Archive for November, 2008
Adjustment
Monday, November 24th, 2008dir: Ian Mackinnon, 6min30—In Ian Mackinnon’s words, flip books work because of persistence of vision—we continue to see something after it has actually gone. Ian’s movie, Adjustment, traces the break-down in the relationship between Alice (Sally Scott) and Rob (Matthew Lyon), an artist whose relationship with the woman allows him to write again. However in […]
Unlocked
Monday, November 17th, 2008dir: Daryl Wein, 11min—My first exposure to the work of Daryl Wein was a mere two weeks ago but I’ve already come to respect him as a filmmaker who can shift forms, genres and styles in full service of the story he has to tell, which is after all one of the main draws for […]
JumpTrumpRumpBump
Monday, November 10th, 2008dir: Heui Won Jeong and Justin Murphy, 8min—When the moon rises in the sky, dreams come to visit the most of us in our beds. But some special people leave the bed to visit their own dreams and thus make them happen.
After recently abandoning a four-person collaborative project, student animators Heui Won Jeong and Justin […]
Soft
Monday, November 3rd, 2008dir: Simon Ellis, 13min—A simulated camcorder shot opens the film. Young thugs are on videoing spree, filming their exploits as they beat on an outnumbered youth. Cut to an overhead of a quiet suburban community. A man, the boy’s father, is coming home from work. He will soon have a confrontation with the thugs as […]