Another beautiful short by the People’s Republic of Animation. Watch in HD on vimeo.
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District 9
-->Neill Blomkamp, director of District 9:
In certain cases a lot of those shots had been run through a VHS machine, which is hilarious. I told the effects guys, because we only did that after they delivered all of the finals. “I ran your shit through a VHS machine!” It works, though, because then it’s like “Fuck, that feels kind of real.” I think it’s just having both a complete respect for visual effects and a process for making them feel real and then at the same time disregarding them.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42003
I really like the approach that Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp took with District 9. Visual effects have become so much of the spectacle of cinema we often forget about the actual role they play in good story telling, and I think a lot of directors forget this fact.
Very cool and abstract video by Chris Abbas and Sumit Seru. Found via notcot.org.
SMH Article
-->I was asked a few weeks ago to do an interview for the Sydney Morning Herald. It’s a piece about animation in Sydney and can be read here. Pictured is yours truly (and Mumbles the penguin from Happy Feet, just in case you got the two confused).
The short film Plastic that I was involved with in 2007 went on earlier this year to win the award for best visual effects in a student film. This is very much a big deal and a big congratulations goes out to director Sandy Widyanata and producer Courtney Cox.
The Australian chapter of the Visual Effects Society will be having a show and tell night regarding Plastic talking about the technologies and techniques behind the making of the film.
Where: Theatre 1, AFTRS, 130 Bent St, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, Sydney
When: Thursday 21st May, 6:30pm – 8pm
Places are limited to 120 seats and no RSVP is required.
I’ll be there along with the rest of the team and it should be a good night.