TheFilmo http://thefilmo.com Digital filmmaker who lives on the internet. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:16:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sea Cave http://thefilmo.com/sea-cave/ http://thefilmo.com/sea-cave/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:47:36 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=817 “Fractions of a summer flowing with glimmering oceans and floating memories.”

There are many reasons why I both love and hate the DSLR video revolution. This right here is one of the reasons I love it.Without the revolution many videos like Sea Cave just wouldn’t exist. Go on holiday, take your camera with. Shoot.

Made by Benjamin Dowie

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The Beach Party music video is the first music video ever shot exclusively on the Lomography ‘LomoKino’ camera in South Africa. What is the LomoKino? Bringing analogue back to the movies, the LomoKino is a Lomography movie camera that shoots short, creative movies on 35mm film.

 

This from director, Dylan Culhane:

“I actually started getting serious with photography via Lomography about 10 years ago. The ethos of spontaneity and the gritty analogue aesthetic really drew me in… in fact, the ‘don’t think just shoot’ philosophy has really informed a lot of my subsequent work. When I first heard about the LomoKino I knew it was a toy I had to play with. Rio (Allen) managed to get his hands on the very first one in the country, and approached me to shoot something on it. We knew early on that we wanted to do a music video and set about trying to find a band whose music suited the loose, raw Lomo aesthetic. Beach Party had just started playing a few gigs in Cape Town, and we knew they were perfect as soon as we heard them. Luckily they were very keen on the idea, and agreed to collaborate on this production. They were so much fun to work with – we literally just spent a day fucking around in different parts of Cape Town, documenting the shenanigans like a creepy uncle with an 8mm camera. It was a really challenging process, figuring out how to develop and scan all the images to create a video, but Exposure Gallery were really generous in donating and scanning the film, and Orms did all the developing for us. Ultimately it’s a stop motion animation comprised of thousands of still images shot on a range of 35mm Lomography film – the footage is entirely ungraded. The result was even better than we expected, and I think Beach Party’s infectious surf-rock track is the perfect accompaniment to this visual experiment.”

Directed, photographed, and edited by Dylan Culhane
Produced by Riordan Allen
Styling by Alex Price

Special thanks to Fernando Badiali at Exposure Gallery/Lomography ZA, Francois Nel and Larry Leyden at Orms, Regardt Voges, Fay Jackson, and of course Beach Party.

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A friend of mine shared this video on facebook yesterday and I was completely blown away by it. The film, a highly visual emotional roller coaster, crisscrosses the best and worst times in the central characters relationships. Every aspect of this film is exquisite, from the cinematography, sound design and editing to the direction and performance. Honestly one of the best shorts I have ever seen.

Cast: Rebecca Calder + Max Wrottesley

Director: Rob Chiu.

Producer: Dan Turner.

Executive Producers: Daniel Bergmann + Robert Herman.

Written by Ben Fogg from a story by Rob Chiu. “After A While” by Veronica A. Shoffstall.

Director of Photography: Paul O’Callaghan.

Editor: Rob Chiu.

Music / Sound Design: Ben Lukas Boysen.

Styling: Beth Deakin.

]]> http://thefilmo.com/the-division-of-gravity/feed/ 0 The Forest Xylophone http://thefilmo.com/the-forest-xylophone/ http://thefilmo.com/the-forest-xylophone/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:37:53 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=798 I’m not quite sure what I can say to describe this film. It is honestly one of the most bizarre/amazing/ridiculous pieces of filmmaking I have ever seen. I don’t want to spoil it plus the description is in Japanese so there is not more that I can say about it. Just watch it.

 

]]> http://thefilmo.com/the-forest-xylophone/feed/ 0 BEES! http://thefilmo.com/bees/ http://thefilmo.com/bees/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:31:05 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=794 I couldn’t help but share this rad little clip from Jesse Rosten. Jesse is a filmmaker. Jesse also made my favourite video of all time: Growing is Forever.

BEES! video shot at 300fps on a Red Epic.

Rad.

]]> http://thefilmo.com/bees/feed/ 0 Borrowing the past http://thefilmo.com/borrowing-the-past/ http://thefilmo.com/borrowing-the-past/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:28:43 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=789 New video out from one of my favourite online fimmakers, Eliot Rausch from Phos Pictures. There is no better short form storyteller out there and the dude pretty much has rock star status on vimeo. Check out his work here.

Director / Editor: Eliot Rausch
Director of Photography: Julian Tovar
Inspired by Darren Rouanzoin
Written and read by: Roger Stewart
In collaboration with Peter Guinta

Mix by Adam Taylor

 

]]> http://thefilmo.com/borrowing-the-past/feed/ 0 MEGAMAN RAPS! http://thefilmo.com/megaman-raps/ http://thefilmo.com/megaman-raps/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:26:34 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=785 I found this gem of a video through NicePeter (The guy behind Epic Rap Battles Of History). These guys are making rap videos of computer game characters, pretty rad,

Check out their youtube account here to see the rest of what they have done.

Produced by Maker Studios

Directed by Rawn

Shot and edited by Blake Oneal

]]> http://thefilmo.com/megaman-raps/feed/ 0 The man who lived on his bike http://thefilmo.com/the-man-who-lived-on-his-bike/ http://thefilmo.com/the-man-who-lived-on-his-bike/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:36:20 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=780 This little short, shot on a GoPro Hero and made by Guillaume Blanchet, is a piece dedicated to his cyclist father Yves Blanchet.

He says: “I love being on a bike. It helps me feel free. I get it from my dad.”

]]> http://thefilmo.com/the-man-who-lived-on-his-bike/feed/ 0 Spoek Mathambo – Father Creeper (Album Trailer) http://thefilmo.com/spoek-mathambo-father-creeper-album-trailer/ http://thefilmo.com/spoek-mathambo-father-creeper-album-trailer/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:03:47 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=777 Spoek talks about his upcoming album, Father Creeper, and discusses his music, his process and his collaborations with other musicians.

Directed by Romain Cieutat

]]> http://thefilmo.com/spoek-mathambo-father-creeper-album-trailer/feed/ 0 Alexander Wang Campaign feat. Die Antwoord http://thefilmo.com/spring-2012-t-by-alexander-wang-campaign-featuring-die-antwoord/ http://thefilmo.com/spring-2012-t-by-alexander-wang-campaign-featuring-die-antwoord/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:42:54 +0000 thefilmo http://thefilmo.com/?p=773 Spring 2012 T by Alexander Wang video featuring Die Antwoord and their new single Fatty Boom Boom.

Director: Daniel Jackson
Art Director: Christopher Simmonds
Cinematography & Editing: Alexander Dynan
Stylist: Alastair McKimm
Makeup: Hannah Murray
Talent: Die Antwoord
Casting: Anita Bitton
Song: Fatty Boom Boom by Die Antwoord

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