Fred is a personal stop motion short. It got finished thanks to many friends, bank loans, and credit cards. I devoted spare time between jobs, moving the sets and puppets from one city to the next zig-zagging the west coast from LA to Seattle.

In this experimental animated short from Renaud Hallée, we travel inside a mysterious mechanism made up entirely of revolving gearwheels, triangles and lines. In this whirling, hypnotic world, dozens of tiny gymnasts leap, somersault and twist through the air. Their spirited acrobatics trigger both narrative and musical sequences that are mesmerizing and, at times, dizzying. Half-figurative and half-abstract, The Clockmakers is a playful creation that is sure to captivate and dazzle its audience.

A paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography.
291 Paper Letters.
2,454 Photographs.
140 hours of work.

Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest
© Forrest Media - 2013
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Information Sources:
Thinking in Type by Ellen Lupton
Just My Type by Simon Garfield
If this video sparks any ideas, I would love to hear about them!

A retired Russian spy hunts down dangerous technology after it falls into unsuspecting hands.

Go behind the scenes of Spy Vs Guy at: redgiant.com

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Spacebound directed by Ellen Su and Kyle Moy

A big thanks to everyone that helped make this film possible. And a special thanks to our talented composer for pulling through last minute!

C R E D I T S

ART DIRECTION // Ellen Su
ANIMATION // Kyle Moy

COMPOSER // Johan Ericsson Degerlund
SOUND DESIGNER // Brian Russo

MODELING // Ellen Su, Justin Coo, Dan Dickheiser, Hyun Song
TEXTURING // Ellen Su, Hyun Song
RIGGING // Kyle Moy, Tom Szenher
LIGHTING // Ellen Su
MATTE PAINTING // Ellen Su
COMPOSITING // Ellen Su, Tori Buenger, Diana Kim, Eunju Hyun
DYNAMICS // Diana Kim
MOTIONGRAPHICS // Ellen Su, Mike Villegas

THESIS ADVISORS // Joe Burrascano & Seth Gollub

SPECIAL THANKS // Mom & Dad, John McIntosh, Francisco Naranjo, Shayne Ryan, Colin Levy, JP Lavin, Eric Cunha, Montaque Ruffin, Brian Frey, Vraja Parra, Dan Solomon, Stephanie Lin, Michael Altman, Jeffrey Bryson, Eunju Hyun, Anne Yang, Jimmy Calhoun, The Bros, Faculty & Friends

For more check out our production blog, spaceboundthemovie.tumblr.com

In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Official Site: StarTrekMovie.com

Director: J.J. Abrams

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller

Writers: Alex Kurtzman , Roberto Orci , Damon Lindelof

In theaters: May 17th, 2013
Copyright © 2013 Paramount Pictures

A collection of “back to the camera” shots. The character stands center frame (most of the time), looking out at some epic landscape.

MOVIES:

00:05 - The Aviator
00:10 - The Legend of 1900
00:12 - Synecdoche, NY
00:15 - The Shining
00:17 - Beyond the Black Rainbow
00:19 - Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
00:22 - Baraka
00:24 - Walk The Line
00:25 - The Runaways
00:26 - The Fifth Element
00:28 - Dark City
00:29 - Hamlet
00:30 - Network
00:31 - Black Swan
00:34 - Lenny
00:35 - Dennis Leary: No Cure For Cancer
00:36 - Bronson
00:37 - Fantasia
00:38 - Southland Tales
00:40 - The Iron Lady
00:41 - Hugo
00:43 - The Searchers
00:45 - Prometheus
00:48 - Event Horizon
00:50 - The Fifth Element
00:53 - Doctor Who: S01E02
00:55 - Sunshine
00:57 - Tron Legacy
01:00 - Stargate
01:02 - Starman
01:04 - Kundun
01:07 - Enter The Void
01:09 - Inglorious Basterds
01:11 - Watchmen
01:14 - Sin City
01:16 - Gangster No. 1
01:18 - L.A. Confidential
01:21 - Christine
01:23 - Hero
01:26 - House of Flying Daggers
01:28 - Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
01:31 - Predators
01:33 - Alexander
01:35 - Kingdom of Heaven
01:37 - There Will Be Blood
01:40 - The Cell
01:42 - Valhalla Rising
01:45 - Snow White and the Huntsman
01:47 - Alexander
01:49 - Immortals
01:52 - John Carter
01:54 - Troy
01:57 - Thor
01:59 - The Matrix Revolutions
02:04 - The Abyss
02:08 - Event Horizon
02:13 - Watchmen
02:18 - Another Earth
02:23 - Take Shelter
02:27 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
02:32 - Constantine
02:37 - War of the Worlds
02:46 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
02:48 - Knowing
02:51 - Hero
02:53 - 300
02:56 - Take Shelter
03:01 - Beasts of the Southern Wild
03:03 - The Proposition
03:06 - Snow White and the Hunstman
03:08 - Interview with the Vampire
03:10 - Alice in Wonderland
03:13 - Heat
03:15 - Rendezvous with Rama (Vancouver Film School trailer)
03:17 - Star Trek Generations
03:19 - Minority Report
03:22 - Skyline
03:25 - Inception
03:27 - X-Men: First Class
03:30 - Carrie (2002)
03:32 - The Day the Earth Stood Still
03:34 - Hamlet
03:36 - Valhalla Rising
03:39 - Jericho S01E01
03:41 - The Divide
03:44 - Dark City
03:46 - The Day the Earth Stood Still
03:48 - Mission to Mars
03:51 - Life of Pi
03:52 - The Fountain
03:58 - Fight Club
04:03 - Pan’s Labyrinth
04:07 - The Empire Strikes Back
04:12 - Gone with the Wind
04:22 - What Dreams May Come

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This 100% hand-made, action-packed short film tries to keep up as a Texas Sheriff hilariously massacres a race of clumsy aliens.

Awards:
Best Animated Film - Tacama Film Festival
Best Nod to the Republic of Texas - Couch Fest Films 2012
Platinum Remi Award - WorldFest, Houston
Best Animated Horror Short Film - Tabloid Witch Awards
Best Animated Film, Audience Choice - Oceansdie Int’l Film Fest
Best Animated Film, Jury Award - Oceanside Int’l Film Fest
Nom for Best Animated Short - Sacramento Horror Film Festival
Best Animated Film - Catalina Int’l Film Festival
Best Student Animated Film! - First Glance

Screenings:
Slamdance 2012
Seattle International Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Austin In’l Film Festival
Eugene Int’l Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festvial
Northwest Animation Festival
Burlington Animation Festival
Spooky Movie Int’l Horror Film Festival
New Orleans Int’l Film Festival
New Orleans Horror Film Festival
Sacramento Horror Film Festival
Terror Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Shock and Gore Film Festival
Syracuse Horror, SciFi and Fantasy Festival
Columbia Gorge Int’l Film Festival
A NIGHT OF HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
Arizona Int’l Film Festival
USA Film Festival
Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival

Been chasing several obscure technical issues today, and the hunt is still not over. So here’s an open thread while I further investigate these arcane matters, with a very odd but cool video to watch.

‘Piramida’, Efterklang’s 4th album is out now on CD, LP, DL & Streaming. Order Vinyl, CD and MP3 via efterklang.net. Buy on iTunes: smarturl.it

Concert Tour Schedule available at efterklang.net

‘The Ghost’ is the sixth song on Efterklang´s 4th album ‘Piramida’. Released September 24th 2012 on 4AD and Rumraket.

The music video for ‘The Ghost’ is made by Spanish director Victor Carrey who says: “The video has a puzzle structure: the whole story progressively makes sense to the viewer as minutes go by. The video is somehow a ghost story.”

As previously revealed, the new Efterklang album took it’s start when Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen and Rasmus Stolberg visited Piramida, an abandoned mining settlement located on Spitsbergen, just 1,000km from the North Pole. Nine days of exploring later, and the band had collected over 1,000 sound recordings and inspiration for the album they would subsequently write and record in Berlin.

This timelapse features my best work yet. It represents hours and hours of dedication to the art. I’m driven by chasing fleeting moments of damatic light on beautiful landscapes and also capturing the night sky and milky way in all it’s glory is a real buzz. Not be mention curling up out under the stars beside all the gear for whole nights at a time catching some sleep here and there between checking the gear and changing batteries and staring up into eternity with spectacular meteors burning up in the cosmic shore out the corner of your eye. Doing this sort of thing has bought me closer and closer to the wilderness. There is something about doing this sort of stuff that just makes you want to keep coming back for more and more. Maybe it’s the experience of being out there at one with the incredible beauty of this landscape. Maybe it’s the challenge of capturing it in the camera in the way that you witnessed it. Maybe it’s the excitement of seeing just what you got when you finally render it all out. Maybe it’s the satisfaction you get out of showing this to other people. Most probably it’s a combination of all these things.

I hope you enjoy watching this timelapse. Please leave a comment if you wish, I’d love to hear from you. It is my hope that in bringing back a little piece of nature to portray in this way helps spark the respect we need to have for such an incredible place.

All scenes shot in the North Island of New Zealand.

Main equipment used:
Canon 5D Mark II & various Canon Lenses
Dynamic Perception Stage Zero 6ft Dolly

Music:
“Go Beyond” by Ben and Matt Hales, licensed for use through Universal Publishing Production Music and APRA New Zealand.

Thanks to my family for putting up with my habit ;)