tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62069329595070694012024-03-13T13:04:27.952+11:00The Creative HavenBlog for Stop motion animation in AustraliaCarlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-79309536287608584842012-04-01T22:11:00.000+10:002012-04-01T22:11:31.796+10:00Interview: Dell Stewart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">It's been a while since we have done an interview here and I am very excited that our latest interview is with </span><a href="http://www.dellstewart.com/" style="text-align: justify;">Dell Stewar</a><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dellstewart.com/">t</a> as I have been a fan of her artwork and </span><a href="http://dellonearth.blogspot.com.au/" style="text-align: justify;">blog</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> for a while. As mentioned in my previous post Dell is teaching a 4 day stop-motion workshop at <a href="http://harvest.bigcartel.com/product/design-depot-4-day-school-holiday-workshop-series">Harvest Textiles</a> from the 2nd - 5th April for teens. In addition to the workshop Dell is currently participating in a residency at <a href="http://www.harvestworkroom.com.au/home.html">Harvest Workroom</a> working on experiments with printing which will be used in a handmade book and animation. You will be able to view the animation at the Harvest Workroom window (</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">510- 512 Lygon Street, East Brunswick)</span> as it progresses over the residency. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dell amazes me with her ability to work so well across many artistic disciplines and also her genuine passion and support for other people's art, craft, design and animation (which you can see through her </span><a href="http://dellonearth.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: inherit;">blog</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">) is inspiring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">I have been making things as long as I can remember. I studied Fine Art – Printmaking and Drawing – in Queensland. I then moved to Melbourne and later studied Animation and Interactive media at R.M.I.T. I have been exhibiting regularly since art school, everything from drawing, installation and photography to animation, clothing and textiles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">I guess I sort of fell into animation. I remember discovering after effects on a friends computer and playing around with it, I was excited enough to think I could do some animation for my first exhibition in Melbourne at First Floor artist's and writer's space. This seems crazy to me now, and I get a rash just considering most editing and post production software now. Some rotoscoped drawn animation I did for an exhibition at Utopian Slumps in 2007, Dead to the World.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">I later discovered stop motion at R.M.I.T. but at the time I was definitely more interested in drawing, both on paper and in the computer. <a href="https://www.alumni.rmit.edu.au/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=421">Annemarie Szeleczky</a> was doing her Masters at A.I.M. at the time, working with found objects on glass in layers under the camera, I do remember loving her multi-layered collages to music. Just through seeing so much animation during my time at A.I.M. and watching other students working on various projects opened up the possibilities for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><b>3. Do you have any particular favourite stop-motion works or other artists </b></span><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">that inspire you?</b></div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/10459766">FOREST - Allison Schulnik</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/casafibra">FIBRA</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Also <a href="http://www.maricormaricar.com/">Maricor/Maricar</a>, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.eatpes.com/">PES</a></span><span style="color: #cb0210; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #199dab; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">short and sweet, </span><a href="http://www.isobelknowles.com/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Isobel Knowles</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">and </span><a href="http://www.vansowerwine.com/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Van Sowerwine</a><span style="color: #cb0210; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">and m</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">y beloved husband <a href="http://www.adamcruickshank.com/media/example-movie/">Adam Cruickshank</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Early on it'd have to be Terry Gilliam, maybe the first stop motion I ever saw?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Stop motion appeals to me for it's rich tactility. With better quality cameras and the ease of shooting on digital you can really capture the qualities of whatever you are working with. I'm inclined to work with paper cut-outs as I still love to paint and draw, and I love working with textiles – also other found bits and pieces – anything is possible! Fruit Salad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">I worked with <a href="http://whykate.blogspot.com.au/">Kate Matthews</a> on an Artist's in Schools project at Wooranna Park Primary where they had a multi layered animation box for the purpose of animating easily with children. It was a fun project and we were delighted by the results, animating with paper cut-outs, rice and spices, photos and collage elements. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Kate and I have since run <a href="http://animalselfportrait.blogspot.com.au/">school holiday animation workshops</a> at <a href="http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/artplay/Pages/ArtPlayHome.aspx">Artplay</a> working with paper cut-outs <span style="color: #199dab;"> </span>and we would love to do more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #199dab;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/25749488">What Animal are you? (THURSDAY)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/dellstewart">Dell Stewart</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">I didn't do any stop motion in this project (I was drawing) but 'It's Like That' by the Southern Ladies Animation Group. The puppets were incredible knitted birds, beautifully animated by Sharon Parker, Justine Wallace, Sophie Raymond, and Diana Ward. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">It was a collaborative process, an idea brought to the group by Nicole Mackinnon, that basically everyone felt needed to be told. 'It’s Like That' uses the voices of 3 refugee children held in mandatory detention under the Migration Act 1958. They were interviewed over the phone by ABC journalist Jacqueline Arias. Once the soundtrack was edited it was broken up into sections for each animator to work on, with the stop motion characters narrating and holding the story together. This story is sadly still as relevant today as it was in 2003. Watch it! I drew the firey rice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm currently doing a residency at <a href="http://harvesttextilestudio.blogspot.com.au/search/label/dell%20stewart">Harvest Workroom</a> <span style="color: #199dab;"> </span>and I hope to do some more stop-motion workshops later this year, at both <a href="http://craftvic.org.au/">Craft Victoria</a> and Harvest textiles. My own projects might be limited to some experiments to go along with music and a few elements for my exhibition at <a href="http://westspace.org.au/">West Space</a> later in the year. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-77704261850002306002012-03-16T14:37:00.000+11:002012-03-16T14:37:30.223+11:00Event: "Scrap Paper Animation" with Dell Stewart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a great stop-motion animation workshop being run by <a href="http://www.dellstewart.com/">Dell Stewart</a> at <a href="http://harvesttextilestudio.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/design-depot-4-day-school-holiday.html">Harvest Textiles</a> in Melbourne for the kids this school holidays (2-5 April). "Scrap Paper Animation" is part of a 4 day workshop series for 9 - 16 years of age and is an awesome opportunity to learn to use collage cutouts and printed paper elements to create sets and characters using a multi-layered glass set-up. Lucky Kids!</div><br />
If you are interested in participating you can book <a href="http://harvest.bigcartel.com/product/design-depot-4-day-school-holiday-workshop-series">here</a>.<br />
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We are hoping to have more on Dell's work coming soon.<br />
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</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-68140356498802737932012-02-07T21:48:00.000+11:002012-02-07T21:48:18.866+11:00Event: ACMI presents William Kentridge Public Programs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">I always wonder how time disappears so fast - feels like yesterday when we <a href="http://www.thecreativehaven.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/exhibition-william-kentridge-at-acmi.html">posted</a> about the upcoming <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/williamkentridge.aspx">William Kentridge Exhibition Five Themes</a> and now the time is almost upon us! The <a href="http://acmi.net.au/">Australian Centre for the Moving I</a><a href="http://acmi.net.au/">mage</a> has recently sent us some information on the upcoming public programs which will no doubt sell out quickly so if you are interested in getting in early here is the info:</div><br />
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<div class="MsoCommentSubject"><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Kentridge: Public Programs</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 16.75pt; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Programs held from 4 March until 27 May 2012<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.1pt; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.1pt; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Coinciding with the exhibition <b><i>William Kentridge: Five Themes</i></b> (8 March to 27 May), one of the world’s leading contemporary artists – William Kentridge – will inspire and take part in a series of public programs presented by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Nebula<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Sunday 4 to Saturday 10 March, Opening times vary (Closed Wednesday 7 March)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Flinders Street Amphitheatre, Federation Square<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Presented by Arts Access Victoria, Nebula is a revolution in inclusive design. It is Australia’s first portable and adaptive art space intentionally designed to meet the needs of artists with a disability. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><br />
Located alongside ACMI, Nebula provides an accessible and functional space for artists to create work, conduct workshops, mount exhibitions and invite public engagement. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">The Nebula studio will also showcase animations that have been inspired by the works of William Kentridge. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Visitors are invited to watch the artists as they work during Artists in Residence sessions, explore the gallery, and attend a talk with Nebula creators Andrew Maynard Architects.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">General Gallery Access<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Monday 5 March, 10am – 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Saturday 10 March, 10am – 12pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Free Admission. Drop in.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Artists in Residence<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Sunday 4 March, 1pm – 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Tuesday 6 March, 1pm – 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Thursday 8 March, 1.30pm – 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Friday 9 March, 1pm – 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Free Admission. Drop in.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #c00000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Public Talk with Nebula creators Andrew Maynard Architects<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Monday 5 March, 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Nebula, Flinders Street Amphitheatre, Federation Square<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Join Andrew Maynard Architects as they discuss the creation of Australia’s first portable arts space for artists with a disability.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> Free Admission. Tickets available on the day from the ACMI Tickets & Information Desk.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #c00000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">In Conversation with William Kentridge<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Tuesday 6 March, 6.30pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">ACMI Cinemas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">Join curator and art historian Mark Rosenthal in conversation with William Kentridge. An artist that has created a remarkable body of work ranging from drawings and films to prints, tapestries and sculptures, Kentridge’s work offers a fresh and distinctive glimpse of the daily lives of South Africans. Tickets on sale</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> soon</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;"> via acmi.net.au<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Intermix: Nebula + Five Themes<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Wednesday 7 March, 1pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Flinders Street Amphitheatre, Federation Square<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Enter Nebula – a dynamic portable arts space created for artists with a disability – and get animated. This hands-on workshop offers young folks 13 to 18 years old the opportunity to create a portion of a short film in collaboration with Nebula artists in the Nebula hub. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Inspired by the works of William Kentridge, the animations produced in this workshop will pay homage to the artist’s unique and distinctive techniques, and will be incorporated into an animated film created by Nebula to be released later in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Free admission but limited spots are available. Participants must register in advance via </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><a href="mailto:intermix@acmi.net.au">intermix@acmi.net.au</a><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">21<sup>st</sup> Century Museums: SFMOMA ‘Looking Back/Looking Forward’<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Thursday 8<sup> </sup>March, 4pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">ACMI Cinemas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">Neal Benezra, Director of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) – the first institution to exhibit <i>William Kentridge: Five Themes</i> – talks about the history of SFMOMA, its collections, exhibitions and architecture, and the museum’s future directions and expansion. Tickets on sale</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> soon</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;"> via acmi.net.au<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Anti-Entropy: A Natural History of the Studio<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Thursday 8<sup> </sup>March, 6.30pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">ACMI Cinemas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">A public lecture by William Kentridge, who will delve into the anti-entropic world of the artist’s studio and its ability to provide a safe place for productive stupidity. Tickets on sale</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">soon</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;"> via acmi.net.au<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Video Garden: Art Day South Film Works<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Thursday 8 March to Sunday 27 May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Video Garden, ACMI<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Experience a collection of short films by artists with a disability from the Art Day South collective. Ranging from hand drawn animation to digital works made with custom software and motion tracking technology, the collection includes new works inspired by William Kentridge. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">William Kentridge Curator Tours<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Thursday 29 March, 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Thursday 19 April, 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Thursday 3 May, 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Gallery 1, ACMI <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">ACMI Curator Sarah Tutton and Assistant Curator Ulanda Blair will share their perspectives on various works in the exhibition, exploring the five key themes found in William Kentridge’s work. Free with an exhibition ticket.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">William Kentridge: Creative Animation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Saturday 28 April, 10am<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Studio 2, ACMI<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;">Inspired by the work of William Kentridge, this workshop will explore how hand drawn animation can be created from drawings and cut out images. Participants will put together backgrounds, design characters, and learn through step-by step-tutorials how to animate their work using desktop computers and stop motion software. Tickets on sale</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> soon</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: X-NONE;"> via acmi.net.au<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Reflecting the themes of the William Kentridge exhibition, human rights lawyer and activist Andrea Durbach presents a screening of <i>A Common Purpose</i> and a discussion of her experience of Apartheid. Indigenous consultant Jason Eades will also explore some of Australia’s separatist practices of the past.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> Tickets on sale soon via acmi.net.au<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Three presentations from Prof Jill Bennet, Dr Anne Rutherford and curator Victoria Lynn will explore the work of William Kentridge – the themes of his work, the mediums he explores and his distinctive creative process - drawing from the speakers’ intimate knowledge of the artist’s work. </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Tickets on sale soon via acmi.net.au<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">William Kentridge: Five Themes</span></i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> premieres in Australia after travelling to San Francisco, New York, Paris, Vienna, Jerusalem and Moscow. The exhibition explores five key themes that have captivated Kentridge throughout his career. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Well known for his stop motion films of charcoal drawings, Kentridge’s multi-disciplinary approach will be showcased through over 60 works ranging from animations, drawings and prints to theatre models, sculptures and books. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">William Kentridge: Five Themes </span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">is exhibited exclusively in Australia in Gallery 1 at ACMI from Thursday 8 March until Sunday 27 May, 2012. Tickets for the exhibition are on sale now via acmi.net.au<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33368583?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/33368583">Paraphernalia</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5806577">Bridget O'Halloran</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><br />
We would like to announce that the winner of our Christmas Competition is Bridget O'Halloran with her short film <a href="http://vimeo.com/33368583">Paraphernalia</a>. We were all totally amazed at Bridget's effort so well done! We look forward to seeing more stop motions from her in the Future. </div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-60747561068037937062011-11-14T15:22:00.000+11:002011-11-14T15:22:39.073+11:00Inspiration: New Gotye Music Video Clip - Somebody That I Used to Know<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Most of you have probably already heard or seen this new music video clip for <a href="http://gotye.com/" style="text-align: justify;">Gotye</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;"> 'Somebody That I Used to Know featuring </span><a href="http://kimbramusic.com/" style="text-align: justify;">Kimbra</a> but I had to share it again anyway! Animated using Stop-motion, it is d<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">irected, produced and edited by <a href="http://www.starkravingproductions.com.au/music_videos.html">Natasha Pincus</a> with body art by <a href="http://emmahackartist.com/artist.php">Emma Hack</a> - beautiful idea.</span><br />
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</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-12678516294438290862011-11-06T22:07:00.000+11:002011-11-06T22:07:44.574+11:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was so sad to read in the paper today that <a href="http://www.myyearwithoutsex.com/">Sarah Watt</a> passed away. She was an amazing Australian film maker and animator and I had only just finished reading her interview in the book '<a href="http://rachel-power.blogspot.com/">The Divided Heart</a>' by Rachel Powers which was so inspiring for artist mothers. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Such a tragedy.</span></span></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-84452151313150293672011-10-16T20:32:00.003+11:002011-10-23T23:07:24.153+11:00Call for Entries: Christmas Competition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGQx5aEZm9AReL-bKbiMjqfLxIbWF9D6uNC6_OrX6ZHNZZ6_X7s_bI7Qdk2173wtUujZoXTCDk2vf1L7qG7gObESY9HLoka4WVs8imYvN8HFDKASbavkhkgcnOWDW38FyZYl8TJWgdec/s1600/Christmas+Competition+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGQx5aEZm9AReL-bKbiMjqfLxIbWF9D6uNC6_OrX6ZHNZZ6_X7s_bI7Qdk2173wtUujZoXTCDk2vf1L7qG7gObESY9HLoka4WVs8imYvN8HFDKASbavkhkgcnOWDW38FyZYl8TJWgdec/s400/Christmas+Competition+copy.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">*UPDATED INFORMATION IN RED!</span><br />
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I have been thinking on this for a long time and have finally decided to have our first stop-motion animation competition for all our readers as a thanks for all your support and also to have a bit of fun! The idea will be for entrants to create a stop-motion animation up to a minute based on the theme "Hearts Desire" which can be interpreted anyway you like. The winners will be judged by <strike>our guest judges (yet to be announced). </strike> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Malcolm Turner and Helen Gibbins of the <a href="http://www.miaf.net/2011/home.html">Melbourne International Animation Festival</a> (which I am so excited about!). We recently interviewed Malcolm about the MIAF festival this year <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-malcolm-turner-helen-gibbins.html">here</a> if you want to check it out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Malcolm and Helen have kindly offered ONE free Festival Pass to MIAF 2012 to go into our prize pool. This prize will unfortunately only be open to Australian residents (unless you can let me know if you want to fly over for it!) but all our other prizes will be open to international entries.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">First prize will be a copy of a great book called <a href="http://www.abbeys.com.au/book/basics-animation-stop-motion.do#fragment-1">Basics Animation 04 - Stop-motion</a> by <a href="http://www.barrypurves.com/">Barry Purves</a> (below). <strike>and there will also be some runner up prizes to be announced at a later date.</strike></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Part of the runner up prizes will be a copy of <a href="http://rankinbass.com/mmphome.html">Mad Monser Party</a> (1968) a Halloween themed children's film created by the <a href="http://www.rankinbass.com/index.htm">Rankin/Bas</a><a href="http://www.rankinbass.com/index.htm">s</a> animation house and written by Mad magazine's creator Harvey Kurtzman (with Len Korobin). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I found out about Mad Monster Party through <a href="http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/before_there_was_tim_burton_there_was_mad_monster_party/">this</a> article at <a href="http://www.dangerousminds.net/">Dangerous Minds</a> which also has a great little clip from the film to watch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Also a copy of the DVD Lotte Reiniger's Fairy Tales whom I discovered through our interview with <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-isobel-knowles.html">Isobel Knowles</a>. <a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/528134/">Lotte Reiniger</a> was an amazing papercut artist/animator from Germany starting her work around 1922. Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsfyrB9DE9s">here</a> to watch a sample of her work from the film Papageno from 1935</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><h1 id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 1.8333em; font-weight: bold; height: 1.1363em; line-height: 1.1363em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-height: 1.1363em; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There will be more details to come but here is a basic guideline for entries are:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">The competition will be open to all our subscribers through the blog and Facebook and is for people of all skill levels.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Entries Close Sunday 11th December 2011.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">If you are interested in entering please make a comment in the post below or on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Creative-Haven/118211421593332">facebook page</a> to sign up.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Your stop-motion animation can be made from anything - paper, textiles, plasticine, photographs, everyday objects etc - use your imagination.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Your animation can be anywhere up to 1 minute as long as you address the theme 'Hearts Desire'</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Entries should be emailed to <a href="mailto:thecreativehaven@hotmail.com">thecreativehaven@hotmail.com</a> and should include a link to your video (through <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">youtube</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/">vimeo</a> or whoever else you might use) and a short description on how you have addressed the theme 'Hearts Desire'.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">All entries will be screened on The Creative Haven blog and facebook page for people to see, the top entries will be judged by our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Malcolm Turner and Helen Gibbins</span> who will accordingly choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">There are a variety of stop-motion softwares you can trial such as <a href="http://www.dragonstopmotion.com/download.php">Dragon Stopmotion</a>, <a href="http://www.stopmotionpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=31">Stopmotion Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.stopmotionmaker.com/html/download_trial.html">Stop Motion Maker</a> or any other editing software like <a href="http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=premiere_pro">Premier Pro</a>.</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The idea is to have fun doing it, sharing it and hopefully win a great Christmas present in the process! So sign up now!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-44702672782536103762011-10-11T20:56:00.000+11:002011-10-11T20:56:43.349+11:00Screening: It's a Jungle In Here - Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Thankfully, here is another great animation event in Melbourne that I won't miss (especially after being away for the <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/09/event-desert-island-flicks-shaun-tan.html">Shaun Tan</a> talk, <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/09/opportunity-lunch-with-adam-elliot-at.html">Adam Elliot</a> talk and the <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/09/screening-peter-and-wolf-with-melbourne.html">Peter and the Wolf</a> Screening!)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We recently interviewed the amazingly creative <a href="http://www.isobelknowles.com/">Isobel Knowles</a> <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-isobel-knowles.html">here</a> about her work. She had mentioned in the interview a new collaboration with <a href="http://www.vansowerwine.com/">Van Sowerwine</a> (another amazing animator) on the animation <a href="http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3904&idx=6&max=12">It's a Jungle in Here</a>. The animation will start screening this week as part of the <a href="http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/">Melbourne Festival</a> at <a href="http://www.screenspace.com/screenspace.html">Screen Space</a> and run from the 14th to the 29th October - so if your in town get along to check it out if you can!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some details about the work from the Melbourne Festival website:</div><br />
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Do you try to pretend it isn't happening, or protest and take action?</span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is the question posed by <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's a jungle in here</em>, an interactive installation artwork that inserts two people into a simulated environment and has them both create and respond to a series of increasingly unsettling encounters.</span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As the participants find themselves forced into the role of attacker and victim, a live feed of each participant's face is mapped onto the animated characters, channelling the tensions brought forth as the social compact begins to collapse.</span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Part psychodrama, part multimedia marvel, <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's a jungle in here</em> is a confronting tour of the fragile rules that organise our public lives.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div></div></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-87909241663585251692011-09-29T22:23:00.000+10:002011-09-29T22:23:00.162+10:00Event: Desert Island Flicks - Shaun Tan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Although this isn't stop-motion related - it is Australian and awesome so had to pass on the news from <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/">Australian Centre for the Moving Image</a>. So much great stuff happening at the moment! Details from <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/">ACMI</a> below:<br />
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<b>Desert Island Flicks October event</b><br />
<b>Castaway with <a href="http://www.shauntan.net/">Shaun Tan</a> Unclassified 15+</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Join artist, author and filmmaker <a href="http://www.shauntan.net/">Shaun Tan</a> as he discusses his five favourite films in ACMI’s popular Desert Island Flicks event this October. Shaun grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, and currently works in Melbourne. His books, including The Rabbits, The Red Tree, Tales From Outer Suburbia and the acclaimed graphic novel The Arrival, have been widely translated and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun has worked as a feature film concept artist on films such as Pixar's Wall-E, and wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning animated short The Lost Thing. In 2011, he received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden for his body of work.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Join this Oscar-winning animator, author and illustrator as he talks through his most cherished cinematic moments. Desert Island Flicks presents a ‘who’s who’ of cinema, television, literature, sport, politics, art, science and culture, revealing their insights and personal stories into the films that moved them and why. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Presented in ACMI’s intimate Studio 1 space each month, the event is a mix of key clips from the subject’s top 5 films in dispersed with chat, led by a host. By journeying through films in this way, the event often reveals fascinating biographical information, career influences and the philosophical insights of the guest of the moment.</div><br />
Dates Tue 4 Oct 2011, 7pm<br />
Location Studio 1<br />
Admission Full $15 Concession $12 ACMI Member $11<br />
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</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-14211938570304308592011-09-20T19:29:00.000+10:002011-09-20T19:29:47.872+10:00Opportunity: Lunch with Adam Elliot at Stables at Stones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It must be the warm weather and the hint of spring as here is another great event to get along to for all you stop-motion animation lovers. We received the following information from Lucy at Stones of the Yarra Valley today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">STABLES AT STONES PRESENTS</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><strong>LUNCH WITH ADAM ELLIOT</strong></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Sunday, October 16</span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The Stables at <a href="http://www.stonesoftheyarravalley.com/pages/stables.htm">Stones of the Yarra Valley</a> is delighted to announce an exciting series of informal lunches featuring some Australia's most well-loved personalities. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our inaugural lunch in the gorgeous surrounds of The Stables on Sunday, October 16 will feature Academy-Award winning director and claymation producer, Adam Elliot. Over the course of the afternoon, Adam will have a chat about his career to date and answer a few questions to an intimate audience of just 50 guests. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Raised on an Outback shrimp farm by a retired acrobatic clown father and a hairdressing mother, Adam developed a truly unique style of storytelling through his fantastical use of the humble medium, plasticine. With such beautifully poignant, quirky films as Harvie Krumpet and Mary and Max to his name and a swag of international accolades including an Oscar, Adam has a fascinating story to tell.</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Date: Sunday, 16 October, 2011</div><div class="MsoNormal">Time: 12pm – 3pm</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cost: $75 per head - three-course lunch, including an informal chat and Q&A with Adam Elliot</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bookings 03 97390 900 or email: <a href="mailto:info@stonesoftheyarravalley.com">info@stonesoftheyarravalley.com</a> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.stonesoftheyarravalley.com/">www.stonesoftheyarravalley.com</a> <br />
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</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-89513968925203515672011-09-17T21:23:00.000+10:002011-09-17T21:23:21.345+10:00Screening: Peter and The Wolf with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at ACMI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Some great news from <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/">ACMI</a> about an awesome stop-motion screening. See details below!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/">Australian Centre for the Moving Image</a> and <a href="http://www.mso.com.au/">Melbourne Symphony Orchestra</a> present:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.suzietempleton.com/pages/films/peter/filmspeter.html">Peter and the Wolf</a> (2006) (unclassified all ages)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A collaboration celebrating music and film this school holidays</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tuesday 4 until Thursday 6 October 2011</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This school holidays, from 4 until 6 October, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) combine to present the film Peter and the Wolf, with Prokofiev’s magical music played live in the cinema by the MSO. Each event will also include a discussion of the animation style and main musical themes used in the film.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Peter and the Wolf, produced by BreakThru Films, is the Academy Award®-winning new animated film version of Prokofiev’s children's classic and is directed by the extraordinary animation talent, <a href="http://www.suzietempleton.com/">Suzie Templeton</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“My desire was to create a film, which works on many levels for both children and adults, exploring our fear of and fascination with the wild beast, and witnessing a young boy discover his own strength and integrity,” Suzie Templeton said.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Peter and the Wolf has been a window into the world of orchestral music for millions who have learned to recognise the distinct sounds of instruments associated with the story’s characters, and to appreciate the way in which characters can also be identified by clearly defined themes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Twenty-seven musicians, conducted by MSO Principal Trombone Brett Kelly, will help bring Templeton's beautiful animation to life, with sections of the Orchestra representing different characters in the film. "</span>Prokofiev’s remarkable music is already a great favourite, but combined with such wonderful animation it is sure to leave young people spell-bound and transported to a world both familiar, and very surprising,” Brett Kelly said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Peter and the Wolf was made using stop-frame model animation, with state-of-the-art stills cameras. The film received its world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall and has had many orchestral screenings worldwide, including a premiere performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra, attended by more than 9,000 people, and a special screening at Warsaw Castle.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Nominated for a BAFTA® and a Royal Television Society Award, the film won the Rose D’Or for Best Arts Program and collected the top two prizes at the world’s biggest animation festival, Annecy. In February 2008, Peter and the Wolf was awarded the Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“When it comes to combining live performance and film in our cinemas, this is by far our most ambitious collaboration,” enthused ACMI Head of Film Programs Richard Sowada. “It’s rare to strike a balance between a film of such high quality, state of the art presentation and sublime accompaniment. A collaboration on this scale is really something special.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The season of Peter and the Wolf runs 4-6 October at ACMI in Melbourne. For more information please visit www.acmi.net.au or www.mso.com.au. Tickets start from $15 and can be purchased through the ACMI website or via Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100.</span></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-67561423704766952762011-08-26T18:54:00.000+10:002011-08-26T18:54:00.068+10:00Call for Entries: Collaboration with Daniel Louie - Post Graduate Choreographers VCA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">I recently received an email from Daniel Louie from the Postgraduate Choreographers of the Victorian College of Arts looking for people interested in a project he is coordinating which could potentially incorporate elements of stop-motion animation. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are interested here are the details - he needs a response as soon as possible as the project will be presented in November.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm putting a call out to anyone interested in working on a project </span>that investigates the relationship between architecture, animation and live art/dance. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Animation required will likely be short, looped material projected onto various surfaces of a building. Possible approaches could include working with stop-motion, photo collage, sketches, or working with light & shadow, to name a few.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText"></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The work will be highly collaborative and I will work in with your schedule. </span>Presentation outcome in first week of November.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Feel free to contact me via email at <a href="mailto:d.louie@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au">d.louie@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-7351004891328421322011-08-13T08:57:00.001+10:002011-08-16T19:36:00.835+10:00Interview: Isobel Knowles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_m2q5ej="206"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25131657?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div closure_uid_m2q5ej="200"><div closure_uid_m2q5ej="207"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/25131657">Isobel Knowles Showreel June 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/isobelknowles">Isobel Knowles</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div></div></div><br />
<div closure_uid_e3ozt6="132" style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="161"><div closure_uid_4z8boc="147">I first discovered <a href="http://www.isobelknowles.com/">Isobel Knowles</a> when I went to a <a href="http://craftvic.org.au/">Craft Victoria</a> talk called <a href="http://craftvic.org.au/craft-cubed/professional-development/make-it-design-it-fund-it">Make It, Design It, Fund It</a> a couple of years ago. An <a href="http://www.experimenta.org/">Experimenta</a> catalogue was circulated and flicking through stumbled upon Isobel's amazing artwork with <a href="http://vansowerwine.com/">Van Sowerwine</a> called <a href="http://www.youwereinmydream.com/index.html">You Were In My Dream</a>. I was really interested in stop-motion at the time and had experimented with using it in my own artworks but couldn't believe the amazing conceptual use of the medium in their work. This was also long before I dreamed of starting this blog so I can't believe I am here right now interviewing Isobel about her work and in particular the work that inspired me so much!</div><div closure_uid_4z8boc="147"><br />
I think I had inspiration overload reading about Isobel's inspirations - so many great new people to find out about. If you would like to see more of Isobel's work you can go to her website <a href="http://www.isobelknowles.com/">here</a> or her Vimeo channel <a href="http://vimeo.com/isobelknowles/videos">here</a>.<br />
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</div></div><div closure_uid_4z8boc="152"><strong closure_uid_e3ozt6="160"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Tell us a little about your arts/design background</span></strong></div></div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="132" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="139"><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="115">I was one of those kids who would draw and draw. I chose art in school wherever I could and started animating in my final year of high school. I went on to study <a href="http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse/Our%20Organisation%2FDesign%20and%20Social%20Context%2FSchools%20and%20groups%2FArt%2FDisciplines%2FFine%20Art%20and%20Visual%20Art%2FPrograms%2FBachelor%20(Fine%20Art)%2F%20Media%20Arts/">Media Arts at RMIT</a> where I got into making animations for installation in galleries and made a few short films as well. I started collaborating with <a href="http://vansowerwine.com/">Van Sowerwine</a> at university and we have had a productive working relationship ever since. <br />
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</tbody></table>I made a music video for <a href="http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/">Architecture in Helsinki</a> just after I graduated and during the production of it they asked me to join in and play trumpet with them. It was such a great experience but at the same time it was tricky leading a double creative life. I was shooting a short film, <a href="http://vansowerwine.com/clara/index.html">Clara</a><strong>,</strong> with Van and recording with Architecture in Helsinki at the same time and it was a difficult balance. The band took over and became a full time occupation for a couple of years. I had a great time and fell into making music videos because of all these music connections I was making. It was a lot of fun!</div></div><br />
After I left the band I spent time overseas trading music videos for accommodation. When I came back to Melbourne I decided I wanted to do animation full time. I have managed to strike a good balance between artistic projects and commissioned work and I'm enjoying it immensely!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="167">Sesame Street! I loved that show to death. All those different vignettes made by incredibly talented animation artists!</div><br />
I discovered stop-motion for myself when I started making animations in high school. The first few were pretty silly but for my graduating project I made an 8 minute alphabet with 26 different styles of animation to teach myself a broad range of techniques. There was a lot of stop-motion in there. Clay, cut-paper, objects, wire sculpture. I had a lot of fun with it. </div><div closure_uid_cc26d8="117"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25332002?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="141"><div closure_uid_4z8boc="146"><div style="text-align: center;"><a closure_uid_4z8boc="129" href="http://vimeo.com/25332002">ABC</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/isobelknowles">Isobel Knowles</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div></div></div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="141"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="142"><div closure_uid_4z8boc="153"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Do you have any particular favourite stop-motion works or other artists that inspire you?</span></strong></div><div closure_uid_4z8boc="153" closure_uid_j6hqs5="178"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">(Image still from Lotte Reiniger's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsfyrB9DE9s">Papageno</a> 1935)</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">So many! <a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/528134/">Lotte Reiniger</a> is my all time favourite paper cut animator. <a href="http://www.suzietempleton.com/index.html">Suzy Templeton's</a> <a href="http://www.suzietempleton.com/pages/films/peter/filmspeter.html">Dog</a> and her version of <span closure_uid_j6hqs5="176"><a href="http://www.suzietempleton.com/pages/films/peter/filmspeter.html">Peter and the Wolf</a></span> are really beautiful puppet films. I loved <a href="http://www.trollfilm.no/new/eng_sinna.html">Sinna Mann</a> by <a href="http://www.trollfilm.no/new/eng_killi.html">Anita Killi</a>. <a href="http://www.bentimagelab.com/">David Daniels</a> stratacut animations are mind-melting. <a href="http://norshteyn.ru/modules.php?name=Movies&page=5">Yuri Norstein's Hedgehog in the Fog</a> has the most beautifully made 2d puppets. <a href="http://www.jansvankmajer.com/">Jan Svankmejer</a> wins for amazing concepts. I love kids shows like <span closure_uid_e3ozt6="170"><a href="http://www.toonhound.com/towser.htm">Towser</a></span><strong closure_uid_e3ozt6="170">, </strong><span closure_uid_e3ozt6="170"><a href="http://www.magicroundabout.com/">Magic Roundabout</a></span><strong closure_uid_e3ozt6="170">, </strong><span closure_uid_e3ozt6="170"><a href="http://www.gumbyworld.com/">Gumby</a> and</span><strong closure_uid_e3ozt6="170"> </strong><span closure_uid_e3ozt6="170">Spanish cartoon <a href="http://www.tv3.cat/sales/genres/176/children/Capelito">Capelito</a></span>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2igjYFojUo&feature=player_embedded">Fantastic Mr Fox</a> was a very exciting addition to the animated feature film world.</div></div></div></div><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="337"><br />
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</tbody></table><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">What mediums do you like to work with to create your sets and characters?</span></strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="171"><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="374">Anything really! <a href="http://www.youwereinmydream.com/index.html">You Were In My Dream</a> had a lot of real tree branches which I loved the look of. Feathers, dried flowers, dried leaves. We tried to use as much natural material as possible and interspersed that with model making and craft supplies. I also love using cardboard. I recently made a factory set out of shoeboxes and felt. It was pretty free-form - just hacking away at cardboard with minimal precision, doing all measurements by eye. Van and I continued that lo-fi cardboard aesthetic with our new work that's in production now. </div><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="374"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">What has been your favourite stop-motion piece that you have worked on?</span></strong></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="144"><div closure_uid_blxkrs="140"><br />
</div></div></div><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="390"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17108415?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="388"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/17108415">You Were In My Dream installation documentation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/isobelknowles">Isobel Knowles</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="172">It's hard - like choosing a favourite child! I really enjoyed shooting <a href="http://www.youwereinmydream.com/index.html">You Were In My Dream</a>. It was a collaboration with Van and I love working together with her on something big. I really loved animating the character transforming into various animals and the set was so pretty to look at all day long. But <a href="http://vansowerwine.com/clara/index.html">Clara</a> was such a great project to work on too. We had decent funding so we got to use a lot of high-end equipment. We also shot it on 16mm and it was always such a rush at the end of each week when we'd take our roll of film off to be developed and watch the rushes from the week before. </div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="145"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Can you talk a little on the processes used and experience of making this stop-motion animation?</span> </strong></div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="173">I'll talk about <a href="http://www.youwereinmydream.com/index.html">You Were In My Dream</a> since it's the most recent.</div><br />
<div closure_uid_j6hqs5="399">We originally wanted to make a 3d puppet animation like the ones we'd done together before but because of the animation needing to incorporate a live video feed of a face onto the animated character's face we decided that a 2d puppet would work better. We still wanted the sense of depth though so we made these giant sets full of the things I mentioned above and added a sheet of perspex with the cut paper 2d characters and sets to the top of that. I was really happy with how it looked in the end. </div><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="399"><br />
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</tbody></table>Our setup consisted of a custom animation bench which held the camera perpendicular to the set and had a tracking system for the set to travel left and right. The sets were 120mm long which gave us roughly three screens in length. It was important for the forest to feel quite big and like the character could run around and explore a large area. We had one set for the forest floor and one for the tree tops. We used a digital SLR connected to the computer and used <a href="http://www.dragonstopmotion.com/">Dragon Stop-Motion</a> to capture and play back the animation. We had to use Flash for the interactive element.</div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="174"><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="428"><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="174"><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="428">The animation took a really long time. A lot longer than we'd expected. Van had just had a baby so I think we may have spent too much time tickling little toes! We animated about fifteen minutes worth of footage and because it's interactive and non-linear, people generally see two or three minutes at the most. It was important to the work, though to create a seemingly endless world of possibility. In addition to the fifteen minutes of stop-motion we had to animate a digital mask for the video to sit on top of the character's face. For every frame in the stop-motion we had to do a frame in Flash! So looking back it was an awful lot of work. Of course you never realise this before you begin!</div></div><div closure_uid_j6hqs5="430"><br />
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</tbody></table>We were working to vague storyboards but most of it was on the fly editing decisions. Because we were shooting on a flat plane, though, we really only had the choice between long shot or closeup. I think this made it more manageable to shoot without a proper storyboard.<br />
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</tbody></table><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Do you think there is a resurgence in stop-motion animation in the recent years?</span></strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I think with digital cameras becoming cheaper and better, stop-motion has become more viable again. Consumer digital cameras are perfect stop motion tools so it's easy for anyone to try which is always a good breeding ground for new and exciting work. <br />
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After years of animation becoming predominantly digital and the 3d motion graphics developing into the default animated style, I think people are excited to see stop-motion again. There's still something very magical about an inanimate object moving around like it's alive that you just can't achieve in any other medium.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="147"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Do you prefer working on collaborations with other artists/clients or do you prefer creating from ideas of your own?</span></strong></div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">I like both worlds equally. I prefer spending the bulk of my time realising my own creative ideas but I love being able to make something that serves a purpose. It's like fitting a jigsaw together. Having constraints makes it exciting to find a solution for the challenge. It's also nice to be part of a creative community in this way. I've been very lucky with clients though, and pretty much find myself working for and with friends most of the time. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">(Image Still from Isobels collaboration with <a href="http://catrabbit.com.au/about/">Cat Rabbit</a>. Source via Cat Rabbit's <a href="http://catrabbit.com.au/2011/04/blinking-rabbits-and-other-revelations/">Website</a>)</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">What are your future plans in animation? Do you have any exciting collaborations, artworks or music videos in the pipeline that you would like to talk about?</span></strong></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">(Image still from a test animation on <a href="http://isobelknowles.com/mygoodhalf/">My Good Half</a> . Isobel's collaboration with <a href="http://www.annajeffries.com/">Anna Jeffries</a>)</span></i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>I'm working on a new artwork with my friend and collaborator <a href="http://vansowerwine.com/">Van Sowerwine</a>. It's an interactive animation that is semi-stop-motion. The backgrounds are shot to camera and the characters are being done digitally. It's looking pretty good so far! We built a train interior and set up two enormous lazy susans with sets on them. The sets are cardboard renditions of garages, back fences and houses. Corrugated cardboard really does look like corrugated iron, especially when you do some texta tagging! We're exhibiting it in the Melbourne International Arts Festival at <a href="http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3904&idx=6&max=12">Screen Space</a> in October so look out for it!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="176" style="text-align: justify;">I'm also planning to do some more work with the wonderful <a href="http://catrabbit.com.au/about/">Cat Rabbit</a> which will be a delight I'm sure.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
And a new collaboration is on the horizon with director, <a href="http://www.annajeffries.com/">Anna Jeffries</a>, who has written a script about some siamese twins from 16th Century Scotland. Hopefully that will get off the ground early next year.</div><div closure_uid_e3ozt6="178" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I like how things have been developing so far and I'm sure finding it easy to keep busy animating! I'd love to do more short film work and maybe go work somewhere overseas for a while. Maybe Poland or Estonia. Seems like a girl like me could learn a thing or two from Eastern Europe!<br />
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</div></div></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-75126851798592564282011-08-07T19:52:00.000+10:002011-08-07T19:52:02.431+10:00Study: Animation at Victorian College of the Arts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="320" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26454180?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/26454180">Study,Experiment,Make Animation @ VCA Film & Television</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/animationatvca">vca animation</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">If I ever have the opportunity I would love to do further study at the <a href="http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv">Victorian College of the A</a><a href="http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv">rts</a> in Animation especially stop motion animation - alas my HELP debt is already big enough at the moment!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">For those of you who do here is your opportunity to find out more. The following information was provided by Paul Fletcher lecturer at the VCA in Animation (see previous <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/08/call-for-entries-hidden-creatues-2012.html">post</a> for joining in on Paul's project) about upcoming open days and information sessions about studying Animation at VCA.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">VCA Graduate Course Information Sessions in Film and Television</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There will be 2 sessions coming up on <b>Tuesday 23rd August</b> and <b>Wednesday 24th August</b> for people interested in undertaking a Graduate Diploma or their Masters. Next year the Graduate Diploma in Animation officially becomes known as the first year of a Masters by Coursework with the option to leave with a Graduate Diploma after the first year or continue into a second year to complete a Masters by Coursework.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">General Open Day for VCA Film & TV</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The general open day for all Universities and the VCA Film and Television Faculty is <b>Sunday August 21st</b> from 10 am – 4pm. At this stage a full Undergraduate Bachelor course specialising in Animation will go ahead but unfortunately wont be ready for next year (scheduled for the year after 2013!). However they will be running again a Foundations in Animation Course on week day evenings and some weekend days over 10 weeks between March and July.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Click on the image below to enlarge and read more about the Graduate Course Information Sessions:</div></div></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-37331943995483891232011-08-03T20:06:00.006+10:002011-08-04T13:31:34.607+10:00Call for Entries: Hidden Creatures 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_ukfpqe="135"><div closure_uid_ukfpqe="144"><div closure_uid_hsvnp2="122"><iframe frameborder="0" height="220" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24401616?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><div closure_uid_ukfpqe="126" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/24401616">Hidden Creatures Bendigo Town Hall Basement 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/digitalcompost">Paul Fletcher</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div closure_uid_ukfpqe="126"><br />
</div><div></div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="144" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_ibs5zy="128" closure_uid_ohp8ie="165"><div closure_uid_ibs5zy="126"><div closure_uid_ibs5zy="207">I recently received an email from <a href="http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv/staffprofiles/paulfletcher">Paul Fletcher</a> who is a Lecturer of Animation in Film and Television at the <a href="http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv">Victorian College of the Arts</a>. He is seeking contributions for an exhibition he curates yearly called Hidden Creatures. The above film documents a little of this years exhibition at Bendigo and it looks fantastic!</div></div></div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="165"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="165"><div closure_uid_ibs5zy="211">Paul is looking for submissions of images, text, animation or sound to be considered for next year's Hidden Creatures exhibition. It may be possible for your entry to be animated in a an online movie, exhibition screen or projection.</div></div><br />
<div closure_uid_ohp8ie="251"><div closure_uid_ibs5zy="111">The cut off date for submissions is 15th December 2011. To find out more and submit your work for the Hidden Creatures project follow this <a href="http://pool.abc.net.au/projects/what-creature-creative-field-guide">link</a>.</div></div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="251"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="165">Here is a little of what Paul has to say about the exhibition:</div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="165"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ohp8ie="165"><div closure_uid_ibs5zy="185">"WHAT CREATURE IS THAT ? Is an audiovisual Field Guide to rare and imagined creatures. A collaborative ongoing community collection of writing, pictures, sound and moving image related to acknowledging, caring for, and understanding the creatures of our imagination, rare and endangered creatures specific to our own environments and the creatures that are our ourselves."</div></div></div><div align="center"></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-27675263439585319742011-07-18T21:37:00.000+10:002011-07-18T21:37:18.955+10:00Melbourne International Film Festival - Animation Shorts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffH1vGOexcGX00GznmAmpEcXzIZsucv5r1DvjkVsDUM7_rFSMawhBYGc3CGYM2ATxir94pzrnC889jEGsV9cqWxZu-spu_s21dDcTLP0qpnFdQcJsf3_aPN67vPkHirudDwf8mh2thxw/s1600/03_001_01_X1_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213px" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffH1vGOexcGX00GznmAmpEcXzIZsucv5r1DvjkVsDUM7_rFSMawhBYGc3CGYM2ATxir94pzrnC889jEGsV9cqWxZu-spu_s21dDcTLP0qpnFdQcJsf3_aPN67vPkHirudDwf8mh2thxw/s320/03_001_01_X1_0002.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">If you missed the chance to see Melbourne animator <a href="http://mikegreaney.blogspot.com/">Michael Greaney's</a> film Aww Jeez at the <a href="http://www.miaf.net/">Melbourne International Animation Festival</a> you have another chance! His film will be screening alongside some other amazing international animation shorts (including stop motion animation) at this years <a href="http://miff.com.au/films/view?film_id=123365">Melbourne International Film Festival</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Aww Jeez will be screening on Saturday 30th July, 6.30pm at the Greater Union Cinema in the City.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We recently interviewed Michael <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-aww-jeez-michael-greaney.html">here</a> about his film Aww Jeez if you would like to find out more about his film. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-10194948365806660052011-07-13T22:52:00.000+10:002011-07-13T22:52:58.450+10:00Exhibition: William Kentridge at ACMI - 2012<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">I have long been a fan of <a href="http://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/william-kentridge/">William Kentridge's</a> work so I couldn't believe it when we received a very exciting press release yesterday from the <a href="http://www.acmi.net.au/default.aspx">Australian Centre for the Moving Image</a> telling us that their major exhibition for the start of next year was to be <a href="http://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/william-kentridge/">William Kentridge's</a>: Five Themes which will showcase the five key themes that has captivated his work over his career.<br />
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For those unfamiliar with William Kentridge's work he is well known for his stop motion animation artworks using his charcoal drawings about the social and political environment of his home country South Africa. To get a small insight into his style of work you can watch the following short film on his processes I found on youtube uploaded by the <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/">San Francisco Museum of Modern Art</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here is some more information from ACMI on the exhibition: <br />
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<div align="justify"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">From 8 March to 27 May 2012, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents William Kentridge: Five Themes, an exhibition by one of the world’s leading contemporary artists, William Kentridge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Premiering in Australia after travelling to San Francisco, New York, Paris, Vienna, Jerusalem and Moscow, the exhibition explores five key themes that have captivated Kentridge throughout his career.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Well known for his stop motion films of charcoal drawings, Kentridge’s multi-disciplinary approach will be showcased through over 70 works ranging from animations, drawings and prints to theatre models, sculptures and books.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Born in 1955 in South Africa, and continuing to reside in his hometown of Johannesburg, Kentridge is highly regarded for a body of work that reveals strong links to the social and political environment of his home country. Tackling issues of colonial oppression, reconciliation, and the transient nature of individual and shared memory, his work deftly combines the political with the poetic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">“William Kentridge is one of the most significant artists working internationally today and we are thrilled to be presenting his exhibition Five Themes,” says ACMI Director Tony Sweeney. “An expansive and illuminating survey of Kentridge’s work over the past three decades, Five Themes reveals the full arc of his distinguished career and comes to Melbourne after a successful tour to MOMA in New York and the Albertina Museum in Vienna.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>The Five Themes Thick Time: Soho and Felix</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The first section of the exhibition features a recurring fictional character in Kentridge’s work, Soho Eckstein, an overbearing businessman with an uneasy conscience and his delicate alter-ego, Felix Teitlebaum. An ongoing work of nine animated shorts, 9 Drawings for Projection traces the lives of these characters during the last decade of apartheid in Johannesburg.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Occasional and Residual Hope: Ubu and the Procession</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inspired by the Alfred Jarry play, Ubu Roi, with its strong themes of corruption and cowardice, Kentridge developed a series of etchings in 1996 called Ubu Tells the Truth. The following year he completed an animated film of the same name along with some drawings. Exploring themes of truth and reconciliation, these works are also a commentary on the human rights abuses that took place during the time of apartheid.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Parcours d'Atelier: Artist in the Studio</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The third section of the exhibition explores Kentridge at a crossroads in his career, putting the spotlight on his own art practice to expose the work that takes place prior to a film, drawing or sculptural work being created. A tribute to French film director Georges Méliès, Kentridge’s large-scale multi-screen projection 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès (2003) consists of seven films revealing Kentridge’s own creative process.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Sarastro and the Master's Voice: The Magic Flute</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">In 2005, Kentridge directed a production of Mozart’sThe Magic Flute for Belgium’s renowned opera house, La Monnaie. Inspiring him to create several films, drawings and theatre models, and a video projection called Learning the Flute (2003), this body of work sees Kentridge explore the contrasting states of darkness and light.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Learning from the Absurd: The Nose</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The final section of the exhibition consists of a multichannel projection made in the lead up to Kentridge’s 2010 production of The Nose, for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The companion piece, I am not me, the horse is not mine (2008), is a room-size installation of projected films that examine Russian modernism and the repression experienced by the Russian avant-garde during the 1920s and 1930s.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">William Kentridge: Five Themes is organised by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Norton Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition is provided by the Koret Foundation. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">William Kentridge: Five Themes is exhibited exclusively in Australia in Gallery 1 at ACMI from Thursday 8 March until Sunday 27 May, 2012. Further information about the exhibition will be revealed in late 2011. </span></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-58393299003441222602011-07-05T13:57:00.000+10:002011-07-05T13:57:16.614+10:00Inspiration PES Films (USA)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Some of you (or probably even all of you) may already know about the Director <a href="http://www.eatpes.com/">PES</a> (aka Adam Pesapane) but I have only recently discovered him through our <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-maricormaricar.html">interview</a> with <a href="http://maricormaricar.com/">MaricorMaricar</a> who listed him as an inspiration and I can see why!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.eatpes.com/">PES</a> is a director of stop motion animation commercials and short films and his work uses everyday objects in such an imaginative and funny way. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are so many examples that I would like to show you but have selected only a few for this article. If you are interested in seeing more of his work it can be found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/pesfilm">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to Sarah from PES Films for giving us permission to use these.<br />
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<strong>Game Over</strong><br />
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The first short film is Game Over - I have no idea how he finished this without eating half of the set (the food bits obviously). There is a good interview <a href="http://www.animationshow.com/Journal/Interviewwithpes">here</a> with PES talking to the <a href="http://www.animationshow.com/">Animation Show</a> where he discusses his inspirations and processes of making this stop motion animation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Western Spaghetti</strong><br />
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The next short film is Western Spaghetti and I think this might be my favourite. I can't believe how imaginative this is with objects around the house - no need to worry about building intricate characters or sets!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>The Deep</strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The last short film I would like to feature is PES's most recent work which is The Deep. Created for Showtime’s online series “<a href="http://www.sho.com/site/shortstories/home.do">Short Stories</a>". There is an interview with Motionographer <a href="http://motionographer.com/theater/pes-the-deep/">here</a> where PES talks about the creation of The Deep.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table> One last post about the <a href="http://www.miaf.net/">Melbourne International Animation Festival</a> I wanted to mention is about their focus on the cut-out technique. They have 2 sessions the first is a talk by <a href="http://www.annajeffries.com/projects-4/mgh-1/">Anna Jeffries</a> and <a href="http://www.isobelknowles.com/">Isobel Knowles</a> about their new film 'My Good Half' which is currently in production - everyone who attends the session gets a free ticket to see the finished film! (More info <a href="http://www.miaf.net/2011/101.html">here</a>).<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Animation 103: Making a Cut-out Film - My Good Half</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Wednesday 22nd June 5.15pm</span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Image Source: </span></em><a href="http://www.miaf.net/2011/cutouts.html"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MIAF</span></em></a><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">)</span></em></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The second session is on Sunday the final day of MIAF which is a screening of 12 animations which focus on the cut-out technique dating from the 1940's to a seleciton of recent works shown at the festival. (More info <a href="http://www.miaf.net/2011/cutouts.html">here</a>).</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Technique Focus: Cut-outs</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Sunday 26 june, 4.00pm</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Both sessions would be amazing to go to! If your unfamiliar with the Cut-Out technique here is a little sample below made by John Lewis for MIAF 2011.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-11040755103682559732011-06-19T15:59:00.000+10:002011-06-19T15:59:24.629+10:00Melbourne International Animation Festival Features and Interviews<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For all you lovely folk visiting the blog for the first time we have been spending the last week interviewing all the Australian stop motion animation artists featured in this year's <a href="http://www.miaf.net/">Melbourne International Animation Festival</a>. Prior to this we also had the opportunity to interview the festival director Malcolm Turner! If you are interested in checking out any of these interviews please find the links below.</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-malcolm-turner-helen-gibbins.html">Malcolm Tuner</a> (MIAF Festival Director)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-batchelor-experience-fiona.html">Fiona Dalwood</a> (The Batchelor Experience)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-blown-away-seamus.html">Seamus Spilsbury</a> (Blown Away)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-remembering-bonegilla.html">David Pennay</a> (Remembering Bonegilla)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-gravity-darcy-prendergast.html">Darcy Prendergast</a> (Gravity)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-zero-christopher-kezelos.html">Chris Kezelos</a> (Zero)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-aww-jeez-michael-greaney.html">Michael Greaney</a> (Aww Jeez)</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;">We hope everyone has a great week at the festival and goes along and supports it if they can!</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-56630230297822906882011-06-18T08:22:00.000+10:002011-06-18T08:22:15.072+10:00MIAF Feature: Aww Jeez - Michael Greaney<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FGMPKQolM0tzZhIz3tyaGbpqEheF_v1skf6UpRZYvnEOxpFi44BrwilIWsznsSBGG_IApR2orjNhIOpdWTBXOyO2iakKTR-ZEaR6wBaSv7dAN4B7ZVYx8SDPTUMtTNsJ2QpXrR2gKEQ/s1600/01_022_02_X1_0035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FGMPKQolM0tzZhIz3tyaGbpqEheF_v1skf6UpRZYvnEOxpFi44BrwilIWsznsSBGG_IApR2orjNhIOpdWTBXOyO2iakKTR-ZEaR6wBaSv7dAN4B7ZVYx8SDPTUMtTNsJ2QpXrR2gKEQ/s400/01_022_02_X1_0035.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well we have finally reached the end of our <a href="http://www.miaf.net/">MIAF</a> features and are finishing up with <a href="http://mikegreaney.blogspot.com/">Michael Greaney's</a> film Aww Jeez. Michael's interview is an added bonus as he is currently overseas at <a href="http://www.annecy.org/home">Annecy</a> for this very film (which is why we don't have any process shots or sketches!). He was kind enough to send us through a bit of info to share with you and some stills from the film.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Aww Jeez will be screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival on Wednesday 22nd June at 8pm as part of the International Panorama Programs - Panorama #4: Australian.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about the story of Aww Jeez and some of the concepts and theme's within the film?</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aww Jeez is a short clay-animated film that takes religious dieties and puts them in a cheesy 50s sitcom environment. Essentially the story is; God is going away on business, but he doesn't trust his slacker son Jesus not to throw a party while he's gone, so he hires Satan, a former alcoholic, to babysit. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The humor of the film is based around making light of religious mythology, while simultaneously exploring the way sit-coms utilise familiar characters and plotlines to create stories and explore ideas. The film really is my personal love letter to the situational comedy genre, so by using characters that almost everybody recognises, it allowed me alot of freedom to run wild, making a mixture of jokes at goofy sitcom cliches (like the flashy main character entrance) and more in depth religion themed humour. Fortunately for me I teamed up with an amazing sound designer and composer on the film named Ryan Granger who did an awesome job realising the kinds of theme music and audio cues which make sitcoms so fun and energetic.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about what inspired the look of the film? What made you decide to use stop motion animation instead of other animation techniques?</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">When I set out creating the look of the film I really wanted to pick a medium which I felt would properly capture the look and feel of a three camera sitcom. Clay-mation was the perfect choice for this, as it allowed me the opportunity to construct sets and control all the elements within, such as lighting and visual compostion, while still maintaining a stylised real world look.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><strong>Could you talk a little on the process of developing the main characters and how they came to the final result on screen. Did you have many different prototypes? How did you make them?</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">The characters are all constructed on several different layers. To begin with I built an armature, which is a basic wire skeleton, for the puppets. The next step involved sculpting the puppets heads out of an amazing little product called super sculpy, which is as malleable as plasticine until it is baked, which makes it completely solid. The final step was to sculpt the rest of the puppets body out of coloured plasticine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Funnily enough developing the main characters for the film was actually one of the things that took the most amount of time within the build stage of production. I really wanted to build stylised puppets that where still immediately recognizable as the deities they where based on, so this stage was a loop of sculpting, revising and reworking until finally reaching a functional puppet I was happy with.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Another important part of the final realisation of the characters was the voice actors involved. <a href="http://thecreativehaven.blogspot.com/2011/06/miaf-feature-gravity-darcy-prendergast.html">Darcy Prendergast</a>, who played Satan, and Josh Thomas, who voiced God, gave some fantastic performances that really helped to bring those clay puppets to life. In both cases I had both of the guys screaming like maniacs into a microphone trying to get the right kind of insanity I was looking for.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm currently working with the amazing crew at <a href="http://www.ohyeahwow.com/">Oh Yeah Wow</a> which is a Melbourne based studio, on a wide variety of projects including stop-motion and live action music videos and commercials. As well as being in the process of writing my next short which will be a rather politically incorrect clay-animated musical comedy.</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-72878793096353405962011-06-17T07:00:00.001+10:002011-06-17T07:00:00.681+10:00MIAF Feature: Zero - Christopher Kezelos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em>(Image source: all image provided by <a href="http://www.zeroshortfilm.com/">Christopher Kezelos</a>)</em></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday's <a href="http://www.miaf.net/">MIAF</a> feature is with <a href="http://www.zealouscreative.com/">Christopher Kezelos</a> talking about his short film Zero.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Zero will be screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival on Saturday 25th June at 4:15pm as part of the Australian Showcase.</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about the story of Zero and some of the concepts and themes within the film?</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When throwing around concepts for the film, Christine Kezelos the film's Producer and I kept coming back to the idea of a world of numbers. We felt the imagery held ripe potential for a fairytale and allowed us to explore themes of oppression and prejudice that has dominated cultures throughout human history. Even on an individual level, we have all felt marginalised or out cast in one way or another and we knew that this would strike a chord in audiences. We also wanted to show that through the power of love and through the desire to make a difference, one person can change their own lives and the lives of others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about what inspired the look of the film? What made you decide to use stop motion animation instead of other animation techniques?</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had been going through a macro photography phase. The rich textures and short depths of field lent itself perfectly towards stop motion animation and was accesible through my stills camera. Christine and I imagined that characters made of 'wool' would be ideal for this medium, up close the individual fibres and detail was so appealing . </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Working with such a low budget, stop motion animation was an accessible technique for us. As we don't have any 2D/3D skills, this was something we could physically do ourselves.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Could you talk a little on the process of developing the main characters and how they came to the final result on screen? Did you have many different prototypes, how did you make them?</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zero and all of the characters are made from wire armatures set in silicone casts. We initially started with 10 cm and 15 cm tall prototypes but we were unable to obtain the desired range of movement. Our final characters were approximately 25 - 30cm tall. Once the puppets went through the armature, mold and casting production line, they were then passed onto Christine who put on her Fabrication hat and individually wrapped each one strand-by-strand with wool. This took 3 months full time to complete 27 characters which we then interchanged with 40+ heads and numbers. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">As Zero was in every scene his armature often snapped (sometimes mid shot) thus he required multiple stunt doubles. In the end there were 6 Zeros created, where all the knots, criss crossed wool and coloured thread needed to be matched exactly.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.zealouscreative.com/">Zealous Creative</a> have just completed post production on their latest stop motion animation, 'The Maker'. It's a story about a strange creature who races against time to create the most important and beautiful creation of his life. You can watch the trailer at <a href="http://vimeo.com/zealouscreative/themakertrailer">http://vimeo.com/zealouscreative/themakertrailer</a>. To see behind the scenes pics, keep up to date with news and screening info, visit <a href="http://facebook.com/themakerfilm">facebook.com/themakerfilm</a>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We also have a number of projects in different stages of development including a feature stop motion animation and live action TV series.</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-35428721219916068292011-06-16T07:00:00.004+10:002011-06-16T07:00:00.382+10:00MIAF Feature: Gravity - Darcy Prendergast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Image Source: Provided by <a href="http://www.ohyeahwow.com/">Darcy Prendergast</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today we are talking to <a href="http://www.ohyeahwow.com/">Darcy Prendergast</a> about the music video clip 'Gravity' which he created for muscian <a href="http://www.sambuckingham.com/">Sam Buckingham</a>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Gravity will be screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival on Saturday 25th June at 4:15pm as part of the Australian Showcase.</strong></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about Gravity and some of the concepts and theme’s within the video clip?</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">To coincide with the cute, simple track, I decided to run with an equally cute, simple concept. Nothing too challenging or visually confusing. Essentially its a love story involving two bright yellow blobs, who are initially frightened by a strong gravitational pull towards each other. Their vibrant nature sets them apart from the bleak, grey 9-5 landscape which they inhabit.<br />
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<strong>Can you tell us a little about what inspired the look of the music video? What made you decide to use stop motion animation instead of other animation techniques? </strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Stop motion has that beautiful, inherent tactile quality that just cant be replicated any other way. Its always my first choice, I heart it so so much. As far as the look goes, I wanted to again keep within the simple and cute parameters the song seemed to set. Its no use juxtaposing ridiculously demonic visuals with a song like that- it just doesn't work. I think as a music video clip director, you're obligated to heighten the track- hell, overshadow it if you can. You want the two artforms to converge and form something thats 10 fold more powerful than they would be on its own. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I've adopted a pretty visceral approach to character design. I never draw or sculpt with a preconceived image in my head. I just begin, and adjust as I go. If something looks good, I keep it. If something looks crap, I change it. With such uncomplicated characters such as these blobs, its all in the expression and the posture, as you dont have much else to work with. Its boiled right down to its elementary form. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Hells yes there are! Currently working on a new music video for Gotye, writing a live action TV series and I have a clay animated kids series in development with Nickelodeon, titled the Critter Litter. The other stop motion lads selected for MIAF are actually helping me out with it - incestuous old industry this one :)</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-40117462753984394312011-06-15T07:00:00.002+10:002011-06-15T07:00:04.066+10:00MIAF Feature: Remembering Bonegilla - David Pennay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Our <a href="http://www.miaf.net/">MIAF</a> feature today is with <a href="http://www.3handstudios.com/">David Pennay</a> talking about his film Remembering Bonegilla.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about the story of Remembering Bonegilla and some of the concepts and themes within the film?</strong><br />
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Remembering Bonegilla was created to look at life in the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre through the eyes of three different fictional characters 'The Colonel', 'Mara' and 'Joe' each highlighting a different perspective of how life was to them at Bonegilla. The animation was to be used as an educational tool to be shown on site at "Block 19” at The Bonegilla Migrant Experience (museum) .</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre was the first Australian home for more than 300,000 migrants from over 50 countries. Today the centre touches the lives of millions of Australian's and stands as strong testimony to the courage and resilience of all post war migrants.<br />
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I tried to give a small taste of the variety of experiences that some of the migrants experienced including themes such as the carefree life of a child to the protests of the jobless Migrants.<br />
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Initially I was not going to enter this animation into MIAF as it is part of the onsite educational experience that was not made to be a stand alone short film, but i thought that most people would get the gist anyhow.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about what inspired the look of the film? What made you decide to use stop motion animation instead of other animation techniques?</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The look of the film had to reflect the lives of the 3 characters and what Bonegilla would have been like when it operated between 1947-71. So I went and visited the site and looked through the old corrugated huts that they used to live in to help me visualise and be able to create a real sense of the camp.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Stop motion is one of my favourite forms of animation, and when my clients said I could have free range in the artistic sense (as long as it suited their target audience) I jumped on the chance to shoot in stop motion, I really love getting my hands dirty and building sets and sculpting characters, it gets you away from the computer and you really feel like you are making something tactile, a small world that you become immersed in.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Could you talk a little on the process of developing the main characters and how they came to the final result on screen. Did you have many different prototypes? How did you make them?</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">With the characters I had rough sketches of each of how I envisaged them being. I tried to reflect their roles and personality as I was given a fair bit of background history about each characters mixture, and just went from there doing research and then sketching again. I did a few rough practice sculpts then began to build the characters with a wire armature inside.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As sculpting is very tactile i try to let the characters come out of the clay with the drawing just as a guide. I had to make mouth sets for the characters and played around with two different techniques, with the Colonel I used a replacement mouth set that i made where his whole jaw comes out, whereas with Joe I just had small mouths that attach to his face which is a lot easier, as there was a lot of lip synching.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The capturing of the right voice for each character was curicial as it helps the characters come to life, and I was lucky enough to actually use the voice of one of the original migrants, he had some amazing stories to tell, whilst I was recording.<br />
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With my sets I used as much recycled and reused materials as I could, collecting heaps of old cardboard boxes to help make the corrugation walls and roofs of the huts.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Are there any future projects you can tell us about - stop motion or otherwise?</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">At the moment I have a couple of stop motion projects up my sleeves but they are still at the scripting stage, I am also currently working in conjunction with Croydon Hills Primary School as part of Arts Victoria, Artist in Schools Program, Helping grade 5 students create 3 separate stop motion animations. I also run after school animation classes at FCAC, my free lance work and also some collaborative projects which all keeps me very busy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Remembering Bonegilla can be viewed on site at the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre (north east victoria 12km of Albury Wodonga) or their <a href="http://www.bonegilla.org.au/education/remembering/">website</a>.</div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206932959507069401.post-4275257078022721952011-06-14T07:00:00.002+10:002011-06-14T07:00:01.202+10:00MIAF Feature: Blown Away - Seamus Spilsbury<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Blown Away will be screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival on Wednesday 22nd June at 8pm as part of the International Panorama Programs - Panorama #4: Australian.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The film is about a clown who shares an unexpected moment with a small boy that helps him deal with the loss of his brother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When the concept of the film first came about, I had strong ideas that I wanted to create a subtle moment between two characters. I didn’t want to have a grand ending, but just to offer the audience hope for my character in the future.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to represent the innocence of a child in the sense that regardless of how the clown may appear to an adult, the boy sees the clown as an entertainer and is there to make people laugh. When the balloon pops the boy experiences a moment in which reality becomes clearer, in this instance the boy looks past the clown's exterior, and sees an opportunity to help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Can you tell us a little about what inspired the look of the film? What made you decide to use stop motion animation instead of other animation techniques?</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The look of the film developed over time. I had an idea in my head to begin with but in terms of the final results it was an organic process. To begin with I thought that the film should have a cold tone with lots of blue shades to reflect the clowns feelings of loss and isolation. After trialling this colour scheme I thought using a warmer palette would further demonstrate the clowns loneliness and create a more meaningful contrast between the clown and the environment for the audience. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I chose to use stop motion because it is the medium that I know and that I love. From start to finish you are creating with your hands, you are physically involved with making the film. I am not a fan of using visual effects or computer animation. Stop motion allows me to shoot everything in camera, although it may not be photo realistic it lends a certain charm that can only be created by hand. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The clown design ended up being based on the first drawing I did. A few minor changes were made in terms of clothing but the over all look remained the same. The boy was slightly harder, mainly because I wasn’t sure how old I wanted him to be. I ended up basing him on my 7 year old nephew. After this decision was made the design process was easier, it was great for animation also, it provided a real life reference on how the character would move and interact with the clown. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The clown was built to be stationary, only his top half could be animated. His pants and hands were made from Sculpy because they did not have to be animated. His torso was made from plasticine in order to animate small arm movements, breathing and slouching. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The boy’s armature was technically more difficult because he had to be able to run, jump and crouch. For the boys armature I used K&S tubing as pivot points for his hips and shoulders. I wanted to be able to replace a limb in the likely event that the wire broke due to the intensity of the animation. This process allowed me to rebuild the small sections of the boy’s armature instead of having to re-sculpt the entire character. </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Are there any future projects you can tell us about stop motion or otherwise?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve just started production on my third year film, which is also stop motion. I’m also working with Darcy Prendergast and the <a href="http://www.ohyeahwow.com/">Oh Yeah Wow</a> crew creating a variety of amazing pieces of work. So stay tuned.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>And on that note I might just add at the end here that we will be talking to Darcy on Thursday about his film Gravity!</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394935657410258764noreply@blogger.com0