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Sunday, 03 January 2010 02:33 |
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People spend years perfecting their digital skills to make things look DIY and analog. Director Bennet Pimpinella takes the other approach... actually scratching, painting, and altering by hand each frame for this Bloody Beatroots video " Romborama." Here's a bit of the process in his own words:
I usually don’t watch the film I’ve dug up. I start scratching the single frames without knowing what’s on them. I use engravers, colours, burns, transfers… and I work on the frames for about a month and a half. The time needed for a 3 minute Super8. Then I telecine it at home, i.e. I re-record the material in digital. This is where I discover what I have done for a month.
Romborama is the fruit of one day of shooting and two and a half months of scratching, torment, solitude, anxiety and inspiration…. To achieve the right degree of confusion. I lacerated 15000 frames on a 35mm film. Then I added letraset, colour and in the end I applied the screentones, used by designers to emphasize the colour contrast.
In Romborama, I illustrate a battle between me and “The Bloody Beetroots”. A clash of colours, beats and scratches!! I have tried to produce, through obsessive and repetitive imagery, a generational film dominated by new electronica and two masked superheroes, expressing deep, instinctive passions. The approach stems from the extroverted creativity of someone whose intention is never to separate communication from experimentation, using rhythm, density and elements from the past like human perception. A film that “rips it up”…."
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Written by Video Militia
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Friday, 18 December 2009 11:49 |
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The new video from Stockholm directing team PUNX reminded us of a techno-version of a nightmare we had after seeing "Fire in the Sky." That shit was scary, but this is somehow sexy. Take a look.
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Written by Video Militia
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 17:03 |
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It's not a cell phone poping popcorn* but here's a cool blend of handheld live-action and CG matchmoving. We expect more good things from Jordan Clarke.
Thanks:
Brett Forsyth
Bienvenido Cruz
Josh Carpenter
Jorge Feres Jr
Mike Edel
Danny Chan
Jorge Canedo Estrada
Roger Dario
*Maybe we are wrong about the whole popcorn thing... heard a rumor about it being a dismantled microwave, but our money was always on CG
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Written by Video Militia
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 12:55 |
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The free jazz/punk brass marching band KILLSONIC invaded the LA Subway system for a citywide whistle stop tour. The improvised performance was documented by 2HeadedHorse to promote an upcoming party at 2HeadedHorse where KILLSONIC will play on 12 Dec 2009.
A Party Like No Other
12 December 2009
Doors open 9pm
2HeadedHorse
1770 Glendale Blvd
Echo Park, CA 90026
Five bucks at the door.
Full cash bar.
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Written by Video Militia
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Friday, 27 November 2009 12:30 |
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It's amazing that in the days of decreasing budgets, across all avenues of filmmaking, that somehow there are enough funds to commission a 12 part music video series/short film for Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros. Budgets aside this video is a testament to ambitious filmmaking from Isaiah Seret and front-man Alex Ebert. The story picks up in the middle of a desert wasteland where Edwards Sharpe is marooned. After some time he's picked-up by a weird figure from his past, forcibly taken to a water-labor prison where a riot ensues and ultimately he escapes with his brother. This is only part two of this 12 part series but so far the project has out-shined many lesser videos we've seen. Watch part 1, . "Read More" for full credits.
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Written by Video Militia
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 22:30 |
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Written by Video Militia
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 10:51 |
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When we interviewed director Keith Schofield more than a year ago he was coming off the "Toe Jam" video. His advice for music video directors starting out was to choose a band and go for broke on a concept that would leave the viewer saying, " holy shit, this no name band did this totally (choose one: funny/crazy/explicit/pop-culture-referencing) video, you HAVE to see this." He went on to say that they should advantage of the fact that their video probably won't get played on MTV so, " have stuff like nudity, violence, trademarked brands, etc." It seems he's taken his own advice (although toned it down a bit), put it in a blender with a quirky Beck sensibility, and for flavor added the Parisian spice of Charlotte Gainsbourg. It all makes for a nice evolution of his filmmaking so far. The song featured is called "Heaven Can Wait" and is a great collaboration between Beck and Gainsbourg which we look forward to hearing more from once the album releases 7 Dec 2009. Have a look at Keith Schofield's Enjoy and leave your feedback in the comments section of "Read More."
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:48 |
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Monday, 09 November 2009 22:45 |
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 13:50 |
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