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“The Music Scene” from Anthony Francisco Schepperd on Vimeo.

Near the Egress from antonio martinez on Vimeo.

Antonio Martinez spent a lot of time at a traveling circus, shooting dozens of rolls of 35mm black-and-white film. Then he made over 800 modern dryplate tintypes from the negatives, and then scanned them digitally, and then sequenced them artfully to produce this experimental stop-motion video.

I don’t know, there is just something alluring about that monkey.

Jean Painleve created amazing science films and dubbed the term “scientific-poetic cinema.”

Check out the great Kids Show from the Re:sound podcast produced by the Third Coast International audio festival.

Love this.

The Edifice segment from Saul Bass’s 1968 short film Why Man Creates. It won the Academy Award for documentary short subject.

Made in 1980. Inspired by his years as Joseph Cornell’s assistant, Jordan uses a fluid stop-motion technique with cutouts that evoke Max Ernst and Cornell’s collage work. Filmed with 16mm camera, and optical printer.

William Kentridge showing at the MOMA March 4 - Performance 8: I AM NOT ME, THE HORSE IS NOT MINE. LINK.

Part of the Performance Exhibition Series. This is in conjunction with the exhibition William Kentridge: Five Themes. LINK.

A nice drifting video for Eluvium by Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick.

Nick Veasy is a UK based photographer that uses extremely powerful x-ray cameras to photograph anything and everything that he wants to expose the insides of. This ranges from a simple leaf, to a Boeing jumbo jet. The work is stunning, and based on his recent TED talk, he plans to start shooting
x-ray video as well. Can’t wait to see that.

This is a really interesting collaborative film initiated by Simon Robson of Knife Party. They have just launched their website with an ongoing release of individual sections that will create the entire film.

Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez. {wikipedia}

Poem by Billy Collins, animation by Juan Delcan.

My favorite song off of their new record Teen Dream. Record also comes with a dvd with a music video for each song on it.

The Old Mill was a testing-ground for advanced animation techniques. Marking the first use of Disney’s multiplane camera, the film also incorporates realistic depictions of animal behavior, complex lighting and color effects, depictions of rain, wind, lightning, ripples, splashes and reflections, three-dimensional rotation of detailed objects, and the use of timing to produce specific dramatic and emotional effects. All of the lessons learned from making The Old Mill would subsequently be incorporated into Disney’s feature-length animated films, especially 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. {wikipedia}

Charming video from Molly Allis for the band Huff This. Molly also lent her drumming skills to this track.