Hope For Film

I Am Not Your Grandma — But She Might Be

tedhope — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:45 +0000

I REALLY like this video. It was a great way to start my morning. Brian Newman had tipped me to it, but it had sat in my ToWatch box too long. Glad it escaped.

Must Watch: More Projection Mapping!

tedhope — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:52 +0000

Is projection mapping the greatest thing since sliced bread? How can there be film festivals these days that do not feature this? It is too cool.

Thanks to Emily Johnson for the tip!

Update: That video went down, but here’s another example of projection mapping:

This Is A Future Of Film (And My Fave Film Of 2010)

tedhope — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:49:59 +0000

Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

Let’s Animate All Our Favorite Films

tedhope — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:00:42 +0000

Imagine a world where we draw tributes to all our favorite films. Thanks to VHX for tipping me to this

Journey Around The World In Under 5 Minutes

tedhope — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:00:45 +0000

I have long been working on a film about a man who walks around the world. Maybe the walking has been the problem. It’s slow food for a fast food world. Perhaps the film should have been this instead…

17 Countries. 343 Days. 6237 Photographs.

WARNING: this short will make you want to quit your day job and travel.

Thanks to ThisIsColossal for the tip.

Oh Yeah Wow! Great work with a great name.

tedhope — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:00:02 +0000

Rippled from Oh Yeah Wow on Vimeo.

My friend Dan McGuire tipped me to this great video that ThisIsColossal.com sourced. Beyond being truly beautiful and incredibly well executed, the animators have a name (“Oh Yeah Wow”)I am jealous of — and that doesn’t happen too often.

I love that I can be inspired every day and still know that I am not seeing even close to all there is. There’s so much great work out there. May it never end. Oh yeah wow.

Films Are Magic

tedhope — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:30:07 +0000

How great is it to be lost into a short, transported, and then to recognize — know again — what you have known for so long: that movies are magic.

Out Of A Forest from Tobias Gundorff Boesen on Vimeo.

Okay I really like The National, and I really like stop motion, and beautiful lighting — and yes there is a part of me that is a sucker for both nostalgia, innocence lost, and cute furry animals, so…

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One Of My Fave Cinema Moments Of 2011

tedhope — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:57:28 +0000

It was at the only projected WorkInProgress screening we had for Martha Marcy May Marlene. The film was submitted to Sundance on a 6 week cut and Sean Durkin had to lock at 8 weeks to get in done in time for the festival. There was no money but Technicolor helped us out with a weekday screening. The only people generally who could come were screenwriters as virtually everyone else we knew were working.

Screenwriters can be a bit focused on structure, some on discipline. The point was raised that this song was not like any other moment in the film. People started to suggest it be cut. My wife –one of the few women in the room — stood up and said it was the crucial moment when Marcy May feels loved. She was right. It needed to be there. Sean knew it too.

Even if it had been cut, I think it would have made my list of favorite MUSIC moments of 2011

Happy New Year! (Two Can Have A Party!)

tedhope — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:41:18 +0000

Per the YouTube description: “Tammi Terrells’ happy 1966 original recording of ‘Two can have a party’. Overdubbed in 1967 with Marvin Gayes’ voice to create a duet. Sadly, Tammi died in 1970 being only 24 years of age.
The fantastic Whitey’s lindy hoppers dance from the 1941 film ‘Hellzapoppin’ ”

(courtesy of Alex R.)

“Lost Things” Stop Motion Alice

tedhope — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:20:25 +0000

Fall down the rabbit hole. What did you lose? Slow down and find an answer.

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Losing Your Teeth

tedhope — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000

It happens, even in really cute tribute shorts to spike jonze and/or where the wild things are, like this one.

Buildings & Vampires from Nico Casavecchia on Vimeo.

Thanks again to Flavorwire for the tip!

What Can You Shoot On A Cell Phone?

tedhope — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:20:35 +0000

Anything! But this is pretty neat, particularly when they show you the rig after. Think of this a bit of a video game yarn.

Nokia ‘Dot’ from Sumo Science on Vimeo.

Habby Pirthday Christine!

tedhope — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:00:04 +0000

Let’s bake a cake!

Food about you from Alexandre DUBOSC on Vimeo.

Thanks to Flavorpill for tip!

A Good Yarn On How One Is NOT The Loneliest Number

tedhope — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:11:17 +0000

Stop motion! Some may be a little intense for sub-7 yr old eyes but our 11 yr old censor says “all ages”. Fun and moving and about math too!

Zero from Zealous Creative on Vimeo.

Thanks to Flavorpill for the tip!

Simple But Genius Idea To Keep Wall Street Occupied

tedhope — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:30:39 +0000

If there was a social contract in this country, not only would America NOT be at the bottom of countries in terms of fairness and justice (check out the graph linked to the post), but we’d recognize how support for the arts, and culture in general, is part of what civilization should be.

I love it when you can see how things you care about — or even wish you did not have to care about — are linked. I hate junk mail and have tried to find ways to free myself from it for years. Now, thanks to this video, I have a new love of it. I can use it to take action.

Our financial institutions are service industries. The dialogue does not have to be one way. I wasn’t being mindful until I saw this video, and realized that it didn’t have to be.