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It’s come a long way since the days of Morph. This series of spots by Australian Director Liz Murphy and Taxi look more like CGIs at first glance, but were in fact built using real props and shot on full scale sets. Liz Murphy explains:
“We used the new Dragon Stop Motion software to capture all the images—saved us so much time—and used two Canon 1D MkIIIs and a Canon 40D. Since both have “live view” features, we could onion skin really easily between previous frames, and frames about to be taken. This made moving the camera far more achievable, and prevented making major mistakes as there wasn’t much chance of going backwards once we started doing some major dismantling and camera movement. The car and building spots were shot in reverse…
I’ve stumbled across these two music videos recently, and the differences between them illustrate beautifully the two ends of a conundrum. Is simple better? Should a message always be communicated clearly? Is simple communication a defining rule that seperates design from art?
A simple idea can be easy to lose interest in, especially in a moving image scenario. I have huge admiration for the guys that created this first vid - a true case of perseverance. Bare with it, you won’t be dissapointed.
This second one is mind boggling. Created by a student who missed the deadline for a Radiohead competition, it explores the complex time signature found within the song (something I can’t even begin to understand) and tries to represent each of the instruments with an out-moded form of technology that is simply not up to the task.
Says James Houston of the project:
“I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there”.
The result is not only a fascinated set of sounds (I can’t comment on it’s likeness to the orginal I’m ashamed to say) but the sheer genius of the whole idea blows me away. Add to that the fantastic photography of the setup and you have an all round stunning piece of work, but by no means a simple one.
Above is one of the finest pieces of graffiti that I have ever seen and can honestly call a true piece of art. This incredible stop motion effort comes from the artist BLU filmed in Buenos Aires and Baden over the winter. Check out his other works here.
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