Projects – Page 3 – Film/Media Studies Production Practicum (Fall 2016)

Eric: Here is a video I saw a couple weeks ago. It really blew my mind: I love how seamlessly the animation and editing are intertwined to tell the narrative.

Bri: [Gan Gan] is a stop-motion animation made in remembrance of the creator’s grandmother. Sweet, inventive, and a creative way to revel in a loved ones personality and life journey. I also really like Gan-Gan because of it’s use of mixed media to tell a story. I like [Bobby Yeah] because it is dark and grimy and an original, creative stop motion film.

Bridget: I believe that I was most drawn to this video because of the combination of animation and live action. Mostly, the design of the animation is not only interesting, but is a little different to the animation I think most of us are used to. As someone who really likes animations and wants to learn more about it, I believe aesthetically this film matches what I most want to do creatively and skill wise.

Matt: I don’t think it comes as a surprise that I picked a Casey Neistat film, but this one is really cool. More so towards the end of the film where it becomes stop-motion-esque. I have seen plenty of cool live action stop motions, but they are all single location shoots. I liked the Neistat film because he tells a singular story that looks like a stop motion because of the fast cutting, but takes place in so many places yet still gives the same feeling that it is in real time.

Alec: Similar to Pogo, who takes pre-existing audio + clips from specific films and TV shows and essentially composes entire songs (with his own added beat), Kogonada splices together audio + clips from specific auteurs of film to highlight recognizable stylistic elements. In Sounds of Aronofsky, Kogonada not only highlights the highly specific sound mixing involved in the production of Darren Aronofsky’s films but also points out the types of imagery (mostly super close-up), and themes (drug use, psychological issues, self harm) used commonly in his films.