This short film from Patrick Jean and One More Production was originally listed at Daily Motion I think. I caught site of it at Motionographer. This is one of those concepts that is so original in its design and execution that you can watch it over and over and not really tire of it (at least from the perspective of a curious artist). It incorporates both video (obviously) and motion graphics / 3D to create a barrage of 1980s and 1990s video game “bits” that convert to pixels a modern city an ultimately the planet. Fantastic stuff! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Yesterday I found (via retweet) a site called Timescapes.org, which is run by an independent filmmaker, Tom Lowe. He has posted some samples on his web site, and has announced on his that he’s just hit the road for some extended shooting opportunities for his first film “Southwest Light”.
Saw this on Twitter from MoGraph TV linking up to it. This is a real-world video that blends perfectly suited music into a series of landscape video clips, most presumably from South America. This is further motivation to find a way to get down to Chile and explore the region of Patagonia one day. Before I kick the proverbial photo bucket! Enjoy.
Motionographer posted a piece on this amazing video (which I think was made for a Massive Attack song, though I’m not familiar with their recent work). Basically it’s an entire city, frozen in time during a moment of destruction and chaos, and the camerawork flies you through it, showing everything from a flock of birds fleeing from the top of a light pole, to tank blasts and people panicking on the streets. Really amazing work. The abstract style is really interesting as well, dropping cinematic realism for more angular, symbolic shapes and visual relationships.
Who says motion graphics types have all the fun? Thanks to Motionographer for posting this. It’s an excellent combo of real footage and CG, seamlessly wrapped together. If I were to ever get a job in video production and FX, this is exactly the type of thing I’d want to work on, short of cinematic projects. Short, simple and really effective. Then it’s onto the next project! Enjoy.
FXPhD instructor and Luxx founder Tim Clapham has some cool videos up on Vimeo, including a look at a piece that he did for 3D World Magazine, which is something I just learned about for the first time. And here I thought all the C4D learning avenues out there were on the web!
Thanks to Motionworks’ John Dickinson for linking up to what I think is one of the more inspirational motion graphics portfolios that I’ve seen in a while. Seems between this chap, Alex Roman and others it’s been quite a motivational week. Nothing like snapping out of the holiday funk with some real projects to get your creative energies flowing! The portfolio in question belongs to French MG shop Gkaster. Here’s the Gkaster Vimeo Index, and their 2009 Reel, seen below.
The thing that really strikes me about this work is the attention to small details in the textures and particles, and especially the lighting. Further proof that as in photography and cinematography, lighting can be everything in motion graphics and is everything in 3D. There’s a lot to learn from here and is further motivation to look into technologies like Vray for C4D if you haven’t already.
Remember the name Alex Roman… I know nothing about this guy on a personal level, but you’ll want to remember. Because he is about the closest thing to a Renaissance man in the digital age that I have seen yet. His movie, called “The Third & The Seventh“, is probably the single most inspiring piece of 3D animation and compositing I’ve ever seen.
Watch it in full-screen HD if you can.
The most amazing thing about this project is that he evidently completed the entire project by himself! That’s 12 minutes worth of animated models, dynamic lighting, photo-real textures, compositing and post-production… even the freakin music production! I fully intend to track this guy down somehow (I’m sure he’s got 47 job offers and 4700 pieces of fan mail sitting in his inbox) and interview him if I can, to bring you the skinny on how he did it.
I was making the rounds early this morning on the web and found a really cool animation being profiled at Motionographer. Called Givin’ Up, it’s this kind of work that shows you just how far you can take simple shapes and color combinations in After Effects. It’s not always necessary to use fancy plug-ins or 3D elements; a good story with simple visual elements will usually trump a mediocre story concept with beautifully done, fancier elements. Enjoy.
