia - Official program Les Intergalactiques / Festival de science-fiction - Lyon - Projections courts métrages Bloody Week-end / Festival International du film Fantastique d'Audincourt - Audincourt - Compétition internationale Festival du Film Subversif - Metz - Compétition “Les juniors” Festival de l'Acharnière - Lille - Compétition officielle Projecion courte - Meaux - Compétition officielle Animanima Festival - Cercak - World Panorama BuSho -Budapest - Official competition Cartón - Buenos Aires - Selección Oficial Animasyros 9.0 / International Animation Festival + Agora - Syros - Student competition Anima Mundi - Sao Paolo / Rio - Short film program Animest / International animation film festival - Bucharest - Creepy Animation Night program Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie - Grand Moncton - Compétition officielle SPASM Festival - Montréal - Compétition officielle Nuit blanche à Montréal - Montréal - Best-of OderKurz-Filmspektakel - Oderaue - Official program


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alt-J “in Cold Blood” Narrated by Iggy Pop Director: Casper Balslev Black Dog Films/ New Land Executive Producer Black Dog Films: Martin Roker Executive producer New Land: Thor Brammer Jacobsen Producer: Mikkel Damkiær Producer suppleant: Joacim Harder Production manager: Nicoline Lau Edinger Cinematography: Niels Thastum Editor: Anders Albjerg Production Designer. Anna Gry Skovdal 1st AD. Tue Czajkowski Directors Assistent: Joacim Fougner B- Unit Camera: Niels Buchholtzer Gaffer: Martin Riello Best Boy: Jonas Madsen Focus Puller: Thue Garde, Mads Hoppe 2. AC: Kristoffer Hoyer Key Grip: Christian Brøndum Sound Design: Martin Dirkov Set Build: Joshua Beckford Make- up SFX: Per Kapper Make up: Louise Bruun Wardrobe: My Ringsted SFX and weapons Hummer Højmark Car Wrangler: Søren Hvam Production Coordinator: Lea Sönnichsen Production Assistent: Linea Cramer Location Manager: Kristian Nørlyng Casting by Ditte Kiel / ArtCast Cast: Martine Lindskjold, Jonathan Albrecthsen, Kristian Hedegaard Petersen. Brian Rodrigues, Kenneth Bøtker, Frej Levin, Rainy James, Philip Hoeg, Henrik Queitsch, Kress Bøtel, Ronni Tronborg, Axel Emil Christensen Mouse: Syd & friends Mouse Whisper: Jessie Davidsson Post production by Cameo Grader: Lasse Marcussen Flame: Bjørn Munch Post production coordinator: Emma Engberg Additional Sound mix: Sylvester Holm Directors Rep Black Dog Films: Holly Wolfers Commissioner: Andrew Law Infectious Music 2017


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Däwit (Daewit) animated short film 15min A wood cut animation short film about a wolf child, an angel and a cat. WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2roJoIp WINNER Grand Prix Animation (national) / Filmfest Dresden, Germany WINNER ARTE Film Prize / Filmfest Dresden, Germany WINNER First Prize Animation / River Film Festival, Italy WINNER Best Animation / New Jersey Film Festival (Fall Edition), USA WINNER Best Animation / Marbella International Film Festival, Spain WINNER Best 2D Animation / Banjaluka - The May Festival of Animated Film, Bosnia & Herzegovina WINNER Non-Genre Award / Creator’s Factory at Kyoto International Film, Japan WINNER Jury Award / Young Creation Bremen, Germany WINNER Audience Award / Young Creation Bremen, Germany WINNER Special Mention / Arlington International Film Festival, USA WINNER Honorable Mention / Ojai Film Festival, USA WINNER Best Animation / Weyauwega International Film Festival, USA WINNER Best Animated Short Feature / Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, USA WINNER Best Animation / In The Place International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria WINNER Best Animation / Arizona International Film Festival WINNER Platinum Reel Award / Nevada International Film Festival WINNER Best Animation / Eindhoven Film Festival Selection of Festivals: OFFICIAL SELECTION Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Hongkong International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Athens International Film Festival, Ohio (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Filmfest Dresden OFFICIAL SELECTION Oberhausen Short Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Stuttgart International Animation Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Hamburg International Short Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Melbourne International Animation Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Animation Block Party OFFICIAL SELECTION Flickers: Rhode Island Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION DokuFest Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Holly Shorts Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Expotoons Buenos Aires OFFICIAL SELECTION Animanima International Animation Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION DC Short Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION New Jersey Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Oldenburg International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION flEXiff - Experimental International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION 2ANNAS - Riga International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Ars Independent Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Athens International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION AnimaSyros OFFICIAL SELECTION IndieCork World Shorts OFFICIAL SELECTION Cinemagic International Film Festival Young People OFFICIAL SELECTION Chicago International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Naoussa International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Aesthetica Short Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Interfilm Short Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Ojai Film Festival, USA OFFICIAL SELECTION Weyauwega International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION SICAF - Seoul Best of the Best Animation OFFICIAL SELECTION Angers First Film Festival d'Angers OFFICIAL SELECTION Ann Arbor International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) OFFICIAL SELECTION Mill Valley Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION RICA Wissembourg OFFICIAL SELECTION Traverse Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Fajr International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Ashland Independent Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Tallgrass Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Arpa International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Istanbul International Short Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Akbank International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Roshd International Film Festival, Teheran OFFICIAL SELECTION VOID Animation Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche OFFICIAL SELECTION Tehran Animation Festival FINALIST Japan Prize 2016 FINALIST NFMLA Awards - New Filmmakers L.A. 2017 SPECIAL SCREENING Nordic Film Days Lubeck SPECIAL SCREENING Gijon International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) SPECIAL SCREENING Carthage Film Festival SPECIAL SCREENING Shorts Mexico BEST OF THE WORLD Hiroshima Animation Festival (Oscar Qualifying) Director: David Jansen Producer: Fabian Driehorst Animation, Script: David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach Sound Music: Marcus Zilz Production Company: Fabian&Fred Funding: Film- & Medienstiftung NRW © 2015 Fabian&Fred


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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Written & Directed By Jared Anderson Produced By Sara Nassim Cinematography By Kai K. Krause (kaikkrause.com) Production Design By Mari Lappalainen Edited By Lilit Aloyan Music By Claudio Olachea Costume Design By Mary Wuliger Casting By Becky Silverman VFX Supervisor Nathan Strong CAST EM Tara Platt BRAD Rick Gifford JENNA Sofia Checchi JAX Zane Austin DRUG DEALER Amon Platis DRUG DEALER 2 Joe Sabalo SHOOTER Blake Webb COURTNEY Gloria Garayua FORENSIC ATTENDANT Mike Langer DANIELLE Marion Kerr IZZY Angela Bullock TIM John O'Brien SHARON Aubrey Manning AUDREY Nina Rausch DON Stephen Holland AMANDA Nina Millin GRANDPA John McCool Bowers CORONER INVESTIGATOR/TYLER Fernando Huerta HOMICIDE DETECTIVE #1 Cat Lee McGowen Stunt Coordinator Deven MacNair Em’s Stunt Double Marie Fink Line Producer Beatrice von Schwerin Production Manager Bochen Zhang First Assistant Director Peter Merwin First Assistant Director (Addt. Photography) Kyle Shea Second Assistant Director Thomas A. Keith Second Assistant Director (Addt. Photography) Sigurdur Kjartan Camera Operator Sean Bagley Steadicam Operator James Goldman First Assistants Camera Steven Breckon, Ian Avery Holliday First Assistant Camera (Addt. Photography) Christopher Kistan Second Assistants Camera Lauren Guiteras, Marhyan Franzen, Jerome Morrow Camera PA Jose Romero Script Supervisor Matthew McClelland Accountant Camille Cornuel Gaffer Ari Davidson Best Boy Electric Michael Schmidt Electricians Charles Tae, Adam Leene, Mikayel Balian, Sophia Stieglitz, Halyna Hutchins Electricians (Addt. Photography) Joanna Nguyen, Jonny Strellman Key Grip Shadi Chabaan Key Grip (Addt. Photography) Avner Mayer Best Boy Grip Adrian Estrella Dolly Grip (Addt. Photography) Mike Maggiano Grips Alec Cotugno, Ryan Mosley, Uriel Brito, Marianne Williams Grips (Addt. Photography) Tristan Copeland, Christian Tahyar, Diego Castillanos, Jeffrey Taylor Location Manager Cristian Plesh 2nd 2nd Assistant Director Alfonso Ramirez Assistant Editor Emily Mendez Production Sound Mixer Keith Wechsler Boom Operators Chris Thueson, George Adrian Boom Operator (Addt. Photography) David Levine Pathology Consultant. Julie Horst Embalming Consultant, Howard Huehl Art Director Randy Kizer Assistant Art Director Michael Wheelock Assistant Art Director (Addt. Photography) Daniel Frank Set Decorator Janice Vasquez Leadman Joe Rothert Set Dresser Sarah Dryden Property Master Steven Keller Graphic Designer Mike Diaz SFX Props Jessica Lewis Construction Coordinator (Addt. Photography) Dylan Corbett Carpenter Jason Stebbings Painters Andre Rivera, Hayelee Beisler, Brianna Sealey, Royce Brown Set Dressers Eli Flesch, Eric Flesch, Yuri K. Lee, Paige Mount Art PAs Lindsay Theirl, Hanson Reed, Max Romanowski, Matt Kloker, Jesus Aguirre, Drake Cherry, Anna Geisler Costumers Julia Laftsidis, Kristen Carter Make-up & Hair Stylist Kimberly Romo Make-up & Hair Stylist Assistants Patty Jarvis, Briana Vazquez Make-up Effects Supervisor George Troester Make-up Effects Artists Linday Gavin, Damien Zimmerman, Alondra Shields Regina Jigante, Miranda Jory Audio Post Production Services TFX Studios Los Angeles Sound Design Lisle Engle Foley Artist Gretchen Thoma Foley Mixer Ryan Wassil Sound Re-recording Mixer Lisle Engle Orchestration Emad Borijan Score Mixer Seth Waldmann Additional Score Recordist Cooper Fuqua Digital Composer Gerry Zimmermann Digital Intermediate by Technicolor Hollywood Digital Intermediate Colorist Darin Woolridge Digital Intermediate Producer Christine Dougherty Project Manager Laura Borowsky Studio Teacher Nancy Neumann Background Casting Director Deanna Roseen BACKGROUND ARTISTS PARAMEDIC #1 Rina Restaino PARAMEDIC #2 Sasha Rhoe HOMOCIDE DETECTIVE #2 Ryan George POLICE OFFICERS Jason Lamar, Jasmin Day, Juan Aguirre CROWD Tomomi Yoshida, Joshua Elizondo, Kerstin Alm, Arcola Kyle, Alexandria Mcalpine, Tyson Marlow, Philip Davis TRAVELERS Chester Lovegreen, Vanessa Green, Alana Berthiaume, Quetta Boyd FUNERAL GUEST Kyle Eilerman OLD MAN Sam Teaford OLD WOMAN Josie Dapar LOBBY PATRONS Elester Latham, Lindsey Legako TIM’S ASSISTANTS Kyle Greene, Jess Matney Transport Coordinator Michael Lutz Truck Drivers Hector Gonzalez, Adam Shambour, Sean Cyphers Picture Vehicle Drivers Daniel Leighton, Dan Leonard, Tim Beers Key Set PAs Andy Quijano, Brian Contreras, Elli Legerski Production Assistants Arthur Augustyn, John Clem, Carolina Cora, Mariana Salem, Lauren Tran, Lorin Fields, Kenie Munguia, Lonna Cavette Craft Service Ni Jiang Craft Service (Addt. Photography) Olga Aldama Set Medic Jason Talmadge Police on Location Shawn Stevens Location Site Rep - Biltmore Hotel Don Harris Location Site Rep - Mountain View Mortuary John Morris


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Sunday, May 21, 2017

Saturday, May 20, 2017

From the album ‘Emergence’ out now Buy 'Emergence’ http://bit.ly/2hreEOn For more information about the Emergence project visit http://bit.ly/2mklx6T Follow on Spotify: http://bit.ly/2qEHX7u “For this chapter of the Emergence story I wanted to escape the computational and data-driven approaches often used in other parts of the project, and try something more humanised. I found an amazing artist called Sabine Volkert, who hand-draws every frame of her videos, which creates a very particular sort of feeling, and one that seemed to me to fit with the feeling of the music and of the concept involved - the tinkering of animal development via random mutation to create a rich variation of forms on which natural selection can act - the mechanism of Darwinian Evolution. Sabine told this story with warping morphologies, exploring the range of animal structures we see around us. All of these different structures have many shared underlying principles, such as segmentation (units built around analogues of a spinal cord), modularity (organs as individual units), and bilateral symmetry (mirrored body structure to give directionality for senses). There are many more of these common principles shared amongst animal forms, which are coded for and created by shared molecular mechanisms like the genetic code and gene regulation, which guide the process of development to create each different animal. Because of this mechanism of conserved systems and principles, random mutations in small regions of DNA can produce large scale, coordinated changes in bodily structure. It’s evolution of evolvability - nature has set up system which is likely to produce a wide range of potentially viable, but different animals, as the best bet for survival in an unpredictable world.” Max Cooper “For Max’ beautiful track Organa I grounded the video’s visual concept and stylistic choices in its thematic background, while leaving a lot of room for experimentation throughout the entire process. Following only a set of rules for the standalone animation chains and a rough overall structure, everything was pieced together gradually, evolving into the final compositions guided by the musical cues as everything unfolds over time.” Sabine Volkert http://bit.ly/1p1lUDi Follow Max Cooper http://bit.ly/2mkhE1W http://bit.ly/2rD8iQC https://twitter.com/maxcoopermax http://bit.ly/2kU9hNs


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“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything” - Einsten CREW Producer: Jean Villiers Line Producer: Francois Jaunet Unit Location Manager: Benoit Demoucron Assistant Unit Manager: Remi Brachet Assistant Unit Manager: Anthony Cazet Assistant Unit Manager: Stanislas Delardmelle Director: Salomon Ligthelm 1st AD: Christophe Szegedi 2nd AD: Daniel Cox DP: Zack Spiger 1st AC: Melodie Preel 2nd AC: Josephine Drouin Gaffer: Baptiste Brousse Gaffer Assistant: Emile Freeman Art Director: Valerie Valero Dresser: Corentin Harle Dresser Assistant: Simon Pinelli Make Up: Micka Arasco Boom Operator: Toby Lewis Thomas Editor: Nate Gross at Exile Edit CAST Sebastian: Yannick Mabille James: James Dean Fischer The Kid: Arthur Lemonier Girlfriend: Gaia Orgaes Gun Dealer: Giovanni Zam Gang Member 1: STYLECEE Gang Member 2: Ascrime Gang Member 3: Luca Sellier Gang Member 4: Bollecker David Gang Member 5: Bryan Mudiaki Gang Member 6: Badd Malo The Kid’s girlfriend: Louise Le Pape Female bookie: Eva Muñoz Sebastian’s mistress: Estelle Clément The Gun dealer’s bodyguard: Oob Sad Bastard SPECIAL THANKS Flat: Veronique Boisel Boxing Room: Gymnase de la Plaine - Paris 15 Squat: Association Jarry’ve Revient Photos: Eytan jan/Camille Wu/Niels ‘Morph’ Thon Jarry: Rachel Mitchell/Ginot Marka/ Adonis Sawadogo Decor: Valerie Fontaine Appart: Gael Seguillon SUPPLIERS: Camera: Vantage Light: TSF - Cine Lumiere Vehicles: Logifilm Grip: Cinestyl Lab - Hiventy - Group Digimage Weapon: Maratier Film: Kodak Inspired by the music of Young Fathers ('Bones’ used in Teaser + 'Mr Martyr’ used in Film) Shot on Super 16mm


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This is the third episode of our independent „A Taste of …“ time lapse series. In September 2016 we visited this awesome city to try out some new time lapse stuff. It took us 10 days, a lot of burgers and one helicopter ride to produce this video. 10 days is very little time to discover this city of endless opportunities, so we hardly slept anything and shot day and night for this time lapse film. The city that never sleeps indeed! The Taxishot: Over the 10 days we took photos of yellow cabs whenever we had time to from as many different angles as possible. So we gathered 2000 (!) photos in total we had to sort afterwards and compile to a hyperlapse around a cab in post production. It took us 5 whole days in post production to get this one shot. Technical Details: In 10 days we shot 65.000 Photos taking up 2,6 TB of our hard drives. The final 3 minute video took 36h to render on the best equipped iMac available. Other “A Taste of …” Episodes: A Taste of Vienna (2016) http://bit.ly/1QyDapX A Taste of Austria (2015) http://bit.ly/1AaT0je Video by: Peter Jablonowski // Thomas Pöcksteiner // Lorenz Pritz http://bit.ly/1QyD8OY Sounddesign by Alex Clement http://bit.ly/2qjOkwM Equipment used: + Sony a7rII + Sony a6300 + 2x Canon 6D + Canon 11-24mm F4 + Canon 24-105mm F4 + Tamron 150-600mm + Tamron 24-70mm F2,8 + Zeiss 24-70mm F4 + Emotimo Spectrum + Pocketslider + Edelkrone SliderPlus + Came TV Single + several tripods from Sachtler, Manfrotto and Togopod _________________________________ Visit our website: http://bit.ly/1CVMQtE Like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1AaT1Up Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FilmSpektakel Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2nZ9xdR For licensing & inquires please contact us via email: info(at)filmspektakel.at All shots are available in 5K or more!


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Would you jump? Or would you chicken out? Our objective in making this film was something of a psychology experiment: We sought to capture people facing a difficult situation, to make a portrait of humans in doubt. We’ve all seen actors playing doubt in fiction films, but we have few true images of the feeling in documentaries. To make them, we decided to put people in a situation powerful enough not to need any classic narrative framework. A high dive seemed like the perfect scenario. Through an online advertisement, we found 67 people who had never been on a 10-meter (about 33 feet) diving tower before, and had never jumped from that high. We paid each of them the equivalent of about $30 to participate — which meant climbing up to the diving board and walking to its edge. We were as interested in the people who decided to climb back down as the ones jumping. We filmed it all with six cameras and several microphones. It was important for us not to conceal the fact that this was an arranged situation, and thus we chose to show the microphones within the frame. Ultimately, about 70 percent of those who climbed did jump. We noticed that the presence of the camera as well as the social pressure (from those awaiting their turn beside the pool) pushed some of the participants to jump, which made their behavior even more interesting. In our films, which we often call studies, we want to portray human behavior, rather than tell our own stories about it. We hope the result is a series of meaningful references, in the form of moving images. “Ten Meter Tower” may take place in Sweden, but we think it elucidates something essentially human, that transcends culture and origins. Overcoming our most cautious impulses with bravery unites all humankind. It’s something that has shaped us through the ages. – Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson are documentary filmmakers based in Gothenburg, Sweden, who have worked together since 2013. axel@plattformproduktion.se max@plattformproduktion.se


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A film by Aeyaz (facebook.com/aeyaz) Direction, Cinematography, Edit & Grade : Aeyaz (ayas@aeyaz.com) Sound Design : Rahul Prabhakaran (http://bit.ly/2q0jCc8) Music : Ryan Taubert (Anamog We wish it was never light) Narration : Alan Watts (Recording from 1970s) _____________________ Varanasi, The spiritual capital of India - a place where people come from all over the country to breathe their last, and immerse the ashes in the holy Ganges for the beginning of a new life. A visit to Varanasi has always been in my bucket list, and being able to film there was like an icing on the cake. Honestly, words fail to describe what I have seen while on this epic trip with Photowalk Dubai. No wonder Varanasi is called the “City of Life”. Simply love this place. And this is my attempt to give you a sense of what it was like to experience the amazing “Varanasi” and the mysterious vicious cycle of life and death… “Varanasi - Beyond Life” - A personal project shot, edited and directed by me. Have put my heart and soul into it. Enjoy. Like. Share!!! _____________________ Completely shot on Sony A7s. Lens : Mainly ZEISS Batis 2/25 and Sony 70-200. Plus few shots with Canon 24-105 and Samyang 35mm T1.5 _____________________ Transcript: There really isn’t anything radically wrong with being sick or with dying. We can’t say that it’s a good thing for everything to go on living. In a very simple demonstration that if we enable everybody to go on living, we overcrowd ourselves. So therefore, one person who dies in a way is honourable because he’s making room for others… It’s a far more amusing arrangement for nature to continue the process of life through different individuals then it is always with the same individual, because as each new individual approaches life is renewed. And one remembers how fascinating the most ordinary everyday things are to a child, because they see them all as marvellous. It is not, therefore, natural for us to wish to prolong life indefinitely. But we live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing. Alan Watts


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Monday, May 8, 2017

A cinematic poem about the world-changing power of invention, the short film Escape is the latest example of animated storytelling that showcases state-of-the-art Dolby technologies. Combining techniques such as miniatures and animation with the spectacular imaging of Dolby Vision and the moving audio of Dolby Atmos, Escape invites the audience to imagine and experience a joyous vision of the future. It is a story of persistence and passion that is intended to inspire individuals to never give up on their hopes and dreams. After crash-landing on a desolate planet, a lone space explorer must find a way to make her new home habitable. The teenage heroine is an older version of the central character in our Emmy award–winning film, Silent, known there as “the Kid.” This intrepid character displays courage, passion, determination, and curiosity as she transforms the barren landscape she has found into a beautiful planet. Singer Imogen Heap developed an original soundtrack that wraps the audience in Dolby Atmos sound, unveiling the lead character’s changing emotions as she faces the challenges of a dark, disturbed landscape and persists to transform it into a place of joy and delight. Credits: DIRECTORS Limbert Fabian Brandon Oldenburg EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Lampton Enochs Vince Voron PRODUCERS Trish Farnsworth­Smith Angus McGilpin ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Wendell Riley EDITOR Calvin O’Neal Jr. MUSIC by Imogen Heap SOUND SCORE by Nick Ryan TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE by Alexis Michallek AUDIO MIX TECHNICAL LEAD Matt Desborough Jurgen Scharpf RE­RECORDING MIXER Adam Daniels Graham Daniels SOUND SERVICES Point 1 Post Learn more about Dolby Laboratories http://www.dolby.com To purchase MagicMe by Imogen Heap http://bit.ly/2qLazMV Like us on Facebook http://bit.ly/2qUCKGf Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dolby


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The earthquake of M5.8, the largest on the Korean Peninsula, occurred in Korea, which was called the “Earthquake Safety Zone,” in 2016. Gyeongju City suffered a great deal of damage due to the ineffectiveness of the Korean government and the insecurity of safety. By the year 2017, there have been about 500 aftershocks, and Koreans are living in fear of an earthquake that will happen anytime soon. Magnitude Rituals is an image of praying that no earthquake will happen in Korea. The former Korean peninsula country, which was a farming country, had a ritual to pray for rain in the sky every drought season. In this regard, this work expresses a ritual to wish an earthquake not to happen. The image consists of two frames. The image on the left represents the progress of the ritual, and the image on the right represents the earthquake/progression of the earthquake where the value of the graph representing the earthquake converges to zero and the process of the earthquake is reversed. What I wanted to pursue in my work was the communication of messages using the contrast of Korean traditional and shamanic images and sophisticated mathematical graphics. On the surface, it appears to be unrelated images, but as the ritual process progresses, it expresses that the figure indicating the earthquake in the graph subsides, and the audience will be able to gradually understand and appreciate the images. ‘지진안전지대’라고 불리던 한국에 2016년 경주에서 한반도 최대 규모 M5.8의 지진이 발생하였다. 한국 정부의 미숙한 대처와 안전불감증의 분위기 속에 경주시는 큰 피해를 보았다. 2017년 현재까지 500여 차례의 여진이 발생하면서, 한국 국민은 언제 일어날지 모르는 지진을 두려워하며 살고 있다. 지진영제(地震禜祭)는 대한민국에서 더는 지진이 일어나지 않길 기원하는 제사를 그린 영상이다. 농본 국가였던 대한민국 이전 한반도 국가는 가뭄 시기마다 하늘에 비를 기원하는 제사를 지냈다. 이에 착안하여 이 작업은 지진이 일어나지 않기를 기원하는 제사를 표현하였다. 영상은 두 개의 프레임으로 구성된다. 왼쪽 영상은 제사의 진행 과정을 표현하고, 오른쪽 영상은 지진을 나타내는 그래프의 값이 0으로 수렴하는 모습과 지진이 발생하는 과정이 거꾸로 진행되는 모습을 표현했다. 작업하면서 가장 추구하고 싶었던 것은 한국 전통과 무속 이미지와 정교한 수학적 그래픽 간의 대조 속에서의 메시지 전달이었다. 겉으로 보기에는 서로 간에 연관성이 없어 보이는 이미지이지만, 제사가 진행되면서 그래프 속의 지진을 나타내는 수치가 멎어 들고 있음을 표현하여 관객이 영상을 감상하면서 천천히 이해할 수 있기를 바랐다. Music | So Ra Kim - Ul Lim Gut http://bit.ly/2paJX39 Director | Dong Hyun Lee Advisor | Daryn Wakasa · Carsten Becker · William Salas


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We are excited to announce Jonathan Rentschler’s photo book “LOVE” now available for pre-order through Paradigm Publishing and a short film to promote the book documenting the last days of LOVE Park and the destruction of the plaza. About the book: LOVE, follows the last generation of LOVE Park inhabitants, showing life as it was within this notorious urban plaza. Over a 3 year span, the images tell a story of a deep rooted community, existing in the shadow of a police state manipulated by a biased local city government. Ultimately becoming victim of urban revitalization, the park closed in February 2016 for a projected $16 million complete renovation. The diehard locals never leave, and continue to skate the plaza as it turns to rubble. In the end, LOVE is about loss. About LOVE Park: LOVE Park (1965-2016), also known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, was located in the center of Philadelphia. Architect Vincent Kling drafted the mid-century urban design, which was then implemented by city planner Edmund Bacon. Although it was not designed for skateboarding, the plaza was host to a wave of skateboarders who first discovered its granite expanses as early as the 1980s. It was raised to global renown in the late ’90s with a surge of media coverage. Today, LOVE Park is remembered as one of the foremost landmarks of street skateboarding. Pre-Order the Book: http://bit.ly/2pA8Gl5 Paradigm Publishing: http://bit.ly/2oXRguJ Film & Photography: Jonathan Rentschler @eurojon Edited by: Nick Wnorowski @nickwnorowski Artwork: Zach Panebianco Music: The Soft Moon - When It’s Over http://bit.ly/2pAjdwF © 2017 Paradigm Publishing


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