Archive for September, 2004

Audi double helix

Linking up neatly with the UK TV current campaign, a short viral supporting the Audi A3 sportback, Audi DNA is an understated yet menacing number by directing duo Danny & Ezra, that twists some nice personalization into the simple storyline’s DNA, alluding to present genetic concerns and individually engineered needs.
[Source: shots.net]
Audi The Perfect Match viral [...]

DOTMOV festival shifts gear

DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2004 is organized by the esteemed and long-running Japanese e-zine, Shift. The second edition of Sapporo’s own digital film festival, it runs over a month at Soso, and this year’s Call for Entries (now ended) resulted in submissions from over 30 countries.
DOTMOV seeks to distinguish itself from other digital moving image events by [...]

Stargazing with Jo Jo

Marc Craste is featured in an online interview on making his award-winning animation, Jo Jo in the Stars, which goes from strength to strength on the global festival circuit, picking up Best Short Film at the International 3D Awards 2004 (other winners included Onimusha 3 for Best non-interactive 3D Game Cinematics).
“Jo Jo developed from an [...]

Machinima meets MTV

Video Mods is a new show on MTV 2 melding machinima and music video to hit that all-important computer-game playing demographic. Actually good to see the U.S. cabler continuing to take on new animation trends. Reversioning contemporary promos may not be as interesting as reimagining early effects-deprived music videos but it’s a start.
Video Mods clips [...]

The Return of EBN

A VJ Extravaganza featuring heavyweight acts EBN and Hexstatic is scheduled as the final event of Resfest 2004’s first outing of their new touring programme, in NYC (9-12 September, Tribeca Performing Arts Center). The live event takes place Sunday, 12 September, 10PM at Canal Room (285 W Broadway).
EBN (Emergency Broadcast Network), seminal influences of the [...]

Panasonic’s Motion Olympic shorts

“Bring it up, bring it up… Squeeze it up. Take it down.” Capture the motion, ten short movies from Panasonic on the olympic spirit, are an idiosyncratic, enlightened micro-movie blitz of creativity. From weightlifting, dancercising poodles in Nagi Noda’s infomercial comedy, to impressionistic snatches of athletes in action in Joel Peissig’s latest, compositing and special effects are integrated to tight capsule ideas. // More…

Ars Electronica 2004 begins

ARS Electronica, the world’s premier digital arts festival begins today, September 2-7, in Linz, Austria.
With the theme, Timeshift, the World in 25 years, the symposium is just one part of a programme including electrolobby, a Japanese animation programme, digital installations & performances, and the Prix Ars Electronica, prizes for digital excellence (this year including 7 [...]