Tutorial

I did a tutorial that I missed two weeks ago with Andy yesterday. It helps me to stop thinking without direction. About my project, I really need to throw all these messy ideas, and think about the beginning of my aim. Andy showed some artists’ work which are really useful.

Andreas Gursky : The photo has a simple shape, outline, but a very busy complicated modern life or grid visually. It’s an obvious contrast between simplicity and complexity.
Andy gave an example that how to shoot it as a film to express the relationship.

Gursky's May Day V (2006), at Matthew Marks.

Power of Ten

Power of Ten : the film is made by Charles and Ray Eames in 1977. The film is all about scale, moving 10 times further every 10 seconds.

The relationship should be the main point, like a journey from simplicity to complexity. The big problem is how or in what way, like Andy suggested time, shot.
I must start filming ASAP, do some experiments.  At the same time, I have to move house next week, will be really busy.

Some artists as reference

I searched some more practicians who did many brilliant abstract films.

Len Lye (1901-1980) was a New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. (from wikipedia)

Color Cry
Swinging the Lambeth Walk 
a colour box

Jules Engel (1909-2003) was a Jewish-Hungarian American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, and director of live action and animated films, and teacher. (from wikipedia)

Swan
Silence

Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967) was an abstract animator, filmmaker and painter. (from wikipedia)

Early Abstractions
Fantasia

Norman Mclaren (1914-1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director. (from wikipedia)

Synchromy
Lines vertical

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I am preparing for my research paper as well. I want to discuss somthing about how to use simple visualization to give more immersion.

abstract painting

Paul Klee’s Flora on the Sand, which used rectangles of different sizes and colours to represent a complicated scene.

The cubes of different colors look like blurred focus on flora on the sand. Paul Klee reduced many details, and arranged these colors into cubes to get the abstract painting. The method is impressive.

research for outcomes

I’m still looking at more artists and works they did to get some inspirations for outcomes.

MTV HD Crow
A spot by PSYOP

Directed by Marie Hyon, Marco Spier
Design by Marie Hyon, Mate Steinforth, Mato Bilic
3D by Todd Akita, Alvin Bae, Dave Barosin, Laurent Barthalemy, Pakorn Bupphavesa, Damon Ciarelli, Kevin Estey, Jason Goodman, Ajit Menon, Naomi Nishimura, Melanie Tonkin, Lutz Vogel
Flame by Jamie Aguirre, Eben Mears, Joe Vitale
Roto by Ella Boliver, J Bush, Stephania Gallico, Carlos Rosario
Producer Angela Bowen, Lucia Grillo, Brett Goldberg, Chad Nau
Executive Producer Justin Booth-Clibborn

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Monographs by alextruchot.com
Sound by combustion.ws