I don't really have any shorts up on youtube, but I do have a couple of "commercials" I made when I decided to try out stop-motion animation for the first time since I was eight...
You tic tac commercial gave me a seizure. After it passed, I killed a man and stole his mints. Then I wept and wept and wept (but I had FANTASTIC breath!)
The only thing i'd say that has nothing to do with the story and stuff is that bizzarely most modern Black and white films are slightly "tinted" and are not in fact black and white at all.lotsa of desaturated "bluey" films out there. Especially black and white archive footage done up for TV.
Also in black and white you can get the flat grey... in other words because it's black and white you got to somehow separate the characters from the foreground and background more strongly.Which is why old black and white films have ludicrously over lighted scenes to get separation and sculpt the people in the scene.
@PaulBurke beautiful animation, sorry about the edits, I got an animation grant from the Ontario Arts Council here in Canada but they don't stick there noses into the creatve process, they just want to see something completed and magnificant.
@Oldhat really wild, hope you explore some more of that
I've posted this in the Role Call thread too but in case you (whoever you are) haven't seen it yet...
These are some old test animations I re-edited and scored this summer. They are going to be projected outdoors during this years Nuit Blanche festivals in toronto. I'm currently in the middle of a much more extensive project that I hope to share early next year.
@ sillypunk - yes, I want to see 5 minute films made in 48 hours: that's endurance and I want it; it's mad and I want madness...please. :)
So, I missed this post and have just stumbled on it - I'm a filmmaker!
At least...I will be. :)
I'm currently making video installations but have written the screenplay-libretto and am acquiring funding for a short film-opera [yup, you read that right] that we hope to begin filming before the year is out. 12 minutes, 6 actors, lots of papercraft.
After that, I'll be stepping up to a feature film. I like challenges.
I'll give you more details when I have them but until then I thought I'd say YES(!) and check out your works - I've really enjoyed what I've seen, all so keep 'em comin'.
I'm just discovering this threat ... Since a few months ago, filmmaking was mostly something I was forced to do at school, work or even for a wedding !?!? You couldn't imagine the piece of shit I worked on just because I "like movies so much, please help us".
And last year I made a piece for a website in echo of a published photography and somehow I liked it (the one called "HANDS"). So now I'm starting from scraps again with a few exercice in low-definition. In a few months this stuff may be starting to get interesting ...