Personal animation/video projects and experiments
Samba Snail Xmas (2012)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/56259755]
| Bit of flash foolishness created as an Xmas ecard |
| Duration : 0:21 |
| Techniques : Flash animation |
| Software : Flash |
| Music : Lobo Tren samba band |
Goodbye Cruel Shelf (2011)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27587581]
| I brought this articulated wooden hand a couple of years ago in the Tate shop, thinking ‘that’ll be useful for some stop-motion’… So now I’ve finally got around to it, here’s a little slice of life from the hand’s point of view…maybe |
| Duration : 3:53 |
| Techniques : Stop-motion |
| Software : After Effects Pro, Premiere Pro |
| Music : ‘Mother Earth’ by Lewis Simpkins |
River Dream : Southbank (2011)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/24462333]
| Audio/visual meditation on being by the river. Experimental personal work.The source material for this piece was gathered on the Southbank in London, one afternoon in August 2010 using a Panasonic Lumix Digital camera (images) and Nokia 5800 (sound)Best viewed fullscreen, with headphones. |
| Duration : 12:54 |
| Techniques : Ttreated video |
| Software : After Effects Pro, Premiere Pro |
| Music : Created from sound captured on site |
Jessica Rost : An Imaginary History (2009)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27049713 w=360 h=288]
| A 40th birthday present for my friend, artist Jessica Rost. It’s a mock documentary, and tribute to a striking and original artist. The images, and most of the ideas, come from Jessica’s work – all I’ve done is tried to bring them to life in as sympathetic and appropriate way as possible. |
| Duration : 7:13 |
| Techniques : Digital multiplane, pixelation, treated video |
| Software : Combustion, After Effects Pro, Premiere Pro |
| Music : ‘She’s not there’ – The Zombies, ‘Kashmir’ – Led Zepplin, ‘Sombre reptiles’ & ‘Third uncle’ – 801, Kinetica Bloco |
Year Turning (2009)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27012297 w=512 h=230]
| This started life as a poem I wrote years ago, illustrated simply in black and white. It’s a reflection on landscape and the changes wrought by the cycle of the seasons. Using the poem as a starting point, the film is an experiment in illustration/exploration of written/animated/spoken text. The simple graphic shapes come were the original illustrations to the poem. All the rest of the images were shot using a small compact digital camera…I’ve been mildy obsessed with collecting sequences of shots for a while now, and this is my first attempt at doing something useful with some of them. |
| Duration : 4:37 |
| Techniques : stop-frame sequences, text animations |
| Software : After Effects Pro, Premiere Pro |
| Music : All music played and recorded by me – low F and D whistles, Dumbeck |
Driven to Death (2007)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27057397 w=360 h=288]
| A collaboration with artist Jessica Rost. Everybody knows that there was once a form of wheeled life. That these strange creatures called ‘cars’ once roamed the earth along their tarmac tracks… Exciting new archeological discoveries now seems to challenge the accepted theories – could it be that they were just artefacts, in-animate things, after all ? |
| Duration : 7:41 |
| Techniques : Treated video, pixelation, vector animation |
| Software : Combustion, Premiere Pro |
| Music : ‘I like driving in my car’ – Madness |
Le Nozze de Carlo (2006)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27048636 w=360 h=288]
| A belated wedding present for my mad italian friend Carlo Gori, on the occasion of his marriage to the lovely Tomei. |
| Duration : 2:24 |
| Techniques : Pixelation, vector animation, digital multiplane |
| Software : Combustion, Premiere Pro |
| Music : ‘Le Nozze de Figaro – Overture’ – W A Mozart |
Falling down like snow (2001 -05)
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27011484 w=360 h=288]
| I can still remember how deeply shocked I was, watching the twin-towers collapsing and catching a part of myself thinking – ‘that’s beautiful’ This piece stems partly from that reaction, and also from hearing news reports about the weather conditions in afghanistan. An early experiment in Flash, udpated and re-created as a multiplane piece in Combustion. Still not completely satisfied….maybe I’ll come back to it sometime… |
| Duration : 1:53 |
| Techniques : Digital multiplane, flash |
| Software : Combustion, Flash, Premiere Pro |
Babel Flowers (2002)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27060276 w=360 h=288]
| Many voices, many languages (French, Polish, Lithuanian, English, Gaelic), one question – ‘can you understand me?’ If language separates us, what does it take to bring us together? Created for ‘Journeys – 2nd International Artists Symposium, Silbury Group’ held at Westbury Farm studios, August 2002 |
| Duration : 3:23 |
| Techniques : Digital multiplane |
| Software : Combustion, Premiere |
Is there anyone there ? (2002)
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27011816 w=360 h=288]
| As a performance storyteller, I find myself imaginatively inhabiting the world of the story. If it’s working properly, each person in the audience will also find themselves ‘in’ the story as well. This version of a simple Indian folktale arose out of a simple question – ‘is it possible to do the same thing through film ?’ You’ll have to decide for yourself – for me, it’s an ongoing investigation. |
| Duration : 1.38 |
| Techniques : Pixelation, roto-scoped video, digital multiplane |
| Software : Combustion, Premiere |