Sign Language
This shortfilm creates a really fresh perspective into a world that most people ignore completely – static outdoor information technicians, or “board guys”. It manages to tell a story of friendship, love and moving on in life. Vote for it on Reed’s Workplace Short Film Competition.
Coldest Winter – Kanye West
Posted by Shareef in CG, music, music video on February 23rd, 2010
Kanye West continues to release singles from his 2008 808s & Heartbreak album with this video for track 11 – Coldest Winter. Reuniting to work together again, Kanye and Nabil elderkin have produced a music video that is fitting for the song’s lyrics and mood. The CG uses a Frank Miller comic style to produce a haunting world of dead trees, fog and snow. The smoke effect of the girl’s face is particularly impressive (00:15).
Chess Clay Stop-motion
Posted by Shareef in animation, photography, shortfilm on February 14th, 2010
A highly imaginative stop-motion animation by Riccardo Crocetta using clay sculpting. The chess game evolves into a full on battle involving Pawns with swords and spears, and even flying unicorns.
The position after 13…Bh3, and the ones that follow, were used in Stanley Kubrick’s movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” for the game between Frank Poole and the HAL-9000 Super Computer.
Drift
Posted by Shareef in art, photography, shortfilm on February 14th, 2010
Theo Tagholm has devised a new style of stop-motion animation whereby each photograph seamlessly morphs into the next to produce an eerie, almost ghostly drifting motion. He calls it Still Moving – a combination of stop-motion photography, tilt-shift photography and motion tracking. He hasn’t given much away about the technique, but it uses After Effects.
Parisian Love
Posted by Shareef in advertising, technology on February 14th, 2010
Question: How do you advertise a search engine? Answer: By telling a story of travel, love, marriage and parenthood. This advert for Google was shown during the Super Bowl half time, and features some very clever storytelling through online searches.
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