Hilary Talbot’s passing interests and activities
I came across a lovely stop motion animation yesterday, the Softlightes Heart Made of Sound. It’s directed and made by an Australian animator, Kris Moyes, who has done some other cool videos, including (Wolfmother’s White Unicorn (defaced), and the The Presets’ Are You the One?.
This caused me to revisit Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, which I […]
This lovely animation about knitting obsession, is written directed and animated by the Finnish animator, Laura Neuvonen.
(via CRAFT Magazine)
Posted in animation, puppetry, puppets, technology, tv on Sep 1st, 2006
I caught a little of the second episode of David Tench Tonight last night, and I’m quite intrigued. My impression on googling is that people disliked the first episode, but I wonder if it doesn’t have the same kind of sophistication and potential as Norman Gunston, and will take a bit of time to really […]
Posted in animation, make, puppetry, puppets, video on Jun 29th, 2006
(photo by Glenn Watson)
I really laughed my way through Peter Cornwall’s Ward 13, one of a number of terrific Australian animations screened at the summit. It’s a stop-motion animation - action/horror/comedy - about a guy who has a road accident and wakes up in the hospital from hell, complete with bizarre medicines, a green tentacled […]
Tyger is a terrific short film directed by Guilherme Marcondes. While William Blake’s poem, The Tyger, was the starting point, it ‘doesn’t attempt to illustrate or pay homage to the original text’. Marcondes interprets the tiger as symbolizing ‘a hint of wonder along with a fear of progress. The tiger is as much dangerous as […]
Posted in animation, art, automata, creatures, illustration, make, sculpture on Apr 3rd, 2006
Vladimir Gvozdariki is a Russian artist who makes whimsical figures, animations and images. Some are pleasing in their simplicity, but I particularly like his complicated drawings of mechanized animal structures. They are in numerous places in his galleries, like here, here and here and here. I also like how some, like this fish, have […]
Posted in animation, film, puppetry, puppets, tv on Mar 4th, 2006
The Gothia Gazette is reporting that The Mysterious Geographic Adventures of Jasper Morello, nominated for Best Animated Sort in the Academy Awards, will be screening on SBS on this Friday 10th March at 8.00pm. The DVD of Jasper Morello, including a ‘making of’ featurette and other award winning films by director Anthony Lucas will be […]
Posted in animation, film, puppetry, puppets on Dec 4th, 2005
Another winner in the recent Australian Film Institute Awards was The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, which picked up Best Short Animation, and Oustanding Achievement in Craft in a Non-Feature, Production Design, for the director, Anthony Lucas. It caught my attention not only because it looks cool, but because it’s another example of the […]
(Image from Dendy Films)
I’m delighted the movie Look Both Ways did so well at the Australian Film Awards this weekend, taking out Best Film (Bridget Ikin), Best Direction (Sarah Watt), Best Original Screenplay (Sarah Watt), and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes).
Its a real gem: everyday, quiet, low key and unpretentious, but deals in subtle and […]
Posted in animation on Nov 22nd, 2005
Michael Gagne recently released a first series of short director’s cuts animations, Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets, that he created for Nickelodeon’s 2005 Halloween. For example, Nightmare is great. There is a short production diary, too. These are done in Flash, and looking at them it’s easy to see why puppetry and animation are so closely […]