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ECA - Beaulne - 07
Sunday; noun: traditionally the day of the week when people exert as little energy as possible.
All respects to René Magritte, of course.
I feel like discussing this would just bring me to new highs of pretentiousness, forcing me to punch myself.
But really, it’s just a parody of a far superior work. Also, I’d like to work with real film again someday. I sort of squandered my chance in first year.
GIFs from my Tuesday 10x10x14 film
Lundi - Film made for 10x10x14 days. The first film I made. The challenge was to make 10 films in 10 days. I named each film after a day of the week to keep me on schedule.
Lundi - Film made for 10x10x14 days. The first film I made. The challenge was to make 10 films in 10 days. I named each film after a day of the week to keep me on schedule.
GIF Set from my 10x10x14 film, Monday
ECA - Beaulne - 05
A film meant to be dedicated to Bulgarian filmmaker Donyo Donev.
Animated with Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
Unfortunately it received no sound. Perhaps I'll add some later.
The idea going into this was to work with puppets in After Effects, which I'd done a little with earlier in Second Year. For a single day's film, I was pleased with how much I was able to do. If you're wondering what was up with the hybrids, we were meant to create a film that addresed the work of Donyo Donev. My favourite short of his was the Intelligent Village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Su-8BNWXI.
It's a wonderful film that satirically addresses how the government was likely to solve problems while Donev was working there. Deciding to borrow the premise, I thought about recent articles I'd been reading about genetically modified foods and the damage its production is doing to the environment and human bodies. I particularly remember the story of farmers in Colombia being forced to plant genetically modified seeds that grow plants that do not have seeds themselves, forcing them to buy seeds the next year from the same supplier.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/colombians-successfully-revolt-against-seed-control-and-agricultural-tyranny/5352534
Other things I learned, such as the horomones used to help cows lactate that little extra to fill the cereal bowls of the American public instead of the comparitvely less demanding calf, have unknown hormonal effects on people. But frankly, I think I make enough estrogen on my own, thanks for offering.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/12.07/11-dairy.html
I decided to take a political stance as Donev did, hoping to imply that something as small as altering a fly would end up affecting everyone. Perhaps the needle originally supposed to 'alter' the fly would have helped that message, but somehow I forgot about it in that happy 3AM gap. And yes, the old lady who swallowed a fly was not far from my mind. Also, the frog's jaw repeatedly refused to render, and after I spent two hours trying to make it appear, I was forced to let my nemesis, Computer Problems, win once again. If I go back to add my own sound and fix the animation a bit, I may face that evil jaw once more.
I don't normally make films that take a stance on world events, but I do find meddling with the stuff that will eventually be re purposed into bits of Chantal to be worrisome.
So in reflection, this film needs a bit more work, and someone to volunteer to do the soundtrack. Takers? No? Guess it's time to multitask again.
ECA - Beaulne - 11 (Doomsday)
The last film, made in a few hours. Easy to miss what it's all about. I couldn't decide whether to take a perspective that would make the joke obvious, and perhaps funny, or to do what I eventually did, which was to almost hide it. If I remade it I might make it obvious second time around, but I think I like this version, in which the world ending is almost something you could miss. Instead of being dramtically lines up before the camera as I originally pictures, I decided to back off and make it something that happened in the periphery. No explosions, monsters, grand plots, superheroes or last minute fire fights. Call it my antiHollywood film if you must.
ECA - Beaulne - Dragostinov - 10
Saturn’s Day. Saturn is the god of agriculture and time. His festival is Saturnalia, which takes place on the Winter Solstice.
I remixed the sound to go with my piece. It's by St. Dragonstinov, and his wonderful choir. It was made from the bits and pieces I found in the animation room, with most of it coming from the materials abandoned by our tech, Neil, with the conclusion of his film. Bits of seagull feather, sea-worn rope, stones and seashells all came in handy, while the dried flowers were found tucked on a windowsill. Oh the treasure trove!
It was fun to explore time and mortality in the context of Saturday, a day a normally consider one of the most cheerful of the week.
