DC Motion Graphics :: Nov 22nd 2009
Sunday, Nov 22nd, 9pm
part of DC Motion Graphics Festival Screening Program
$15 each, $25 for both, or free with MGFest Inspiration Pass, Register to Attend
at the Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect Street NW, Upper Courtyard, DC 20007
phone: 202.338.5835
Screening Artists Include:
Created by Lift Motion & Creative Chaos. Original audio by "Secret Frequency", Chicago. Special Thanks to 222 Films and Caton Volk.
N.A.S.A.,
"Money"
Director/animators Syd Garon and Paul Griswold, recently co-directed a music video for the band NASA (North America South America). The song, titled Money, features Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe winning singer/songwriter David Byrne and Chuck D, leader of the rap group Public Enemy. The music video features artwork by contemporary artist and designer Shepard Fairey, who recently gained national notoriety for his design of the Barack Obama “Hope” campaign poster.
Addictive
TV, "Sims 3 Remix"
Following Addictive TV’s recent Hollywood movie remixes including Slumdog Millionaire, Fast & Furious and the blockbuster movie version of Max Payne, the hugely successful computer game; Electronic Arts, the world’s leading independent developer and publisher of video games, have asked the London based audiovisual artists to remix the much anticipated Sims 3 game for its June 2nd release.
Trollback+Co, "ESPN"
Trollbäck + Company is a creative studio that weaves compelling narratives using motion graphics and live-action to create innovative campaigns for the advertising, broadcast and entertainment industries.
Led by creative directors Jakob Trollbäck and Joe Wright, Trollbäck + Company has produced content across the broadcast, print and interactive mediums. Whether rebranding a TV network or designing the title sequence for a film, what remains constant is the belief in immersive storytelling--the idea that a focused, compelling message is essential for successful communication.
Shiny Object, "Lollapalooza 2009"
Running through the daunting Lollapalooza lineup is always a lengthy affair, so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to back it up with energetic narrative animation and an unabashedly ADD approach. Special thanks to Tequila Mockingbird, Doug Davis, Gibson Guitars, Hung Le, and Steve Lewis.
Created by Shiny Object with music mash-up by Car Stereo (Wars).
Psymbolic,
KiloWatts, "microtakeover"
microtakeover is an exploration of the small vastness of life. An expression and indirect communication that intends to let the viewer experience however many levels of size and the causation that space defines.
microtakeover was conceptualized then created by means of animation, compositing
and programming. The video was then transferred to KiloWatts to design the
audio around then sent back to Psymbolic to make final edits. This creation
method was flipped from their usual creative process. Psymbolic usually
approaches creating video to be synched realtime to future audio and KiloWatts
usually creates audio as a track to be a part of an album and/or performed
live at events. visit
Psymbolic
Shawn
Faherty, Nine Inch Nails "Ghosts 8"
This video is track 8 off of the Ghosts album by Nine Inch Nails, and was developed for their YouTube video contest. Designed by visual music artist, Shawn Faherty, using the proprietary 3D software package Houdini.
Travis
Schlitter, Ha Ha Tonka, "Caney Mountain"
A music video treated like a storybook fairy tale, the song Caney Mountain is loosely based upon a legend of the Ozarks involving a preacher who managed to sway an entire community with his gift of tongue. However, he eventually betrayed their faith by drowning a young girl in a nearby Ozarkian river. The story brought to life here is a merger of live-action and still photography, as well as a small amount of 3D work, blended together using various animation techniques. The process involved months of storyboarding and character development, as well as a heavy amount of color theory and a specific focus on the realism and limitations of an actual pop-up book vs a 'fantastic' pop-up book that was free to take on a more limitless, magical range of visual possibilities. This was inevitably the angle that was taken, as the story is actually being visualized from within by the magical suitcase itself.
Visit: Blood Shot Records or Ha Ha Tonka for more information.
Motion design by Barkley.
Brent Barson, "F is for Fail"
High-flying ups and sideways-spiraling downs. False starts and fresh starts. The creative process can be unpredictable. Brent Barson’s short film F is for Fail is the story of one person’s creative roller coaster, told through type in an evocative A to Z.
Other Screening Artists include:
Symphony, Erick Oh
Like the Places that will Never Be..., David Hobizal
Country Trouble, Axel Roessler
Demo Reel, GenArts
Demo Reel, Nick Campbell
Chimera, Michael Cone
Touch Interactions, Thirteen23
Demo Reel, Chan Bonanno
The Dive, Aaron Wendel
Pat Pat Robat, Imago
2009 Customer Reel, GenArts
Interustic, Shantell Martin
Rotofugi, Joel Corelitz