Today I talk to Brazilian director Guilherme Marcondes who started his career as an illustrator before becoming an animator and director. His fantastic animation Tyger was inspired by William Blake’s well-known poem The Tyger, and melds the work of puppeteers Cia. Stromboli with stills and Illustrator characters to produce an enthralling tale of hidden reality. …
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DN007: Pikapika
Joining me from Tokyo are Nagata Takeshi and Monno Kazue of creative company Tochka and their long-time collaborator Tachikwa Ritsuko who with the Pikapika project, have discovered a brand new form of animation. Lightning Doodle Project – Pikapika (2005-2006) This is an abstract animation film made with the flashlights. A photograph of each image using …
DN005: Ionisation – Flat-e
Visual collective Flat-e join us on this week’s Directors Notes podcast to discuss their re-imagined experimental piece Ionisation and why you don’t want to call them VJs! Ionisation (2005) A hyper-edit to a specially produced score by Ultre. The project began life as a film to accompany a performance by the London Sinfonietta of Edgard …
DN004: One – Philip Day
Today we take a break from the live action of the last few shows and talk to animator Philip Day about his all encompassing animation One. Philip is not only responsible for the direction in his films, but for every single aspect right down to the sound edit. One (2006) One book in a vast …
City Paradise – Gaëlle Denis
London can be an unnerving city when you’re from out of town. Good job singing subterranean aliens are on hand to dispel the outsider blues.
Another Song About Guilt and Death – Bob Dixon
Bob Dixion presents a neon romance road movie music video for Cheeseburger’s Another Song about Guilt and Death
Dialog – Stephen Irwin
Robot suicides lead the creator to look in on the inhabitants of the miniture town Clusterville in Stephen Irwin’s animation Dialog