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 [...]
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.”
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 [...]
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)
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, 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 [...]
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