macro vision

Sometimes, it's just more interesting looking at things close up.

macro kingdom from clemento on Vimeo.

EXT. MADISON IN AUTUMN - NIGHT

Here is a video that was shot and edited by Nathan Clarke, owner of Fourth Line Films.
He recently held a workshop in Madison on the new trend of shooting HD video with DSLR cameras. When asked about this project, he said "I went out at night twice (I wish it was a little more windy when I went.) The first time, I focused on trees, but I found after a while that traffic could get some cool results. So the second time, I did some tree shots, but also tried to set up some interesting street scenes." Enjoy.


Camera: Canon 5D mark II (DSLR)
Equipment: Tripod
Approach: Taking a series of stills as fast as the shutter can move.
Details: ISO was at 3200; shutter speed was usually around 1/30th.

Madison | Fall | Night from Nathan Clarke on Vimeo.

OK Go - End Love

Check out this fantastic new video from OK Go, for their track "End Love". 21 hours shot in a single take - once again proving you don't need crazy technical skills to create brilliant work, just a good idea and the patience to see it through. Amazing!

childhood toy + animation program

If you're a star wars fan, you'll appreciate this one.

AT-AT day afternoon from Patrick Boivin on Vimeo.

Missing Pages; a movie reminiscent of La Jetée

Inspired from the 1962 French short film La Jetée, writer/director Jerome Olivier has created a hauntingly innovative approach to narrative filmmaking.

It is the “story-telling”, not just the story, that makes Missing Pages distinct. The entire film, which runs 24 minutes, has been shot using a digital still camera. The images were then composited in three-dimensional layers, and virtual cameras were used to move through them, with many, many stylish techniques — a process the filmmakers dub “fotomation”.

Enjoy.

-BA







Here is a podcast w/ the director, Jerome Olivier, about creating the story, the look and post-production.

The making of Missing Pages podcast

banksy art work samples

Street art disaster at its best

One word can often represent the most simple and beautiful of a design media. In the media that is graffiti art, that word is Banksy. The art prankster of the world has dazzled us, marking his territory in some of the largest cities. With his distinctive stenciling technique, as well as his political art stunts, he IS the face, or at least the voice of the underground graffiti world. Check out the trailer for his new film that is being called "the world's first street art disaster movie."

The new route to fame

So, what's that? You want to create a video that will get you noticed and make you a well-known director? Then you'd better take notes on the viral video Ataque de Panico!, from previously-unknown filmmaker Federico Alvarez. The budget was a mere $500.

View the video here:

Welcome to Madison Media Creative

Consider this an anything-and-everything sharing blog for the soon-to-be professionals at Madison Media Institute. This is a venue for sharing any samples that catch your eye from the worlds of video, design, animation, recording, and other media; for discussing the interesting, the cool, and the "what do you think about this?" as you gather samples from all over the web.

As the purpose of this blog is for research and learning, criticism is naturally welcome, but it must be constructive and supported in detail.

So let's get to it!

-BA