Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013

Cymbal - at 1000 frames per second



This cymbal from a regular drum kit was filmed at 1000 frames per second, giving it a rubber-like quality.

Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2013

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories



At a lecture, the american Science-Fiction (amongst other things) writer Kurt Vonnegut creates a visual representation of the way stories work.
The curves in his graph, representing the wellbeing of the hero in the story, are more reminiscent of a math lesson, than would classically be expected in literature class.

Sonntag, 13. Januar 2013

William Kentridge on his Animation Process



South African artist William Kentridge talks about his charcoal animations and how he goes about creating them.

Kentridge is well known for his thought provoking and sometimes playful prints, drawings, sculptures, animations and other art, created in various media.

Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2012

Robert Rodriguez - Film is Dead Part 1




Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez speaks about how the digital revolution in film changed the way he works and how it brought the fun into shooting and made it possible to "move at the speed of thought".

George Lukas brought Rodriguez to his ranch and opened his eyes to the world of digital at a very early stage.

In fact Desperado was already shot on digital back in 1995.


Samstag, 15. Dezember 2012

A conversation with Jim Jarmusch




Film director Jim Jarmusch speaks to Charlie Rose in 1995 about the film Dead Man (starring Johnny Depp as William Blake). They discuss the western genre as mythical allegory and Neil Young´s involvement with the soundtrack.

Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2012

DAVID LYNCH speaks about music, partying and scary clowns




David Lynch speaks to Noisey Creative Director Eddy Moretti about his album CRAZY CLOWN TIME and what lies behind some of the songs and lyrics.
He says of the characters in the music video to the song "Crazy Clown Time" that they engage in "Intense activity, driven by the music and driven by the beer."