In the Making-of video of Radiohead’s “House of Cards” promo, director James Frost talks about how he got this idea for doing a music video based on a UCLA research program on real-time 3D plotting technologies. But where do you go with a radical idea that, on paper at least, might seem really, really far … Continued
The next big thing in the world of virtual worlds could be Google’s answer to Second Life: the brand-new virtual world called Lively. Lively world could potentially have the effect that Second Life really never had, which is: to change the way we use the Web – for good. Google’s smart idea was to create … Continued
Director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) was reportedly more than pleased with Airside’s animated opening and closing titles for the successful BBC TV pilot of the comedy/drama The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – the last film project before he died in March this year. Minghella said that Airside’s work was “meticulous, perfectly judged, beautifully executed … Continued
You’ve probably seen one or two YouTube videos of people dancing in front of their camera’s. Now this uber-viral appeared on YouTube and we can safely say it tops all of them. Boasting a staggering 5,116,410 views (at the time of writing), this videos features some bloke called Matt who’s filmed himself (or is filmed) … Continued
We recently visited a conference about cross media production in broadcasting. Apart from the usual web 2.0. blah-blah, we saw something absolutely amazing, something that made enduring all the cliché-ridden speeches really worth while. It was the presentation of Sony’s CineAlta 4K digital projector. This monster is capable of reproducing images in full 4K: 4096 … Continued
One of the eye-catching features of HBO’s TV drama series Carnivàle was the meticulous art direction and the striking opening title sequence. The series won five Emmy’s, including the 2004 Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design. And deservedly so. The Carnivàle opener is one of the most thoroughly researched and immaculately executed TV titles.
Tagline of this website: “They were into you, so they made you a tape.” Cassettefrommyex.com is an utterly nostalgic, but lovely and original tribute to those old beloved mix tapes. Most of the stories were written by pros – writers, journalists, musicians and the like – which is a nice break for a change, and … Continued
Intelligent Eye Candy The progressive British DVD label C0C0S0L1DC1TY operates in the vanguard of the audiovisual arts. Pronounced Coco-Solid-City I guess, this label is not about eye candy alone. It’s about fostering high brow collaborative projects between visual artists – animators, designers, filmmakers and the like – and (electronic) musicians that actually have something to … Continued
The title sequence for The Poker Club – a movie scheduled for release later this year – is a classic thriller opener. The score, the color scheme, the gun of course, and the splatters of blood all spell out MURDER! New York based motion designer Dan Savage got his inspiration from the details of the … Continued
No doubt about it: based on the brilliant music videos he did in the nineties Chris Cunningham deserves a warm place on the Olympus of Promo Directors. His work for artists like Bjork and Aphex Twin were truly masterpieces of amazing originality and we don’t mind watching them over and over again. But since the … Continued
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