Twenty years ago, Imaginary Forces released a different kind of reel. Instead of cutting the work to the usual upbeat music track, the montage was anchored by a reading of the prologue from Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ (watch below). [Watch]
The Adult Swim Smalls series of short films continue to generate smiles with off-kilter motion experiments like this low-key comic treat from director/animator Michael Marczewski in London. [Watch]
Director/motion designer David Zamorano in London: “‘Senseless’ is an anti-war film inspired by various events in history and the story of Hiro Onoda, a Japanese soldier who kept fighting WWII alone on a Pacific island for 29 years after the war ended. [Watch]
Instead of cutting together the usual demo reel, French motion house Studio River introduced themselves as sponsors of the most recent Motion Plus Design event in Paris with this refreshing mock manifesto. [Watch]
Italian director/animator Martina Scarpelli on her music video for Canadian singer/songwriter kai (aka Alessia De Gasperis-Brigante): “In an imaginary space, a woman lets go of herself and overcomes fearing her own greatness. She discovers her body, she embraces her emotions and learns to own all the parts that make her HER.” [Watch]
Director/animator Olga Makarchuk in London: “How to keep freedom of attention in the times of digital distraction… The Royal Society of Arts commission, based on a lecture of James Williams.” [Watch]
