Stevie Caldarola

Daily Inspiration 6.17.13: Make Good Art – Neil Gaiman

Stevie Caldarola — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:17:53 +0000

Neil Gaiman. Inspirational commencement speech about making good art. “Cat exploded…” ‘Nuff said.

Daily Inspiration 5.24.13 – THIS IS WATER

Stevie Caldarola — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:45:44 +0000

Sometimes I feel like I need to listen to this David Foster Wallace commencement speech at the beginning of each day until I finally have memorized it by heart. I’ve had a bit of a time of things recently, and this wisdom from DFW has more meaning than ever.

This is water. This is water. This is water.

Raven Jane Video Shoot @ The Bakery

Stevie Caldarola — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:15:07 +0000

Recently, I pulled out my old film SLR and tagged along with my boy Kenny Storms to a video shoot for a local band (Raven Jane) at a brand new local venue (The Bakery). The purpose of the shoot was to create a video for the band’s RocketHub campaign to help fund their upcoming album. I was a bit rusty on shooting film, but overall it created a nice grainy effect which actually worked with the band and location’s aesthetic and feel. Check out Raven Jane and The Bakery- both are awesome and definitely worth the time.

Daily Inspiration 3.10.13 – Frank Turner’s New Music Video “Recovery”

Stevie Caldarola — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:35:42 +0000

This music video is every editor/motion graphic designer’s dream and nightmare… This is the perfect example of what I would love to do on a project.

Daily Inspiration 3.9.13 – Amanda Palmer’s TED Speech

Stevie Caldarola — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:35:05 +0000

I don’t need to say anything with this one- just watch it and see for yourself…

Daily Inspiration 2.10.13 – The Exquisite Forest

Stevie Caldarola — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:52:29 +0000

If you haven’t heard of visual artist Aaron Koblin, go and check out his portfolio immediately. I promise, it is very worth it. One of Mr. Koblin’s most recent projects, The Exquisite Forest, really caught my eye. Based on an idea put forth by a group of artists called “The Exquisite Corpse”, in which a sentence is made by each new person adding one word to the sentence without seeing what was previously added, The Exquisite Forest creates a similar experience using animation and visuals to create a collaborative representation of a theme. These “trees” are all available to view on the forest’s website. The project is a result of a collaboration with Chris Milk, The Tate Modern, where the forest was also on display, and Google Creative Lab.

Picture courtesy of AaronKoblin.com

Daily Inspiration: 1.30.13 – Paperman, A Disney Short

Stevie Caldarola — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:45:42 +0000

Besides the adorably old fashioned feel and the black and white palate, I love the handwritten quality of this new short film by Disney called Paperman.

Walk Off the Earth’s New One Take Music Video – Red Hands

Stevie Caldarola — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:44:50 +0000

When I was younger, I went through a phase where I wanted to be a music video director. Creative and innovative videos like this one are the reason why. Check out Walk Off the Earth‘s new music video for Red Hands.

IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes

Stevie Caldarola — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:49:48 +0000

Not only is the editing fantastic in this project by Jonathan Keogh where he utilizes clips from the top 250 (actually, it’s 303 in all, so not all are from the top 250) movies from IMDB, but the mashed up music makes my heart happy…

July 4th at the Denver Zoo

Stevie Caldarola — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:05:48 +0000

Taken at the Denver Zoo on Canon G9.