While a myriad of rivals continue to encroach on this event’s home territory, the eighth iteration of this world-leading festival continues regardless, consolidating on its pioneering past with the usual collections of motion graphics, music videos, animated shorts, computer-gaming and Japanese visuals. Highlights this year include Shynola and Hi-Res! retrospectives, Nike ‘Art of Speed’ motion [...]
Archive for May, 2004
Laurent Briet’s Cauchemars
Having just won Best Video Produced for Under $25,000 for the Mellowdrone track, Fashionably Uninvited, at the MVPA 2004 awards, now is an ideal time to sample Laurent Briet’s videography at cauchemars.com. Clips to view include spec promo’s for Radiohead and Aphex Twin, along with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Squarepusher music videos.
MVPA U.S. music video winners
The MVPA awards are nothing if not completist. It is good to know the Best Hair award winner of a music video, just as it is that room can still be made in award ceremonies for Hollywood heavyweights such as Gore Verbinski alongside the current generation of animation superstars.
Here’s the complete list of MVPA 2004 [...]
Lyric mobile video project
Showstudio’s mobile video dispatches courtesy of their Lyric project illustrate an uneven, but highly personal selection of clips from “twelve leading creatives from the fields of fashion, music and image-making”.
The project is hampered by an awkward web presentation (Why force full-screen presentation when the resolution is for handheld media? And why can’t we just download [...]
Sony’s Type X super-DVR
Next generation DVR technology is surfacing, notably with this high capacity, ultra-specced Sony concept model, turbo-charging moving image viewing. Tivo cubed.
Sony’s concept model digital video recorder, the Type X has more than 1 terabyte of storage and has 7 TV tuners, for recording of seven different video/audio sources simultaneously, and use in HDTV high-definition environments.
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idN’s My favorite conference
With speakers including Weta Digital (responsible for LOTR effects), Delaware, ILM, Resfest and Devilrobots IdN’s my favorite conference 2004 taking place in Singapore in a coupla days is taking an eclectic approach to moving image creativity, alongside fields from fashion, advertising and graphic design.
Machinimag publication
Machinimag is as the name suggests an online publication specialising in all things machinima. The site includes articles, forum and a downloadable PDF.
Attractive supplement to the machinima online communities and magazines such as 3DFilmMaker.com and Machinima.com
Ever-growing pulsating positronic brain
I, Robot film marketing ramps up ready for release in mid-July 2004. The eagerly-awaited Alex Proyas full-length feature looks like it won’t disappoint judging by the effects evident in the trailer and teaser sites.
I, Robot trailer [Large] | Alternative trailer at Alex Proyas’ Mystery Clock
I, Robot Now - NS-5 teaser site | I, Robot [...]
Stephen Frears’ Route V50
Following from Spike Jonze’s Dalarö pseudo-docs for Volvo, Stephen Frears makes a beautifully formed, if more conventional, short film:
Route V50: Website | Campaign site
“It starts in a place called Doubt and ends in a place called Confidence.”
This is a short film as ourobouros, as Robert Downey Jnr’s personalities start splitting into separate characters. Although [...]
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