[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/420233198"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The backstory behind Pat Smith's experimental film "Candy Shop" and its companion film "Gun Shop" is striking and somewhat sad; Both films started on a somber note when Smith uncovered 5 guns and a variety of medication in the process of cleaning out his...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/84763962"][vc_column_text].[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of my favorite .. genres? i don't even know if its considered a genre or just "an awesome approach that someone can decide to take" is using a real story or interview, with a real person telling it, and animating whatever comes to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/114350322"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I'm always trying to debunk how certain looks and effects are achieved, and this is a fascinating BTS watch to understand how Directors Ben Smith and Bryce Wymer at The Mill+ tackled this award winning title sequence while trying to stay true to the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/83733883"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Harvie Krumpet is a 22 minute claymation dramedy Directed by Adam Elliot, an Australian stop-motion animation Writer, Director, and Producer. The look and expressions of the characters and the chunky charm of the sets Elliot creates, along with the perfect VO - Geoffrey Rush...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/425216489"][vc_column_text]I love videos that leave you with feelings, impressions, and ideas, as opposed to always taking you down the linear path of a story. I have a lot of respect for the writers and directors (often the same person) of these pieces, taking such...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/phsmG-mn8Q4"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The Burden (in Swedish: Min börda) is a 14 minute swedish independent short film, directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr. The plot admittedly, is a little out there… “A dark musical enacted in a modern market place, situated next to a large freeway. The...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/58022280"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This music video for Japanese singer/songwriter Shugo Tokumaru is awesome, by directing duo Kasia Kijek and Przemek Adamski (KIJEK/ADAMSKI) What a delight to watch, and to listen to. "Katachi" means "shape," and the video is made with approx. 2000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOWE0EiCyo"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Its hard to think of claymation without thinking about Aardman, a Bristol-based company helmed by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, visionaries since the late 70s in the field of animation. If anyone reading this remembers Peter Gabriel's incredible music video "Sledgehammer," if you've ever...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rIBbhymIzw"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]There is so much good work coming from the National Film Board of Canada, i admire it so. This is one of my favorite shorts ever. I love everything about it, its two quirky Alberta-loving Directors, I love the look of it achieved by...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/91436902"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This is Director Bruce Alcock's take on Canadian poet Al Purdy's poem "At The Quinte Hotel", which tells the story of a man's experience at the bar. The video is experimental, playful and imaginative. Say its creators of the process used to make this:...