August 29, 2012
August 28, 2012
Tom Beg - Projection Mapping
Here's a Projection Mapping project produced as the final piece of Tom Beg's MA degree at UCA Rochester. Inspired by James Turrell, Dan Flavin, Keith Sonnier, Olafur Eliasson and a number of other artists and practitioners, Tom set about creating a projection installation aboard LV21 - a decommissioned lightship currently moored at Gillingham Pier in the county of Kent in the United Kingdom.
In order to develop content for the animations, he worked in conjunction with an event called International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend - a worldwide amateur radio festival dedicated to the education and continued practice of radio and Morse code communication. The animations feature messages written in Morse code as visualised by dots and dashes.
See more here and here.
Talking Funny - HBO Special
Very informative talks about the styles, techniques and timing of comedy.
August 27, 2012
The Art of Animation and Motion Graphics
Animation has been captivating audiences for more than a hundred years. From classic forms like hand drawn and stop-motion, to cutting-edge techniques like motion graphics and CGI, animation has a long history of creating style and poetry unachievable through live action filmmaking. It is a tool for educating, a place for experimentation and play, and a way of telling personal stories that reach the viewer with powerful visual metaphors.
Featuring:
John Canemaker, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canemaker
Jesse Thomas, Jess3 http://jess3.com/
Justin Cone, http://motionographer.com/
Julia Pott http://www.juliapott.com/
Additional artists featured:
Dani Wolf https://vimeo.com/daniwolf
Lorcan O'Shanahan http://lorcanoshanahan.com
K.U. Schneider http://www.ku-schneider.com
silja https://vimeo.com/lasilja
Emrah Gonulkirmaz https://vimeo.com/default
Phil Borst https://vimeo.com/philborst
Mario Brauer https://vimeo.com/algoriddim
Ion Lucin http://www.behance.net/ionL
AAU VFX http://www.movecraft.com
Michiel Verweij https://vimeo.com/michielverweij
Michael Pelton https://vimeo.com/user1410263
Simon Bronson https://vimeo.com/simonbronson
Andriy Blyznyuk https://vimeo.com/abcreativemind
Nicolas Lichtle https://vimeo.com/nicolaslichtle
Mike Polak https://vimeo.com/goutmoment
Ed Rhine https://vimeo.com/user2971882
Daniel Savage https://vimeo.com/somethingsavage
Nicholas Polowy https://vimeo.com/npolowy
Francesco Indaco https://vimeo.com/bewegendebeelden
VinhSon Nguyen http://www.creativedojo.net/
Anders Goberg https://vimeo.com/agoberg
Music:
Henrik Jose - http://soundcloud.com/henrikjose
Professor Kliq - http://soundcloud.com/professorkliq
Mindthings - http://music.mindthings.net/album/lifes-path-reissue
Kynset - http://soundcloud.com/kynset
Bliss - http://soundcloud.com/blisshenrikjose/bliss-do-you-remember-how-it
Grace Valhalla - http://soundcloud.com/grace-valhalla
Hack The System - http://soundcloud.com/hackthesystem
More Off Book:
Our last video on Glitch Art: http://youtu.be/gr0yiOyvas4
We took a look at The Art of Logo Design: http://youtu.be/x3jTSB2ez-g
A sweet piece on the amazing Worlds of Viral Video: http://youtu.be/eWTx-NDCwSk
A meditation on slow-motion, time-lapse, photo micrography, and astrophotography: http://youtu.be/nWX4O7K5pyA
Our short documentary on The Evolution of 8-Bit Art: http://youtu.be/xYL1DsY8GMI
Follow Off Book:
Twitter: @pbsoffbook
Tumblr: http://pbsarts.tumblr.com/
Produced by Kornhaber Brown: http://www.kornhaberbrown.com
August 26, 2012
Jerry Nelson
On August 23rd, veteran puppeteer and master muppet performer Jerry Nelson passed away at the age of 78.Nelson puppeteered close to 1,000 characters created by the famed Jim Henson during his 47-year career. He is credited for 120 of these character performances, and was one of the original muppeteers with Jim Henson and Frank Oz.
His most notable characters included Gobo on Fraggle Rock; The Count, Herry Monster, Sherlock Hemlock, Mr. Johnson, Simon Soundman, Little Jerry, Farley, Biff, Herbert Birdsfoot, and Snuffy (1971-1978) on Sesame Street; and he performed Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Uncle Deadly, Robin the Frog, Louis Kazagger, Fleet Scribbler, J.P. Grosse, and Slim Wilson on The Muppet Show.
Nelson was a major part of other projects featuring Jim Henson's Muppets, including the 1984 movie "The Muppets Take Manhattan" and other television series including the 1980s "Fraggle Rock" and 1990s "Muppets Tonight."
In recent years, Nelson gave up the physically demanding job of operating the Count and other puppets on "Sesame Street" but still voiced the characters. The show's new season launches in September and Nelson's voice will be heard.
August 25, 2012
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