Bruce Brickford
To finish off my guest posts for the week, I’ll go with an oldie. Brozo the Clone is completely mind-bending short film by Bruce Brickford. I came across Bruce’s work on Frank Zappa’s Baby Snakes DVD a year or so ago.
London-based director, David Wilson has created promos for the likes of Little Boots and We Have Band, and recently won Best New Director at the UK Music Video Awards. His recent work strives to achieve the impossible using clever in-camera tricks, from animating face paint live on people’s skin, to freezing water droplets in mid-motion.
I’ve got a whole list of tasks to get through in preparation for a music promo shoot on Wednesday. It’s a bit of a monster, and I’ve been picking at in on-and-off since January (which is unheard of in music promos – so I feel very fortunate to have had all this time). It’s my first with actors, so I’m very excited.
Despite having no connections with the industry I think they’ve managed to get quite a good grasp of what a director does. I took them on a shoot for a commercial I was directing the other week. It was a mammoth stop-frame shoot, so they got to see all our models and a big model city that we’d built. I think that put some kind of reality on my work life for them. I have a wonderful relationship with both of the them.
My Dad. I’m the spitting image. It has its plus and minus sides, but at least I have quite a good idea of what I’ll look like when I’m in my 50s.
Hearing. I’d feel very isolated without the ability to communicate verbally or listen to music.
I’ve got Grade 6 Marimba
Absolutely. I’m not sure if my grades really counted for anything, but the people, experiences and work ethic I gained over my college years have had a massive influence on me and my work.
Any word that I have to say out loud. I’m reasonably good at spelling but ask me to spell something verbally and I’m completely lost. My brain just isn’t wired that way.
I’ve heard that a beaver’s tail tastes just like roast beef.
Lots more music promos and personal artwork. I’ve been scripting in a very different way for the past few months, and I’m yet to cement this new side of my film work into a final piece, so I’m excited about that. I’m also keen to pursue my artwork, and am currently working on a series of animations that I’m planning to exhibit as wall projections later in the year.
Do you want fries with that?
To finish off my guest posts for the week, I’ll go with an oldie. Brozo the Clone is completely mind-bending short film by Bruce Brickford. I came across Bruce’s work on Frank Zappa’s Baby Snakes DVD a year or so ago.
This music promo for Blue Roses is the first to have employed “wiggle stereoscopy” to create a three dimensional effect. Created by directing duo A Nice Idea Every Day, some viewers may find the technique slightly nauseating, so here’s a tip: try and focus on the are of the screen that’s shaking the least for maximum effect!
I was introduced to Manuel’s images a few months back. As a photographer he works hard to bridge the gap between photography and performance. Working with performance artists, his stunning work results from collaborative exchanges between him and the artists he photographs, using the image as part of the performance, and not just a documentation of it. I am in love with his work.
Fresh from assisting photographer Dan Tobin Smith for the past year or so, Owen Silverwood is currently on a roll of creating work of his own for clients such as Nokia and Liberties. Multi-talented in more than one discipline, he is currently forging his way into moving image scene as one half of directing-duo Bison.
I met Mark a few months back on a music promo shoot for the clothing brand Diesel. He creates large scale, hand carved, lino prints of maps made from typography. This carving of Paris is 150cm x 180cm in size, simply incredible, especially when you realise he carves every letter in reverse!