I'd like to say first of all, this is SMG's 200th post! So happy 200th everyone! I'd share my celebration cake with you but it doesn't share, Google +, post, or another type of virtual sharing very well...
My first [short flick] internet find is this really awesome music video entitled Cicada Princess. It has a Short of The Week award [http://www.shortoftheweek.com]. Which you can find the webpage here: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/01/22/cicada-princess/. The film's composition was by Jesse Solomon Clark. Fantastic soundtrack! I will say with the utmost certainty, Clark's performance has a certain brilliance in the music, it just speaks to your heart in a weird way. Cicada Princess, and I'm just going to say it straight: is a beautiful epic. Also, it's not Stop Motion! It's puppetry! Some of the most beautiful puppetry I've seen since Jim Henson passed anyway. The film has a very beautiful and poetic narration, which is by Stephen Fry. Princess includes magnificent lines like:
Link: http://vimeo.com/84058031
Cicada Princess from Jesse Solomon Clark on Vimeo.
For a list of the full credit's go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474128/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt.
Next short film pick is Sasquatch Rides! Now this short is actually Stop Motion, and has some of the best charter animation I've seen in a music video. It would seem that every two years or so we will get a great, interesting, slightly obscure video for slightly obscure music. Stop Motion is... appropriate, in the case of this film's storytelling aspect. I also think that the harry eyeball with eyes is one of the coolest puppets with fur that I've seen in a while. The puppets were made, and the film was directed by Lars C Larsen. Dragon frame blog reports:
"Lars was a set-builder for Coraline and is currently a rigger on Boxtrolls."
Which I find to be very intriguing and, promising. Lars just might be the next Phil Tippett!
Music video: http://vimeo.com/83991375
Sepia Tones website: http://sepiatones.bandcamp.com
Sasquatch Rides! from Lars C Larsen
My first [short flick] internet find is this really awesome music video entitled Cicada Princess. It has a Short of The Week award [http://www.shortoftheweek.com]. Which you can find the webpage here: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/01/22/cicada-princess/. The film's composition was by Jesse Solomon Clark. Fantastic soundtrack! I will say with the utmost certainty, Clark's performance has a certain brilliance in the music, it just speaks to your heart in a weird way. Cicada Princess, and I'm just going to say it straight: is a beautiful epic. Also, it's not Stop Motion! It's puppetry! Some of the most beautiful puppetry I've seen since Jim Henson passed anyway. The film has a very beautiful and poetic narration, which is by Stephen Fry. Princess includes magnificent lines like:
"Most folks, spend a lifetime looking for something. Cicadas have but two days... two nights..."
Link: http://vimeo.com/84058031
Cicada Princess from Jesse Solomon Clark on Vimeo.
For a list of the full credit's go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474128/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt.
Next short film pick is Sasquatch Rides! Now this short is actually Stop Motion, and has some of the best charter animation I've seen in a music video. It would seem that every two years or so we will get a great, interesting, slightly obscure video for slightly obscure music. Stop Motion is... appropriate, in the case of this film's storytelling aspect. I also think that the harry eyeball with eyes is one of the coolest puppets with fur that I've seen in a while. The puppets were made, and the film was directed by Lars C Larsen. Dragon frame blog reports:
"Lars was a set-builder for Coraline and is currently a rigger on Boxtrolls."
Which I find to be very intriguing and, promising. Lars just might be the next Phil Tippett!
Music video: http://vimeo.com/83991375
Sepia Tones website: http://sepiatones.bandcamp.com
Sasquatch Rides! from Lars C Larsen
Music and Production Design By: Tobin Robinson
Animated By: Suzanne Twining
Directed by: Lars C Larsen
Produced by: nanofarm.tv
Animated By: Suzanne Twining
Directed by: Lars C Larsen
Produced by: nanofarm.tv
Scenic elements: Charles Daniels
Puppets: Tobin Robinson and Lars C Larsen
Compositing: Suzanne Twining, Lars C Larsen
Puppets: Tobin Robinson and Lars C Larsen
Compositing: Suzanne Twining, Lars C Larsen
Drums and Track: Andrew Hodgson at the Shire
Mix: Antreo Pukay at Tell Tail Recording, Portland, Oregon
Mix: Antreo Pukay at Tell Tail Recording, Portland, Oregon
Super Big Thanks to: DOA, Anne Mueller, Mighty Pug, Heather Henson, Mark Mueller, Morgan Hay, The Achiever's Board, Rob Shaw, Molly Grebens, Omphemetse Olesitse
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