So we recently wrapped production on a Living Movie Poster photographed using the Red One camera. I really believe this is the future and I’m super thrilled to be a part of the revolution. If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s very cool if it’s done right. What begins as a still image suddenly comes alive when the characters move, perform an action, and then resolve back to the poster frame. If you thought the portraits and newspapers from Harry Potter were the future, then look no further. Unfortunately, we can’t release the final Living Poster yet, but as soon as the movie promotion begins I’ll have it up here.
This is the teaser, but keep checking back and in the coming weeks we’ll be posting videos that show how and why we used the Red One, how and why we used the Briese Focus-180 as a key-light, and the whole progression of creating a Living Movie Poster. Stay tuned…
If you haven’t seen these yet, prepare to be blown away. These have been coined “Wee Planets”. There technical term is stereographic projections. They are made from actual pictures and a few select programs. These have been floating around blogs for awhile now and I keep running into a few new people making them such as heiwa4126 on flickr who is now making planets in Japan. He’s also making inverse planets that really mess with your head. Want to make these? Head over to AlexandreDuret-Lutz’s flickr page. Under the account name of gadl, he has made step by step instructions, history, and explanations behind the science of making these beautiful planets. He originally made his first planets with a point and shoot camera.
Watching Danny MacAskill perform on his bike is truly inspiring. Clearly this is someone who lives by the idea that being good is not enough. The little narrative at the beginning of the clip is a window into that philosophy and serves as a wonderful vignette on the merits of persistence.
Tuesday April 21st 2009, 6:47 AM Posted by: Andrew
Filed under: Photography
I went to Manhattan Beach this weekend where the planes from LAX land and take off right over you. When I got home, I landed on photographer Peter Funch’s website thanks to @molly1s. The shot above basically symbolizes how I feel at the beach sometimes. His pictures really make you realize how busy our planet is these days.
Another great series by Funch is Babel Tales. All of these shots have something in them that just isn’t right. Some are obvious, some aren’t. Nonetheless, I feel like I’m inside this Gondry video but with some meaning behind it.
I just returned from Tunisia where my Dad’s family was having a memorial service. You know, my dad had 12 brothers and sisters, so between the Aunts & Uncles and cousins I had a small nation of family to greet me. There was a celebration with traditional music performed by a well known Tunisian singer, and a wonderful feast.
And after, a beautiful private ceremony where we laid to rest my dad in the Tunisian earth with his mother. In the earth at the head of the tomb, we planted mint. And as we rose to leave, a caterpillar appeared- fat and ready to burst open, and rested in the highlight of the sun as it cascaded through the water that we used to nourish the mint. It was very, very healing.
When I returned, I collapsed on the bed and slept for 15 hours. Waking now with the sunrise (oh, symbolism…) on the heels of my adventure, I am truly invigorated. Hello, world!
I stumbled upon Scott’s artwork today and it automatically hits home to me just because of its digital futuristic style and pop culture references. Plus, I just really like astronauts and dinosaurs. What is really interesting about this artwork however, is that these paintings are Scott’s vision of how the future was perceived in movies from the 60s, 70s, and 80s mixed with how the ‘future’ turned out in reality.
Thursday April 16th 2009, 1:53 PM Posted by: Andrew
Filed under: Photography,Video
Stop Motion + Photos =
It’s amazing how stop motion can continue to be popular and at the same time go to levels. This video, although slow at times, brings some great new and original ideas into stop motion.
Thursday April 16th 2009, 1:44 PM Posted by: Andrew
Filed under: Advertising
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While reading That Unreliable Girl’s blog today, I came across a couple pictures that sent me back to childhood, back when all I did was explore the woods of Indiana. It really goes to show how strong a picture or painting really can be. Just by looking at these images, I want to throw my cellphone away, get off the grid, and stop and realize the beauty in life again. Maybe I’ll print one of these and put it in my car like Jamie Foxx in Collateral to remind me to slow down a little.
I’m lying on my dad’s bed. His waifish and frail body is next to me, barely disrupting the bedding above him. At our feet is the tv and on it runs a slideshow of family portraits I’ve assembled for him with the Ken Burns effect giving my family history the focused and sober look of a polished documentary film.
My dad’s body is being taken over by cancer and he is spending his final days at home with the people important to him. All week people parade through the house to share in the experience. At first we are alone, then my brother comes in and joins us. Then my stepmom, my cousin, uncle, mom, and soon everyone is there crowding around the bed watching the show.
There are only 300 or so images and we’ve all seen them many times over now. But seeing them in that context, in that spontaneous moment of assembly, we shared something that is incredibly difficult to manufacture.
What a moment. This is what we do… what it’s all about… doing something that creates a response, thereby creating something that’s bigger. I’m pretty sure that’s what we strive to do as artists…. and to be there when people are responding is such sweet nectar. I wanted to share that, because it’s not often that we get to experience that as artists. We do the work because we have to, and we put it out there because we need to share. …but to be there for and to take part in the evolution from creative expression to something bigger is truly magical and not to be missed.
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