Laura Stevenson – “State” (Official Video)

 Laura Stevenson is going the self-titled route for her sixth full-length album, a move that somehow feels appropriate for the singer-songwriter, who is perpetually underrated and ahead of the curve, as we explored when she released her last album The Big Freeze in 2019. Stevenson wrote the album while she was pregnant with her first child. It was produced by John Angnello and features longtime collaborator Jeff Rosenstock.

Laura Stevenson is being introduced with “State,” a glowering track that alternates between hushed intimacy and furious bashing. “I’m in a state, but I stay polite,” Stevenson sings on it. “It keeps me alive/ It’s easier, right?”

“Someone I love was hurt and almost killed by another person and I was so absolutely consumed with this level of rage that I had never known before and it was really powerful and frightening but somehow freeing when I was willing to just let it wash over me,” Stevenson said of the track in a statement.

Natalia Lafourcade y Meme - "Limosna"

Dir. Floria Gonzalez - Dir. Art. Alejandra Alarcón

Music video by Natalia Lafourcade a Dueto con Meme (Emmanuel Del Real) performing Limosna. (C) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.

Paperman - Full Animated Short Film

The Disney animated short Paperman is up for an Oscar this year. The technique used to produce it is a combination of hand-drawn art and computer animation, giving it the feel of a classic Disney film.

Paperman‘s seemingly seamless way of blending the personality of hand-drawn animation with CGI in the physical space of the story is the result of new in-house software called Meander, a vector-based drawing program that allows for manipulation of the line after the fact — something that Kahrs described as “just like painting on the surface of the CG.”

In practice, it successfully blends the best of both forms of animation together in way they’ve never been seen before. Depicting George and Meg as flat, drawn characters keeps them safely out of the uncanny valley that even the best CGI sometimes can’t avoid and somehow makes them seem more real; other sequences, like the multiple paper airplanes zooming through the air, would be far less convincing and far more time-consuming if rendered without the help of computer generated imagery.  

The plot? Boy meets girl, of course. Link

Jessie Ware – “Night Light”

Jessie Ware’s elegantly smooth debut album Devotion is one of the great surprises of 2012, and she’s starting to look just as assured onscreen as she sounds on record. Her new video for the album track “Night Light” pushes the track’s British-soul vibe even deeper into the the early ’90s, giving a glamorous high-contrast black-and-white sheen to everyone involved. It’s like something David Fincher would’ve put together for Madonna in 1993. Chris Sweeney directs, and Ware’s boyfriend and sister both make appearances.

Slow Club - Two Cousins

The brilliant video for the new single - Two Cousins - taken from their forthcoming new album, out in September.

Directed by Lucy Needs.

The Vacant Lots - "Cadillac"

THE VACANT LOTS
"Cadillac"
Mexican Summer
Visuals by Anthony Gross
and Hector Hoppin

Renart - Voyage Chromatique

Renart ~ Voyage Chromatique
Real ~ Ugo bienvenu / kevin manach
Label ~ Dawn Records
Prod ~ Miyu Productions

SINGLE OUT ON NOVEMBER 29th

The Veils – “Nux Vomica” (Miss Daisy Cutter) + 3D Stereoscopic version

Disney meets Pink Floyd’s the Wall in this animated music video. “Miss Daisy Cutter” is animated, directed and produced by Laen Sanches and features the song “Nux Vomica” by The Veils. If you’ve got those red and blue glasses, check out the 3D Stereoscopic version!

The Veils – “Nux Vomica” (Miss Daisy Cutter) 3D Stereoscopic version



Credits:
Produced, directed & animated by Laen Sanches
Music: “Nux Vomica” by The Veils
(P) 2006 Rough Trade Records Limited
Licensed courtesy of Rough Trade Records Limited
roughtraderecords.com
© 2010 Laen Sanches

The Eagleman Stag - Trailer

A Trailer for my new film, The Eagleman Stag. I wish I could show you the whole thing right now but I fear I must wait until the festival circuit has had its fill. Visit mikeyplease.co.uk or follow me on twitter.com/MisterPlease for updates of when and where it will be screening next. p.s. The first person to figure out the age of Peter and his son will get a special prize.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM

"BIG BANG BIG BOOM:
an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.
better video quality here: http://blublu.org/sito/blog/?p=777
direction and animation by BLU
http://www.blublu.org
production and distribution by ARTSH.it
http://www.artsh.it
sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

sorry for the low video/audio quality, it is made for bigger screens and good speakers
better resolution video here:

many thanks to (in random order):
xm24 bologna, csoa mezzacanaja, ericailcane, robert rebotti, andrea bagni, paper resistance, studiocromie, rifrazioni festival, sasso passo, sibe, festival de cine experimental de maldonado (uruguay), gianluigi toccafondo, orilo, maria de brea, bs as stencil, run don't walk, franco fasoli, modo infoshop, pietro and icone festival, doma, cesare romani, popup festival and all the blu's family

Nuit Blanche

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

spyfilms.com - Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy. Watch the "Making of" here - vimeo.com/9076775

Couple years ago, it seemed everyone and their mother was shooting with a Phantom camera, capturing life’s minutiae in ultra slow-motion. While the results were often beautiful, without any genuine motivation, the practice felt empty. And so it passed.

But when slow motion cinematography has a point—ah, that’s something different, isn’t it?

I submit exhibit A, “Nuit Blance,” a short film directed by Spy Films‘ Arev Manoukian. Set in a film noir Paris, the film captures a surprisingly violent moment of connection between two strangers attracted to each other with such magnetism that neither panes of glass nor speeding vehicles can keep them apart.

The entire film is told in slow-motion, with sculptural explosions of glass and water enshrining the two would-be lovers like heavenly gossamer. The elongated seconds echo the longing each character feels for the other, and time itself seems to be an expression of their aching desires.

Directed by: Arev Manoukian
Produced by: Stephanie Swedlove & Arev Manoukian
VFX by: Marc-Andre Gray
Music by: Samuel Bisson
Starring: Michael Coughlan & Megan Lindley
Cinematographer: Arev Manoukian
Casting: Jeff Marshall
Assistant Director: Andrew Cividino
Production Designer: Arev Manoukian & Marc-Andre Gray
Art Director / Costumes - Dan Levy
Camera Operator: Jay Pavao
Camera Assistant: Max Armstrong
Gaffer: Alan Poon
Editor: Arev Manoukian
Compositor / Animator: Marc-Andre Gray
Effects Supervisors: Marc-Andre Gray & Arev Manoukian
Additional Compositing: Arev Manoukian
Matte Painter: Pat Lau
Colourist: Andre Chlebak