Archive for December, 2005



Best machinima of 2005

My shortlist of Best machinima of 2005:

French Democracy by Alex Chan (Koulamata) using The Movies
Game: On by Ethan Vogt/Furnace Media Group using Unreal Tournament 2004
Person2184 by Friedrich Kirschner using Unreal Tournament 2004
The Internet is for Pr0n by Evilhoof and Flayed using World of Warcraft
This Spartan Life by Chris Burke using Halo 2

Really strong and diverse [...]

Best music videos of 2005

My shortlist for Best music videos of 2005:

Beck E-Pro by Shynola
Carpark North Human by Martin de Thurah
Hifana Wamona by +Cruz/W+KT Lab
LCD Soundsystem Tribulations by Dougal Wilson
White Stripes The Denial Twist by Michel Gondry

Will reveal my number one choice after all shortlists.

Best digital films of 2005

Having immersed myself in visual effects advancements for the Sci-Fi Moviescapes book, I was impressed this year saw an amazing variety of digital films from the subtle to the all-out showy. So I’ve got six rather than five nominees.
Best digital films of 2005:

2046
Appleseed
King Kong
Immortel
Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2
Sin City

Winner announced after all the shortlists.

Best moving image of 2005 shortlisting

I’ve finally drawn up final categories and shortlist for the ‘advanced moving image’ that I think has been the most exciting for the year. In hindsight I should have done the shortlist first. But the comments on this post helped coalesce things and bring it down to a neat ten listing: ‘Deciding the best [...]

Five from Adam Levite: Associates in Science

Adam Levite, AKA Associates in Science, was one of the first directors that came to mind when choosing the directors list for the upcoming music video book (and not because he once bought me lunch somewhere in Tribeca).
I asked Adam to answer the horribly obvious (horrible and obvious) question relating to best five videos in [...]

Floria Sigismondi’s 10 questions

Sweet micro-interview at PingMag with cult music video director, Floria Sigismondi: “I think of myself as a visual artist…take my camera and materials away and I would sit here and draw pictures in the sand.”

RESFEST 2005 awards

The RESFEST 2005 awards were announced last night, at the RESFEST monthly screening at the Egyptian Theatre, LA on December 13th.
The full list is outlined below. Congratulations to the winners.
I must say I find the audience awards more compelling than the Jury prizes which seem very against my own personal taste. Just as well [...]

Saab - the mother of all transformer ads

Joseph Kahn of Anonymous Content has enlisted the help of Digital Domain to create the mother of all Transformer commercials. A harbinger to what a live action Transformer film could be, even though this is from Jet to car (no robotic humanoids here).

Saab Transformer QT (’boards Screening Room)

Music Video squidoo lens

Squidoo has opened into public beta, and I have created a lens (an expert mini-guide page) for the new music video book I’ve been working on even though the publication date is Summer 2006. I’ll be publishing supplementary material from the book on Eternal Gaze, so it might be a good time to subscribe to [...]

Antenna’s music video Christmas 2005

Antenna, the up-to-the-minute, on-the-button, showcase of contemporary music video, celebrates in style with a mid-December showcase of it’s ‘Best of the Year’. Expect to spot your favourite promo at the usual location (National Film Theatre, London), and get an essential snapshot of those promo’s you wish you hadn’t missed out on first time around.
Antenna often [...]