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At this Digital Design Slam, student teams had one day to design and produce an identity and motion graphics package for a music awards show. They presented their final design concepts to a panel of judges.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
At this Digital Design Slam, student teams had one day to design and produce an identity and motion graphics package for a music awards show. They presented their final design concepts to a panel of judges.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
At this Digital Design Slam, student teams had one day to design and produce an identity and motion graphics package for a music awards show. They presented their final design concepts to a panel of judges.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Our approach has always been one that embraces collaboration as a fundamental part of what we do.
Over the last ten years we have worked with highly talented individuals, teams and companies from all over the world that help bring our vision to life.
Join the Dots is a celebration of the spirit of collaboration.
A simple idea. A consistent frame for a multitude of work. A single dot, each representing one collaborator, each a connection to another.
Each collaborator is given a template of a dot in a fixed position on an A2 portrait poster. Each interpreted this in their own way.
These are the first 25. There will be 100 in total and be collated into a book and exhibition.
Thanks to all that have contributed so far and for those that are still to come.
We're hoping [with fingers crossed] the preeminent John Walters is going to provide the books introduction.
Motion Promo for Brokenbeat Night.
Saturday February 7th 2009
A free monthly event that promotes live electronic music & live video performance.
The promo was a collaboration work with L.A. based video artist/ performer Bryant Place
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Creative Director and co-founder of the design-driven creative agency Buck, Digital Design grad Ryan Honey recently made a return to VFS. Ryan spent a week sharing his experience and advice with current students.
Read more about Ryan's visit on the VFS Blog.
Find out more about VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
View Production Stills on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/bentimagelab/sets/72157622256680339/
www.flickr.com/photos/bentimagelab/sets/72157619746721753/
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The indie rock band Modest Mouse is getting the royal treatment from Bent Image Lab’s new director/partner Nando Costa. Just completed, the band’s new music video is a dark and expressive piece of film-making. Heavily rooted in live-action, the impressive six-minute video includes intense moments of stop motion, visual effects, and motion graphics techniques, all brought to life within the studio’s walls.
The visuals follow an artist who enters his personal sanctuary where he is presented with a hand-crafted drawing tool that assists him in materializing his mental impressions. Through drawing circular patterns, the machine discharges an endless web of yarn that guides him through his visual representations of his memories. The story progresses to reveal that he is divided between two worlds, one of dull reality and the second of warped memories. In the process of finding a way out of his consciousness, he is trapped between the two competing spaces, which eventually inflict lethal damage, acting as metaphors to self-destruction.
This lyrical and moving piece was conceived by Nando Costa working closely with lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock to polish some of the film's intricacies. Featuring a seamless combination of live-action and stop motion that alternates between stage shots of Modest Mouse and a spiraling dream-like world of ever-shifting landscapes, Whale Song is a stunning representation of the combined capabilities of Nando and Bent. The variety and execution of the VFX portions of the video – from yarn reeling into complex patterns to a guitar that plays with no musician attached – strongly evoke the confused and surreal patterns of one's warped memories. Additional creative touches such as animated and intricate photographic collages and giant CG snails sliding across the band's stage – add variety and depth to the surreal world.
“This new video is the perfect showcase for the benefits of the collaboration between myself and Bent,” noted Costa. “I typically wouldn't have created a film with this much live-action or stop motion, and Bent also wouldn't normally approach a project with such a strong motion graphics influence, which is what I have long specialized in. With such well integrated in-house teams, I can’t imagine that there’s a project out there that we couldn’t pull off.”
One of the challenges in Whale Song was to recreate the contours of an ever changing, disorienting and intriguing series of landscapes. Costa shot the majority of the piece with Bent’s RED One cameras, which came in handy for their 4K capabilities when adding camera movement in post. In order to create the feeling that lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock was being split up between two competing scenarios of pure reality and his imagination, for example, Costa mounted two of the RED cameras side by side on a custom plate, each with identical lenses set at an angle to simulate a stereoscopic effect.
In another instance, band members that appeared to be standing on the ground were actually hoisted aloft and secured to a fake ground plane, which meant that the stage floor was perpendicular to the ground. This situation intentionally restrained their flexibility and shifted the gravity, adding oddness to their movements.
Costa used a variety of frame rates, ranging from time-lapses at 6 frames per second, to 1000 fps shots from a Phantom camera to give the feeling of variety of speed in the character's memories. Blue screen stages were used extensively to place Isaac against the varying landscapes of mountains, dense forest valleys, and deserts. Bent's CG department was also responsible for creating significant portions of the video's landscapes and scenic elements.
During production, Nando and his team relied solely on a very detailed script containing technical and creative notes, live-action and animation guidelines, with specifications for composting and stop motion, which were all previously defined and polished by the director. “From what I’ve learned, producing a project at Bent is a wonderfully self-contained experience,” noted Costa. “From building intricate props to figuring out complex CG shots, Bent has specialists in all fields. I’ll walk over to the stage for live-action, then back to compositing, load the footage and work from there. It makes the whole process immeasurably easier, and creatively freeing.”
“Seeing this video makes me feel good about what we’ve done here at Bent”, stated Bent EP Ray Di Carlo”. We set out to establish a creative clubhouse atmosphere where talented people like Nando could come to work. I’ve always admired directors who can hold a project’s final vision in their minds eye and are able to let the talents around them do their respective jobs for a projects whose creative whole becomes more than the sum of it’s parts, and that defines Nando. Seeing Nando come in, suddenly doing things that he wasn’t used to doing, and still delivering at a high creative and technical level, means that David, Chel and I were able to create a place where everyone learns others’ disciplines. That’s rare. It’s what we set out to do – what we originally wanted -- but when you see it work, it’s amazing.”
Concept:
After entering his personal sanctuary, an artist is presented with a hand-crafted drawing tool that assists him in materializing his mental impressions. The machine discharges his thoughts as an endless web of yarn that guides him through his physical thoughts. The story progresses to reveal that he is divided between two worlds, one of dull reality and the second of warped memories. In the process of finding a way out of his consciousness, he is trapped between the two competing spaces, which eventually inflict lethal damage, acting as metaphors to self-destruction.
Credit List:
Music: Modest Mouse
Animation Studio: Bent Image Lab
Director: Nando Costa
Executive Producer: Ray Di Carlo
Senior Producer: Tsui Ling Toomer
Producer: Kara Place
Production Coordinator: Ryan Shanholtzer
Director of Photography: Bryce Fortner
Motion Control Operator: Jim Birkett
Gaffer: Adam Burr, Jim Birkett
Phantom HD Technician: Benji Brucker
Production Assistants: Andrew Ellmaker, Charlie James, Esa Di Carlo, Morgan Hobart, Samuel Moyle
Kinetic Sculptor: Ben Hopson
Set Designers: Nando Costa, Solomon Burbridge
Set & Prop Fabricators: Daniel Miller, Eric Urban, Greg Fosmire, Jamie Hanson, Jen Prokopowicz, Justin Warner, Kimi Kaplowitz, Marty Easterday, Sarah Hoopes, Solomon Burbridge,
Art Department Coordinator: Evan Stewart
Art Department Intern: Jessie Weitzel
Carpenter: Drew Lytle
Graphic Designer: Nando Costa
3D Lead: Fred Ruff
3D Artists: Eric Durante, Shirak Agresta
2D Animation & Compositing: Brian Kinkley, Brian Merrel, Jay Twenge, McKay Marshall, Nando Costa, Orland Nutt, Randy Wakerlin
Rotoscoping: Ben Blankenship, Randy Wakerlin
Compositing Intern: Dustin Dybevik
Stop-Motion Animation: Jen Prokopowicz, Marty Easterday
Still Photography: Jared Tarbell, Nando Costa
Processing: Barbarian Group
Behind The Scenes Photographer: Ben Blankenship
Special Thanks to: Isaac Brock, Darrin Wiener, Linn Olofsdotter
Links:
Band's Website: www.modestmousemusic.com
Band's Blog: www.modestmouse.com
Band's MySpace Page: www.myspace.com/modestmouse
Animation Studio: www.bentimagelab.com
Record Label: www.epicrecords.com
Contact Info:
Animation Studio: (503) 228-6206
EP: rayd@bentimagelab.com
Director: nandoc@bentimagelab.com
Press:
- Showcased at Seattle International Film Festival during "Bumbershoot"
- Premiered on Pitchfork.com
- Featured in Stash 61
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Bent Image Lab.
Creative Director and co-founder of the design-driven creative agency Buck, Digital Design grad Ryan Honey recently made a return to VFS. Ryan spent a week sharing his experience and advice with current students.
Read more about Ryan's visit on the VFS Blog.
Find out more about VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
A project in a "Title Sequence" course i took in visual communications department in Bezalel academy. Our assignment was to choose a book and create a title sequence for a film/series based on it. I chose "Boomerang" by Raviv Druker and Ofer Shelach, a book that deals with the failure of the leadership in israel concerning the second intifada.
הגשה סופית בקורס "טייטל סיקוונס" במחלקה לתקשורת חזותית בבצלאל. יצירת פתיח של סרט/סדרה המבוססים על ספר לבחירתנו. הספר שבחרתי - "בומרנג" של רביב דרוקר ועפר שלח, העוסק בכשלון המנהיגות הישראלית באנתיפאדה השניה.
המוזיקה באדיבות עירד אשל.
Animated gif from the 'Fetish Objects' series by V5MT,
made November 2014 for Digital Sweat Gallery.
Released in an online group show January 2015.
➜ v5mt.tumblr.com/post/108113384452/checkkk-out-all-the-cra...
juan luis guerra Mi bendición
Director: Simon Brand
Producer: Miriam R Mateos
Editor: Ricardo Javier
Post: Freddy Morales, Marcela Perdomo
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by LUIS MORALES.
At this Digital Design Slam, student teams had one day to design and produce an identity and motion graphics package for a music awards show. They presented their final design concepts to a panel of judges.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Captures of my video-presentation.
I'm Mikel Canal, a student of Motionmaker and Graphic Design, from Barcelona (1991).
Since 2009 I'm making my own projects in Motion trying to develope new styles. I just wanted to animate my identity making this video...
Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enhance our creativity. Everything in the film is real—no CG effects!
Shot with a RED One, a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, a Canon EOS 40D, and a Nikon D80.
Stop motion created with Dragon Stop Motion.
Creative Director & Faculty Mentor:
Brent Barson
Writing & Storyboarding:
Brent Barson, Jessica Blackham, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, John Jensen, Regan Fred Johnson, Colin “The Pin” Pinegar
Construction, Paint & Glue:
Brent Barson, Wynn Burton, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Olivia Juarez Knudsen, Casey Lewis, Reeding Roberts, Deven Stephens, Brian Christensen (Brain Sculpture)
Animators:
Brent Barson, Wynn Burton, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Olivia Juarez Knudsen, Reeding Roberts, Deven Stephens
Cinematographer:
Wynn Burton
Editing:
Brent Barson, Wynn Burton, Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Reeding Roberts
Hand Models:
Analisa Estrada, Meg Gallagher, Olivia Juarez Knudsen, Deven Stephens, Michelle Stephens
Original Music:
micah dahl anderson - www.micahdahl.com
Special thanks to Joe, Jared, Zara, and the Punchut/Typophile crew for enabling this!
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Brent Barson.
At this Digital Design Slam, student teams had one day to design and produce an identity and motion graphics package for a music awards show. They presented their final design concepts to a panel of judges.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Vinheta desenvolvida com conhecimentos básicos de After Effects durante as aulas de Vídeo, do Bacharelado em Comunicação Visual, do Centro Universitário Senac.
Softwares: After Effects e Photoshop
The Art Institute of Portland's January 2009 Portfolio Show - graduating students show their portfolios to the local business community, networking, interviewing, and meeting with potential employers in creative fields.
Find out more about The Art Institute of Portland: www.artinstitutes.edu/portland
Photo: Lulu Hoeller
Christmas Card to Friends
A friend of mine, Grant Harold, sent me a song he wrote for Chrismas this year, and I liked its simple message. So I rang my friend Nathan Deceasar and asked if he wanted to join me in turning it into a card for friends. Grant and Nathan and I call our little trio "Group Hug"
I hope these holidays have been a time that you've gotten to share with people you love.
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Song: Christmas Is Free. Grant Harold
botanist.bandcamp.com/
Direction: Monovich
Design: Monovich, Deceaser
Modeling: Monovich, Deceaser
Animation: Monovich
Origami inspired by designs found on flickr and created by Robert Lang, Stephen Weiss, Yusuke Muroya, Petr Stuchly, and Beth Johnson, among others.